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The Downstairs Neighbour by Helen Cooper
4.0
The Downstairs Neighbour
By Helen Cooper
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‘Three families, living under the roof of a converted Georgia town house in South London. Chris and Vicky - a quiet couple in the basement, Emma, a single woman in the first floor flat and the top floor flat is home to Steph, Paul and their teenage daughter. Their paths rarely crossed - until the day that Freya goes missing, secrets and dark pasts are’s slowly revealed as they all come to realise that the truth to Freya’s disappearance may be closer to home than they first thought.’
Domestic suspense at its finest, this book reminded me of Lisa Jewell’s ‘Then She Was Gone’ and ‘Invisible Girl’. Filled with complicated characters, mild thrills and jaw dropping twists. I flew through it and was left feeling satisfied with the neat ending - sometimes a book being tied up ‘in a bow’ is frustrating but in this case I think it perfectly suited the story.
It feels very apt to be reviewing this book on Mother’s Day as my favourite thing about the book was the complex, painfully flawed but equally loving mother and child relationships of the characters, and how central these relationships were to the plot. From Steph and Freya, to Emma and Zeb and Kate and her mum - it was fascinating and relatable to see the way in which these characters interacted with one another and how their dynamics changed as their personal situations became more stressful.
Thanks so much to InstaBookTours and the author for gifting me this copy of ‘The Downstairs Neighbour’ in exchange for a fair review - as always, all opinions are my own.
By Helen Cooper
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‘Three families, living under the roof of a converted Georgia town house in South London. Chris and Vicky - a quiet couple in the basement, Emma, a single woman in the first floor flat and the top floor flat is home to Steph, Paul and their teenage daughter. Their paths rarely crossed - until the day that Freya goes missing, secrets and dark pasts are’s slowly revealed as they all come to realise that the truth to Freya’s disappearance may be closer to home than they first thought.’
Domestic suspense at its finest, this book reminded me of Lisa Jewell’s ‘Then She Was Gone’ and ‘Invisible Girl’. Filled with complicated characters, mild thrills and jaw dropping twists. I flew through it and was left feeling satisfied with the neat ending - sometimes a book being tied up ‘in a bow’ is frustrating but in this case I think it perfectly suited the story.
It feels very apt to be reviewing this book on Mother’s Day as my favourite thing about the book was the complex, painfully flawed but equally loving mother and child relationships of the characters, and how central these relationships were to the plot. From Steph and Freya, to Emma and Zeb and Kate and her mum - it was fascinating and relatable to see the way in which these characters interacted with one another and how their dynamics changed as their personal situations became more stressful.
Thanks so much to InstaBookTours and the author for gifting me this copy of ‘The Downstairs Neighbour’ in exchange for a fair review - as always, all opinions are my own.