Faker by Katy Gardner – first published 2009
Sarah meets and falls in love with Ed while doing voluntary work in Bangladesh. They move to a coastal village to start a community school. Ed soon gets involved in a campaign to stop a multi-national oil company from compulsorily purchasing land nearby but his efforts are not appreciated by everyone. Then there is a typhoon, Ed disappears and their village is destroyed. Everyone except Sarah thinks he is dead. She returns to London to stay with Ed’s sister and learns that he wasn’t the man she thought he was. This book is billed as a psychological thriller but I thought the plot line was thin and the tension sadly lacking. However it was a quick read and it gave a good description of village life in Bangladesh. 6/10
16th February 2011
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