Copy Cat
- Alex Lake
- Nov 1, 2017
- 2 min read
Sarah Havenant is a little mystified when an old school friend sends her a message on Facebook asking which account to send her a friend request. Sarah only has one Facebook account so she searches for herself and finds two of her.
At first, Sarah thinks one of her friends is playing a joke because all the photos on the fake page are of her close family and even within her own home, but these aren't pictures Sarah's taken and she hasn't even seen them before. It's got to be someone close until, one by one, her friends and even her husband, think she is doing this to herself. Things escalate, threats start, even one of her children goes missing, but still it appears that she's losing her mind, she's even beginning to question her own sanity. Throughout, Sarah feels certain that it is one particular friend doing all this to her but she can't find proof and she can't think of a good reason why she or anyone else would do this. Then one of the most terrifying things happens, imprisoned with no one looking for her she just about gives up on life.
Copy Cat is a fast paced chiller of a story, a good puzzle for the reader because there doesn't seem to be any good reason for the terrible things happening to Sarah Havenant. The characters are well developed and we meet each one in turn getting a good handle on their personalities and traits. The ending did seem a bit rushed, or more that everything exciting was crammed in to the last few pages giving an unrealistic ending. This is the first of Alex Lake's novels I've read and I would be happy to read her earlier two or any future ones in the pipeline.