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Tremornock book 1

Emma Burstall

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Tremarnock is a classic Cornish seaside village. Houses cluster around the fishing harbour. It has a...

The Woman Downstairs

Elisabeth Carpenter

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Can you ever really know your neighbours? When human remains are found in a ground floor flat,...

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Merry Christmas Neighbor - Dan Blocker/Michael Landon/Lorne Greene/The Cartwrights (Ben, Hoss, Little Joe) (with Ben, Dan Blocker, Hoss, Michael Landon) by Lorne Greene

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Amy Curtis (49 KP) rated The Woman in the Window in Books

Dec 7, 2018

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I cannot recommend this book enough. I found it really easy to read and one that I didn't want to put down. It follows the story of Dr. Anna Fox who suffers from Agraphobia. I found that interesting on its own because it's not a very well know disorder. I think this is one of the things that drew me to the book because I once dealt with a customer who had Agraphobia and I didn't know what it was. It is focalised through Anna and you learn about her day to day life. As she is unable to leave the house, she spies on her neighbours watching their lives instead of living her own. A new family move across the road and she instantly takes an interest in them particularly when the mother pays her a visit and they drink a lot of wine and play chess. One day when spying on the neighbours, she sees the mother get killed. This novel takes you on a rollercoaster as Anna uncovers what happened to her. There are some classic elements of a thriller in this book but I don't think I truly knew what I had got myself into. When reading at work, all I kept saying to my colleagues is "I can't cope with this book, everytime I think I know what's going to happen, there's another twist or turn." The novel itself is written very well and it leaves you constantly questions what real and what's not and what's true and what's false. I really couldn't recommend this book enough.

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Elizabeth Sharrod (5 KP) rated The Woman in the Window in Books

Jul 9, 2019

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This debut thriller by AJ Finn is an easy read with some great character development especially in regards to the main protagonist, an agrophobe ex psychiatrist who enjoys watching her neighbours through her window while drinking her favourite alcoholic beverage. Soon she finds herself the only witness to a murder where she questions her sanity (did this murder really take place and if so who did it and can she make anyone believe her?)

Finn really creates a character that anyone can relate to or feel for. A thriller of its genre which is already being made into a movie. The story has some twists (a tad predictable if you have an eye for detail.) However, it was an easy and enjoyable read.