{"id":128011,"date":"2020-07-28T12:08:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T01:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=128011"},"modified":"2020-08-03T11:01:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T00:01:26","slug":"review-when-she-was-good-by-michael-robotham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2020\/07\/28\/review-when-she-was-good-by-michael-robotham\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: When She Was Good by Michael Robotham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When She Was Good<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is the much anticipated second book in the Cyrus Haven series, following on from the mega-bestselling Good Girl Bad Girl<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

\"Michael<\/a>

Michael Robotham<\/p><\/div>\n

Six years after young Evie Cormac was found neglected, hiding in a house\u2019s secret wall cavity in the aftermath of a shocking murder, she is now an institutionalised ward of the state, about to turn 18. Registered under a false name to protect her identity from the ruthless captors from whom she\u2019d escaped, she\u2019s terrified \u2013 with due cause \u2013 for her safety. Forensic psychiatrist Cyrus Haven is determined to protect her but unwittingly endangers her further when doggedly investigating the secrets of her troubled past and the truth of her origins.<\/p>\n\n\n

Evie\u2019s character is keenly intelligent with a compelling pathos and mysterious allure that makes readers anticipate her travails in future books of the series with relish. Cyrus is an equally captivating co-protagonist whose own troubled backstory and integrity gives him independent appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As amply demonstrated in his 14 preceding psychological thrillers, Michael Robotham is one of Australia\u2019s reigning kings of intricate and brilliantly plotted narratives. His multiple strands, inspired \u2018red herrings\u2019 and twists and turns are guaranteed to keep you turning the pages well into the night. He also ensures that each book contains adequate backstory to ensure it can be read as a satisfying stand-alone piece. That being said, one\u2019s enjoyment of When She Was Good <\/em>will undoubtedly be heightened by having first read its prequel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bring on number three!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—When She Was Good<\/a><\/em> by Michael Robotham (Hachette Australia Books) is out now.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Robotham is one of Australia\u2019s reigning kings of intricate and brilliantly plotted narratives.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":128021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[6678],"tags":[715,9480,1447,11541,3695,4484,11643,11544],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhenSheWasGood-Social.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128011"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128257,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128011\/revisions\/128257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}