The life i left behind is a clever psychological suspense story which takes the concept of a gross miscarriage of justice and turns it completely on its head by allowing the principle narrators to be the voices of two women one of whom has already died and the other who is so badly damaged by a traumatic incident that she has no recollection of what has happened to her. Colette mcbeth is the critically acclaimed author of psychological thrillers precious thing and the life i left behindcolette was a bbc tv news television correspondent for ten years during which time she covered many major crime stories and worked out of westminster as a political reportershe lives on the south coast with her husba. The life i left behind by colette mcbeth release date feb 24 2015 from beyond the grave a brutally murdered woman watches as her killers accidental survivor begins to piece together disturbing clues mcbeth precious thing 2014 returns with a taut mesmerizing thriller. Narrated alternately by melody and by eves lingering ghost the life i left behind is a taut thriller and an intimate look at two young women bound together in ways neither of them could ever have predicted colette mcbeth has proven once again that she is a master of suspense notes obscured text on leaf 0003 and back cover access restricted item true addeddate 2020 07 18 120307 boxid . The life i left behind has an unusual and complicated structure of voices with which you piece together what has really happened how do you think colette mcbeth manages to sustain the narrative drive while keeping the suspense going 3 melody manages to control her new life with order