I Died on a Tuesday by Jane Corry, a book review.

I Died on a Tuesday by Jane Corry was one of the books I picked up on a recent trip to Waterstones. I’d not read anything by Jane Corry before but the book called out to me.

I died on Tuesday, book cover. A sunrise sky above a row of sea front hotels and a raging sea.

The Blurb

THERE’S THE STORY EVERYONE BELIEVES . . .

The victim: Eighteen-year-old Janie leaving home for a new life.
The criminal: World-famous rockstar, Robbie, who harbours a shocking secret.
The protector: Witness support officer, Vanessa, desperate to right the wrongs of her past.

They tried to bury that fateful day. Now it’s back to haunt them.

. . . AND THEN THERE’S THE TRUTH.

My Review of I Died on a Tuesday

I found this a riveting page turner of a book. Right from the first pages I was hooked. As the story evolved I wondered how these three different lives would become entangled and what secrets would be involved.

Janie, was the poor girl who’d been left for dead by a hit and run driver when she was just 18 years old. She had lost her Mum, believed to have drowned herself but she always believed that she was still alive as no body was ever found. She was resuscitated but suffered life changing injuries. And could no longer talk. After therapy many years later it was discovered that even though she couldn’t speak, she could actually sing.

Robbie Manning was a famous singer with a lovely wife and two children who lived in a nice home. He’d done really well for himself after coming from a modest background. He is arrested for the accident involving Janie some 20 years previously and doesn’t deny it so he’s sent to prison to await his trial.

Vanessa is a witness service volunteer that looks after witnessing in court. She is retired and her husband, a former policeman died of cancer. She has a friendship with a Judge, but they they keep it quiet, even though they are never romantically involved.

The story is long and complicated but it’s intriguing how it all comes together. So many lies and deceitful acts committed. So much threatening and violent behaviour. Scary prison scenes, heart breaking past stories, heart warming new stories. This book has so much going on, sometimes it feels too much, but it is so well written and it does all make sense in the end.

I’m really tempted to read some more of Jane Corry books.

6 thoughts on “I Died on a Tuesday by Jane Corry, a book review.”

It does sound like this book has a lot going on so I can just imagine how much of a page turner it is. x

That sounds like a good twisty tale!

This sounds like a really intriguing story and the title would definitely grab me if I saw it on a book shop shelf 🙂

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This sounds like a really good read! I think I’ve read one Jane Corry before. I can picture the cover in my head, but can’t actually remember what it was called.