Everything you do is wrong is a book I found a little disappointing .It started very well with the girls body (Storm) being found on the beach ,she is alive but not speaking and the story spends a lot of time in trying to find out who she is through various characters .which I found interesting .When we do find out who she is and why she was on the beach it was rather random and to me didn't make much sense .I thought after that revelation the story seemed to just ramble on and the ending seemed rushed and didn't end as I had hoped .

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. A young woman is found alive and naked on a beach in North Yorkshire and the local policeman and various characters get involved in trying to find out who she is and where she is from. This is not so much a mystery novel but one about the inter-action between Mel (who found the body), her children, her sister's family, PC Mason and a few other assorted characters. It has few male characters, concentrating on the female ones, and is a novel aimed at the female readership. Quite interesting but not really my type of book: I was disapppointed.

Fifteen year old Hannah’s Auntie Mel discovers an apparently lifeless, naked young woman on a beach in North Yorkshire. In fact the young woman survived her ordeal but is unable to either speak or to remember who she is: the nurses call her Storm. Facing personal problems of their own, both Hannah and Mel welcome the distraction and become focused on trying to solve the mystery of who Storm is and where she came from. Mason, a rookie constable, is involved in investigating the case and, seeing Storm as a “damsel in distress”, goes out of his way to find out what happened to her. It quickly becomes clear that nothing about the case is straightforward and that all their respective, uncoordinated attempts to solve the mystery are bound to lead to clashes between the main characters. The synopsis of this story sounded promising, as did the promise of “mordant wit and dazzling style”. However, whatever wit there was in the writing passed me by – and I certainly didn’t feel “dazzled” at any point in my reading. I thought there was a lack of focus in the writing, that there was little surprising in any of the plot twists and turns, and that none of the characters (perhaps with the exception of Hannah) felt convincing. There were times when I found the author’s syntax so strange that I was forced to re-read sentences in order to make sense of what I was reading. Apart from being frustrating, this certainly interrupted any tension which I might otherwise have been able to feel as the story developed. I also found myself becoming irritated by what I regarded as unnecessarily crude language which, in my opinion, I did nothing to enhance the story. Sadly, this novel, my first of 2018, was a real disappointment and, as I write this brief review, I find myself wondering why on earth I wasted time waiting for it to get better! I have never been one to make New Year resolutions (they’re too easily broken!) but reading this book has made me resolve not to spend time on books which aren’t engaging my interest – there are too many good books out there!