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The House by Simon Lelic
Jul. 24th, 2017 11:23 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Every house has a past.
Every couple has their secrets.
Londoners Jack and Syd moved into the house a year ago. It seemed like their dream home: tons of space, the perfect location and a friendly owner who wanted a young couple to have it.
So when they made a grisly discovery in the attic, Jack and Syd chose to ignore it. But that was a mistake.
Because someone has just been murdered. Right outside their back door.
And now the police are watching them …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Simon Lelic’s psychological thriller has a gimmicky twin narrative device (with Syd and Jack essentially writing their stories for each other) but despite a creepy set-up in the first quarter the twists were too easy to guess and the revelation of secrets meant that I rapidly lost sympathy for one of the main characters while the antagonist’s plan relies on contrivance and people behaving in unbelievable ways to work.
THE HOUSE will be released in the United Kingdom on 2nd November 2017. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
Every couple has their secrets.
Londoners Jack and Syd moved into the house a year ago. It seemed like their dream home: tons of space, the perfect location and a friendly owner who wanted a young couple to have it.
So when they made a grisly discovery in the attic, Jack and Syd chose to ignore it. But that was a mistake.
Because someone has just been murdered. Right outside their back door.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Simon Lelic’s psychological thriller has a gimmicky twin narrative device (with Syd and Jack essentially writing their stories for each other) but despite a creepy set-up in the first quarter the twists were too easy to guess and the revelation of secrets meant that I rapidly lost sympathy for one of the main characters while the antagonist’s plan relies on contrivance and people behaving in unbelievable ways to work.
THE HOUSE will be released in the United Kingdom on 2nd November 2017. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
