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You can't hide from the past…

Fifteen years ago, five vulnerable teenagers took part in a life-changing study of OCD. Now, their psychologist has been brutally stabbed and left for dead.

DCI Liz Field and her team have barely started their investigation when there is another frenzied attack. This time, the victim is one of the former patients. Are the others now in grave danger – or dangerous?

But as the DCI is pulled deeper into the disturbing case, it starts to hits too close to home. To outwit the murderer, Field must venture into the last place she wants to – her own buried past…

This page-turning crime thriller debut is perfect for fans of Nadine Matheson, Sam Holland, and Helen Fields.

No Safe Place by Hannah Brennan was published on 31 July 2025 by Avon Books and is the author's debut novel. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review as part of this #RandomThingsTours Blog Tour 

No Safe Place is the first in a planned series to feature DCI Liz Field; a female police officer with many years of service behind her. Field has her own issues to carry around as well as dealing with a particularly nasty and brutal crime. She's a great character, with depth and feeling. Concerned about her team, her family and most of all, about the fact that there's a killer on the loose. 

Two violent stabbings that at first appear to be unrelated, but are very soon connected by Field and her team. David was a very well respected child psychologist and the second victim; a young woman called Sam had been his patient fifteen years ago. 

There's also a link to the person who found Sam, and it all becomes so tense and complex as the story progresses. 

There was a paper found on David's body; a research project that he was involved in and Field, and others, are convinced that the five patients in the study are at risk. The assailant needs to be tracked down, and quickly, before any more blood is shed. 

The author concentrates on the varying effects that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder has on people. Each of the participants in the study have this mental health condition and each of them display very different symptoms. It's clever and written with such authority. It's interesting to find out that the author draws on her own personal experiences to write this 

Whilst the plot is compelling, this is most certainly a character driven novel, the multi-perspective narration adds a depth to the novel that kept me intrigued and guessing throughout. 

Gritty, emotional with a strong female lead character, this is a fabulous beginning to a new series. Recommended by me. 

Hannah Brennan was born in and still lives in South East London, and studied English Literature at Durham University. 

She is one of the organisers at the Greenwich Writers writing group. 

Hannah is also a trustee at the Royal Association for Deaf people. 

Hannah has had OCD since her teenage years, although she is now happily in recovery. 

She has previously volunteered for and regularly attends groups at the charity OCD Action. 

No Safe Place is her debut novel.

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