Gamble: a gripping psychological thriller

Written by Anita Waller

Narrated by Deirdra Whelan

Would you risk everything to protect your family?

Carla Andrews and Lorraine West are work colleagues and best friends. They socialise together, they work in the same bookmakers and they support each other as only best friends can. Then they are murdered together. When DI Tom Fowler is handed the case, he discovers a journal that Carla has left and must unpick the secrets Lorraine has kept hidden. Soon Carla's and Lorraine's husbands become the main suspects. It's usually the spouse who is responsible, isn't it? The investigation progresses until Isaac West, Lorraine's sixteen-year-old son, disappears. Will the truth ever emerge? Will Isaac ever be found? And is knowing the truth always worth the sacrifice?

"Captivatingd." MISSFITS FARM

"It's really brilliant." D. L. MORFETT

• Language: English
• Publisher: QUEST from W. F. Howes Ltd
• Release date: Feb 25, 2021
• ISBN: 9781004022908

Anita Waller

Anita Waller has written and taught creative writing for most of her life, and at the age of sixty-nine she sent a manuscript to her publisher and it was immediately accepting. In total, she has written several psychological thrillers and one supernatural novel. She married her husband Dave in 1967 and they have three adult children.

Reviews for Gamble

[bdykes59 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What a story. Never suspected the guilty people. Suspenseful to the very end

[Cilica · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Her book characters are created from the depravity of humanity.

[Catherine Penrod · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The story was good a few twists that I didn’t see coming, but I had an inkling from the beginning about who the murderer was. Some parts of felt like “add-ins” and did not bring a ton of value to the story. I will say Anita Waller knows how to tap into the awful nature of some people. Second book of hers that I read where the good guys didn’t “win.” Let’s hope for a change her next one.

[Frosty Theron · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Woah, what an ending!! Mind blowing twist at the end, didn’t see that coming but ultimately made sense. Great listing to a good narrator.

[Linda BucketListJourney · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great story. A bit of mystery, and the guilty caught!

[Louisa · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Figured out the villain but it was an ok read