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A review by kazza27
The Other Guest by Helen Cooper
5.0
Thank you to Ollie Martin at Hodder and Stoughton for my invitation to the blog tour and for my copy of book in return for a fair and honest review.
The story introduces us to two women, firstly Leah who is the aunt of Amy, who died the previous year in a drowning accident in Italy. The second woman is Joanne, she is a counsellor at a university and we meet her after an incident with a student at work, sends her to the local pub, where she meets a barman called Nate.
Joanne and Leah have never met so what is the connection between their two worlds? Jo is called by the hospital to say Nate has been involved in a serious accident and has given her address. She is shocked as she has only met him on a couple of occasions, and he ends up moving in with her but who is he and who wants to hurt him?
This is a great fast paced thriller and I really enjoyed the two settings of the mysterious villa, Il Mandarino on the shores of Lake Garda and in contrast Derby which really makes you question how there can be a connection ?
Leah returns to Italy to visit her sister Charlotte and niece Olivia they all seem to be distant and hiding something, do they know anything about Amy’s death ? There are so many red herrings in the book that I thought I had guessed what happened to Amy so many times and I was still surprised by the outcome. I liked the character of Joanne she is conflicted with her feelings for Nate as she is recovering from a spilt in a long term relationship with Luke. By the end of the book I did not know who to trust which I really liked. I picked this book up in the morning and I devoured it in one sitting. It’s a fantastic thriller that grabs you and doesn’t let you go until the end.
5 stars *****
The story introduces us to two women, firstly Leah who is the aunt of Amy, who died the previous year in a drowning accident in Italy. The second woman is Joanne, she is a counsellor at a university and we meet her after an incident with a student at work, sends her to the local pub, where she meets a barman called Nate.
Joanne and Leah have never met so what is the connection between their two worlds? Jo is called by the hospital to say Nate has been involved in a serious accident and has given her address. She is shocked as she has only met him on a couple of occasions, and he ends up moving in with her but who is he and who wants to hurt him?
This is a great fast paced thriller and I really enjoyed the two settings of the mysterious villa, Il Mandarino on the shores of Lake Garda and in contrast Derby which really makes you question how there can be a connection ?
Leah returns to Italy to visit her sister Charlotte and niece Olivia they all seem to be distant and hiding something, do they know anything about Amy’s death ? There are so many red herrings in the book that I thought I had guessed what happened to Amy so many times and I was still surprised by the outcome. I liked the character of Joanne she is conflicted with her feelings for Nate as she is recovering from a spilt in a long term relationship with Luke. By the end of the book I did not know who to trust which I really liked. I picked this book up in the morning and I devoured it in one sitting. It’s a fantastic thriller that grabs you and doesn’t let you go until the end.
5 stars *****