The Pact: Can you guess what happened the night Nicole died?
Paperback Published on: 28/11/2019
Price: £8.99
Bookseller Reviews
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An amazing and very compelling read!
Oh wow, that is a good start!
After reading just a few chapters thanks to @readersfirst I was very looking forward to know what had happened to Nicole!. I... READ MORE
Loved it so much!
Oh wow, that is a good start!
After reading just a few chapters thanks to @readersfirst I was very looking forward to know what had happened to Nicole!. I... READ MORE
Synopsis
A gripping and chilling suspense novel about the deadly intentions of office life, for fans of Lesley Kara's The Rumour and Michelle Frances' The Temp.
What if a prank leads to murder?
When Freya arrives at her dream job with the city's hottest start-up, she can't wait to begin a new and exciting life, including dating her new colleague Jay.
However, Nicole, Jay's ex and fellow employee, seems intent on making her life a misery. After a big deadline, where Nicole continually picks on her, Freya snaps and tells Jay about the bullying and together they concoct a revenge prank.
The next morning, Nicole is found dead in her apartment . . .
Is this just a prank gone wrong? Or does Freya know someone who is capable of murder - and could she be next?
Publisher information
- Publisher: twenty7
- ISBN: 9781785770982
- Number of pages: 480
- Dimensions: 198 x 131 x 34 mm
- Weight: 344g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allUnnervingly Believable
This book is incredibly well-written. It had me hooked from start to finish and kept me sufficiently surprised throughout. I absolutely loved the plot, cha... READ MORE
Sleep deprived - had to keep reading
Thank you to Readers First and Zaffre Books for a review copy - my thoughts are my own. This is the first book I have read by Amy Heydenrych.
A great open... READ MORE
Very relevant, very current
The Pact is a fabulously fast-paced story set in the world of computer coding. In just over 100 short chapters we follow Freya as she gets a job at Atypica... READ MORE
Roller Coaster of a Read
This is such a gripping read that keeps the reader hooked until the very last page! Freya has had a rough start in life, but she has worked hard at her st... READ MORE
Powerful message
After a seemingly harmless prank goes wrong, a co-worker or the main character (Freya) is found lying dead in her own apartment. We get to see how all of t... READ MORE
Revenge is a dish best served cold!
This was a great little who-done-it type story based around an office environment.
Switching POV's and timelines, the book jumps from before the murder to... READ MORE
Enjoyable; perhaps a little long
This is the story of an office prank gone horribly wrong and how those involved react and respond to the terrible news. The book goes back and forth betwee... READ MORE
A Great Read!
By lisey
"The abandoned life of a person is far more haunting than their death
could ever be."
The Pact by Amy Heydenrych is a thriller and is told from ... READ MORE
Definitely a page turner
The Pact tells the story of an office prank gone horribly wrong and how those involved react to and deal with the consequences of their actions. The book i... READ MORE
The Ill-Conceived
There is so much that I found wrong in this book that I am not entirely sure where best to start. For a start the title is confusing, there is no real "pa... READ MORE
A bit too slow for me...
After previously reading “Shame On You” by Amy Heydenrych and thoroughly enjoying, I was over the moon to be able to read this author’s latest novel “The P... READ MORE
Impactful
Author Amy Heydenrych has created a complex and complelling world in her novel The Pact that looks at a number of pressing issues. The workplace can be a c... READ MORE
Criminal “who done it” with #metoo theme
Criminal “who done it” with a #metoo theme.
The female protagonists, Freya and Isla, have negative experiences victimised by men that they each need to c... READ MORE
Insanely good
Oh my word! That was certainly a rollercoaster of a read. The Pact begins by jumping STRAIGHT into the main focus of the entire plot; a murder. It then wea... READ MORE
Thought provoking thriller
After a very confusing start where the chapters kept flying backwards and forwards to different timelines I finally got the hang of it and started to get m... READ MORE
Clever & Engrossing
The Pact by Amy Heydenrych is a riveting psychological thriller full of twists.
This book has such a fabulous synopsis that worked its tempting though bri... READ MORE
A murder mystery to remember
I really do love to read murder mysteries and this one is one of the best I have ever read considering I have not heard of this author before at all. The a... READ MORE
You think you know someone
This book is a perfect example of how people can think they know someone, but really they haven't even scraped the surface! Also how bullying can be a 24 h... READ MORE
A potentially decent novel marred by its OTT female empowerment agenda that stifles any coherent plot & a slow pace.
Despite not having read Amy Heydenrych’s first novel, Shame on You, I was aware that it was recognised as making some very pertinent observations about the... READ MORE
Enjoyable tech-based whodunnit
It starts with the murder of Nicole - one of the key characters in the story. The rest of the book then jumps back and forth through time telling the story... READ MORE
Addictively Good In Places, A Bit Of A Let Down In Others
‘But later, beneath her begging and protestations, one fact remained: while she never meant for her to die, she did want to hurt her, just a little.’
Deci... READ MORE
Brilliant read
I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish. The two lead female characters are key to the storyline and the author has succeeded in making them re... READ MORE
Good
Not bad
gripping pyschological thriller
This is a gripping psychological thriller that I devoured in a few evenings and would be a great holiday read. If you have read and enjoyed The Rumour then... READ MORE
5 star
5 stars !!! Wow! Where do I start.
To begin with I almost gave up. It was hard to keep track, with the two main characters, with jumping back and forth w... READ MORE
Just, wow!
“What if a prank leads to murder?”
After a troubled upbringing Freya has just accepted her dream job at Atypical, a new tech startup and she falls in love.... READ MORE
Interesting
This book started off very well, it had me gripped and unable to put it down for a good sizeable chunk. It also finishes incredibly well too. I did feel, e... READ MORE
A decent enough read
3.5/5
I recieved this book from Readers First in exchange for a honest review.
When Freya starts her career at one of the sort after, modern, young compa... READ MORE
Tense
Freya works as a coder and she has just landed her dream job working for a company called Atypical.
She loves the work but is being bullied by a girl calle... READ MORE
Twisted Romance
In some ways this is a romance with a twist, but it is also much darker and looks at the effect that workplace bullying can have on a person.
The story is ... READ MORE
Mixed Thoughts
When I read the synopsis I was so excited to read this book, but if i'm completely honest, it was just a bit average. Don’t get me wrong, there are moments... READ MORE
Relevant and Fun, But Lacking
When Freya started her new job at Atypical, the hottest new tech company in Cali, it was a dream come true. She had worked her whole life to find her place... READ MORE
Better as the plot thickens
Whilst it took me until about half way through the book to get truly into it, by the end I was absolutely hooked.
The two perspectives of Isla and Freya c... READ MORE
Excellent
Freya has always wanted to work in the area of coding and finally she lands a job with a firm called Atypical and she thinks her dreams have come true.
She... READ MORE
3.5 stars rounded up to 4
Freya has just started a new job as a coder for Atypical. She is also dating co-worker, Jay. Julian, her boos is also great to work for. So everything shou... READ MORE
Gripping
This is an enthralling book that keeps you guessing all the way through and you find yourself questioning all the characters involvement. Now I’ve finished... READ MORE
A riveting, explosive, involving and timely thriller.
"It was just a joke, a little slice of revenge..."
The story at the heart of this book is one that is all too familiar to most women. We all have stories ... READ MORE
Fantastic
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The Pact is a highly engaging novel by Amy Heydenrych, and I was quickly pulled into the lives of her characters. It did make me think about how I woul... READ MORE