The Face At The Window by Ruby Speechley

I love everything about the cover of this book. The haunting eyes, the colours, the title and tag line all work together brilliantly and effortlessly to pull me in. The mention of house, life and child suggested that this would be a book that contains strong elements of psychological and domestic suspense.

Blurb:

They’re in your house.

They want your life.

And now, they have your baby.

To the world, I’m @HappyWife. Online, people only see my picture-perfect home, my handsome husband, Nick, and my beautiful baby, Thomas.

They don’t see the real Gemma Adams. They don’t see my past, the dark secrets I’m hiding in my marriage. They don’t see the fear I live in every single day.

But I know someone is watching me. And now, they’ve taken Thomas.

I just don’t know why.

But I’m going to stop at nothing to get my baby back.

Even if it destroys everything I’ve got to find him.

A compelling thriller, packed with suspense – fans of K.L. Slater and Lisa Jewell won’t be able to put it down.

My thoughts:

I am always keen to find new authors in this genre as although it’s one of my favourite genres, it takes something special to impress me and this author has definitely done that.

It’s a slow burn to begin but the suspicion and tension is there from early on. It was always going to be an emotionally charged read as it revolves around a taken child and this is something that gets to me every time.

The characters in this book are all questionable and dislikeable, but I was still invested in the story thanks to its emotional and psychological strength.

The story explores in some detail issues of trust, manipulation and secrecy. For me, these are key themes in a successful psychological thriller.

Overall, a pacey and gripping read with an original and intriguing premise. I would recommend this book to fans of authors such as Rona Halsall and Sheryl Browne.

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