Come Back to Me
DO YOU HAVE TO KEEP A PROMISE MADE IN THE PAST,
IF IT MEANS LOSING ALL YOU HAVE NOW?
A London restaurant. An ordinary night out. But when ambitious lawyer Mark introduces his date to a work colleague, Chloe, and her husband, Alex, it’s obvious something is very wrong. Alex and Julia pretend not to know each other, but their shocked expressions tell another story.
As the mystery of Julia’s identity unravels, a terrible decade-old tragedy comes to light. While Chloe struggles with secrets of her own, Alex must decide whether to take Julia back to Australia to lay the past to rest. And Julia will finally confront Alex with the whole truth of what happened all those years ago.
Come Back to Me is a taut psychological drama that will keep you enthralled until the very last page.
★★★★★
‘ a stunning thriller and complex love story’
JESSICA ADAMS
★★★★★
‘a book to read in one sitting’
WOMAN’S DAY
★★★★★
‘Suspenseful, heartrending and transcontinental’
AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW
★★★★★
‘a dark psychological guessing game’
NW
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PRAISE
‘Surprisingly dark…Fans of domestic thrillers are likely to enjoy the relationships and the back and forth between the characters.’
BOOKLIST
‘…a dark psychological guessing game that will surprise you all the way till the end.’
‘Read of the Week’, NW
‘A gripping read. Rewarding to the very end.’
NICOLE ALEXANDER, author of The Bark Cutters
‘Sara Foster’s debut novel is both a stunning thriller and complex love story. She is a wonderful new arrival in Australian writing.’
JESSICA ADAMS
‘Set in both London and Perth, this is a moving story about impossible choices, about love, and about keeping a promise you made years ago, even if it risks everything you have now. I read this in one day and was left thinking about it for days afterwards. Keep a tissue close.’
July 2011 book of the month
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‘Come Back to Me is a book for anyone who likes to be surprised by multiple twists and turns. Brilliant.’
‘Come Back to Me is a wonderful debut novel. The stories of the four main characters are interwoven, with the reader taken on a journey through their past lives and the present, with revelations continuing right till the end… There is nothing not to like about this story – intriguing characters, plot twists, action and beautiful writing combine to produce a satisfying package.’
SALLY MURPHY
‘A new voice on the Australian fiction scene, Foster has taken an incident that she read about years ago when travelling and uses it to tell a haunting tale about relationships and the history that binds them.’
The Examiner [Launceston]
‘…this is a book that is big on secrets, everyone seems to be keeping secrets from everyone else, and it is a book that everybody’s stories seems to somehow intertwine with others, it is a story of love and loss, how being strong and taking charge can make us a better person, and how others perceive decisions that have been made even though they were too young, or not involved enough to know the reasons behind those decisions.’ 4.5/5
THE HUNGRY BOOKSHELF
‘Alex is happily married when he unexpectedly comes face to face with the girl he once loved. He has to decide if he should revisit the past, and risk everything with the wife he adores. This clever novel is deftly pulled together with secrets revealed right through to the last page.’
New Idea
‘The novel is both a stunning thriller and complex love story. It is an entertaining read.’
Border Mail
‘This taut psychological drama will keep you enthralled as the mystery and tragedy of ten years ago gradually unravels.’
Northern Daily Leader
‘As a writer, an exceedingly good book to me, is when I don’t notice how it’s written, but find myself completely wrapped up in the story. Come Back to Me by Sara Foster was one of those books. I couldn’t put it down and lacked sleep for a few days.’
MICHELLE DENNIS EVANS
‘Come Back to Me is a complex story of relationships and how ones long ago finished can reappear at any moment and change the path you’re on. Despite the intricacies and twists in the storyline, it’s a quick and engrossing read – I powered through it in an afternoon. So very readable – will keep you wondering and guessing (and in my case, praying that two certain people end up together) until the very last page.’
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‘There’s no leisurely introduction to this story. Chloe and her husband Alex go to dine with her colleague Mark and his new date, Julia. But when Alex is introduced to Julia, it is soon apparent that something is very wrong. Julia vanishes, Alex is silent, Mark is furious, and Chloe struggles with her own secret as well as wondering about Alex’s past. Alex decides the only way for closure is to take Julia back to Perth where something dreadful happened. But in doing so, will he lose all he has? Can Julia face the past – and finally tell the truth? It’s a book to read in one sitting – you’ll be enthralled by the disquieting possibilities.’
Woman’s Day
‘What-ifs are the heart and soul of any good relationship story: what if we had stayed together, what if I had married someone different, what if I wasn’t having a baby? Here, Foster ties together all those life-crisis questions with the mysterious arrival of a missing ex-girlfriend. Although this will almost exclusively appeal to women, it is far from light and fluffy…’
The West Australian
