The Wrong Girl by Robert W Kirby
How well do you know your husband?
Alex and Natalie seem to have the perfect life.
But Alex is haunted by terrible events from his childhood. He thought he’d escaped his past, but lately it’s been surfacing in the terrifying nightmares that plague his sleep.
As Alex’s behavior becomes increasingly strange, Natalie fears the worst. Has he been keeping things from her? And who is the mysterious Sheryl he calls out to in his dreams? She is determined to save their marriage by digging up the truth no matter what it costs.
Natalie follows Alex when he returns to his hometown to face the demons he thought he left deep in the forest. But the trip takes a deadly turn when shocking secrets from the past are revealed.
Can Natalie face the terrifying truth as she unravels the mystery that could shatter her world?
The Wrong Girl – the gripping psychological thriller perfect for fans of K L Slater, Daniel Hurst, Mark Edwards.
About the author
Robert was born in 1979 and lives in Kent with his wife, children, and bonkers dalmatian, Dexter.
He ran a private investigation agency for over fifteen years, dealing in cases that involved breach of contract claims, commercial debt recovery, and process serving. Robert’s agency also specialised in people tracing; so much of his work revolved around tracking down debtors, dealing in adoption matters, and locating missing persons. At times, he worked on some pretty bizarre cases and dealt with plenty of interesting and sometimes colourful individuals.
Since 2014, Robert has worked self-employed in the pet care industry, and is a keen trail runner, mountain biker and kayaker. Robert has a huge passion for screenwriting for many years and started writing novels during the first lockdown.
His first novel, The Tests, published on Amazon in 2021, was based on a spec screenplay that he originally wrote back in 2009. The Tests was then republished with Inkubator Books in 2022 under the new title – The Wrong Girl. Robert’s second novel, The Feud on Dead Lane, a dark and gritty crime thriller, will also be out soon.
The Wrong Girl is his first psychological thriller with Inkubator Books.
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Review
‘The Wrong Girl’ is a tense psychological thriller that plays on the themes of memory, childhood and trauma. It flips between modern-day and back in the 1990s and due to this it holds the reader's attention. The first half of the book is slightly slower in pace as it builds the background of each character and in particular Alex’s situation but then in the latter half it picks up the tempo!
Alex is plagued by nightmares and that's if he can even sleep at all. He knows it must have something to do with his childhood as he has been calling out one of friends names during the night terrors! He decides to investigate and gets in touch with his friends from home and it soon leads to the unravelling of a huge mystery, petty grudges and devastating revelations.
I actually enjoyed the psychology behind Alex and his troubles and how trauma can shape your life decades after it takes place. I felt this the central theme of the book - not just for his friends but also the peripheral characters as well. I didn't see all the answers coming and there a lot of twists and turns before the final resolution. Despite the blurb, I felt the pivotal relationships were between Alex and his friends rather than Alex and his wife Natalie.
I managed to read this one in two sittings and I enjoyed it! Let me know if you read this one!
