The latest BritMums book Club book was The Judas Scar by Amanda Jennings.
Her first book, Sworn Secret, reached Number 4 in the Amazon Kindle best seller chart and was a WHSmith travel top ten title. It was published by the Harper Collins ebook imprint, Witness, in the US and was a Top 100 best seller in both Amazon and the Barnes & Noble charts.
The Synopsis is as follows:
Scars. We all carry them. Some are mere scratches. Others run deeper.
At a school rife with bullying, Will and his best friend Luke are involved in a horrific incident that results in Luke leaving.
Twenty-five years later their paths cross again and memories of Will’s painful childhood come flooding back to haunt him. His wife, Harmony, who is struggling after a miscarriage that has hit her hard, wishes Will would open up about his experiences. But while Will withdraws further, she finds herself drawn to the charismatic stranger from her husband s past, and soon all three are caught in a tangled web of guilt, desire, betrayal and revenge…
I found The Judas Scar really easy, albeit a little uncomfortable to read. I don’t think I’ve ever read a psychological thriller like this before. I read it over a few days as I wanted to know what happened. The story is fast moving and although I guessed what happened at school I would never have guessed how far-reaching the effects of bullying could be.