I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU BY ELAINE ROBERTSON NORTH. 

Genre ... Thriller

Tour Dates ... 27th January - 5th February 2024

Publication Date ... 25th January 2024

Standalone Novel

Estimated Page Count ... 315

Potential Trigger Warning ... There are references to domestic violence and someone does get shot

Esther grew up with a violent criminal father and suffered the loss of her mother at just fourteen.

When her brother, Matt, turns up after another long unexplained absence he falls for Esther’s friend, Abi. Two months into their relationship, Abi is dead and Matt is missing.

​Now Esther must do everything she can to find Matt but doing so means opening herself up to a past she has worked hard to escape.

​Esther knows she has no choice and must act quickly.

​Matt’s life could depend on it.

Phew! Thank goodness I'm not one of those readers who, if not gripped by whatever number of pages it might be, gives up on a book.

Yes, I found I've been Waiting For You a bit of a slow burner ... in its defence this is largely due to the intricacy of characters like Esther whose struggles {both past and present} added a delicious complexity to not just her but the plot as a whole even if this did mean the formative chapters in particular took some getting my head around. 

Make it past the first 75/100 pages though and, oh my giddy aunt!. Talk about twists and turns, you are in for quite a roller-coaster ride of a read as slowly but surely the author reels you into a thriller that ultimately did not disappoint. 

Elaine spent twenty-five years working in marketing and communications in the media and entertainment industries. This included seven years marketing national newspapers, running the publicity campaign for three Red Nose Days and a number of years working in entertainment PR. She held senior communications roles at Capital Radio and UKTV, and latterly, she was the MD of a small marketing agency. It was all fast and furious and a fantastically rich source of material.

Having harboured a desire to write for many years, Elaine finally made this her focus once she’d hung up her corporate hat, publishing her first book, I Can’t Tell You Why in 2019. Her second book, Bring Me To Life, followed in 2022.

Today Elaine lives in North London with her husband and their two sons. When she’s not writing, she can be found looking harassed on the school run, on the side lines of her sons’ football matches, or singing her heart out with her local branch of Popchoir.

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With thanks to Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for organising a paper copy. One of several bloggers participating in the Blog Tour of this book, agree or disagree with me, all opinions are my own; no financial compensation was asked for nor given; threats of violence towards my favourite teddy bear went unheeded as did promises of chocolate.

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