If I could give this book more than 5 stars, I would. This is a very well written, fast-paced, page turner with a shocking ending that I did not see coming. Emma is married to Darren and they have a son Jayden. Darren has a construction company and one of his employees gets hurt on the job and is in the process of suing him. All sorts of things begin to happen to this family that leads to a very climatic shocking ending. If you are looking for a gripping thriller, I highly recommend this book.

Wowee, what a reveal right near the end! Phew, that was an OMG moment for sure!

Emma is in a mental hospital, but she doesn't know why. She did something so terrible that she's blocked it from her mind and throughout the story, as she talks to her doctor, the truth starts to be revealed. I had guessed part of the truth, but not all of it. No, the real truth was truly chilling.

It's hard to say much without giving the story away, but this is such a good book, the writing style so easy to read and the pace just right. The sense of fear and panic grows throughout the book as Emma's family are terrorised until we come to the final showdown. Which I have to say, is a cracker. Loved it!

Thanks to Net galley, Bookouture and the author for an ARC in return for an honest review.

This was my first time to read Alex Sinclair, it certainly didn't disappoint, the author reels you in straight away. The story is told from Emma Turner's perspective who finds herself waking up in a psychiatric hospital but has no reason as to why, the story jumps from "before" the hospital and "after" the hospital. I loved the build up and just wanted to keep reading to find out what happened to her on that night that caused her to have a mental breakdown and completely block those memories!! Would definitely recommend to anyone who loves a good psychological thriller.
Thank you to Netgalley & Bookouture for giving me the opportunity to read an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

I really had trouble getting into this novel. I couldn't remember the characters and just didn't see a lot that kept my attention.

While saying that I see promise with this book and author. I can see a strong ability to build a story and a character that is believable

Thanks to Bookoutre and Netgalley for the opportunity to preview this book.

It's an interesting one for me to review, as, although I found it absorbing and at times claustrophobic, as you follow the lead character who is going through her own personal hell. Overall, I found it a little too much like a 'made for TV movie' for me. It's not a bad read and there is a good twist in the tale, it's just 'ok' from my perspective. A solid 3 stars.

The synopsis of The Last Thing I Saw drew me in like a moth to a flame. Billed as a psychological thriller where you will be checking your door is locked and looking over your shoulder lured me in and I was expecting great things.

Whilst this book was good, I read it in a few days and did enjoy it. I did feel that it didn’t quite live up to its prediction.

I would give this book 3.5 stars. Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture and the author for the chance to review.

'The Last Thing I Saw' concerns Emma, who wakes up in a psychiatric unit with no memory of the past 24 hours and how or why she has ended up there. All she knows is that her husband and son refuse to visit her, and what follows is the journey Emma takes, along with her daily appointments with her psychiatrist, to try and work out what has happened.

The story is told from the perspective of Emma, and I found that there were simply far too many unnecessary details, and the plot was very slow-moving. Some of the details were obivously necessary in order to build up to the plot twist, but I felt there were too many things about people that weren't concerned with the main plot. For a psychological thriller there wasn't nearly enough tension to keep me hooked. Although I read this book in two days, it was through desperation to get to the climax as opposed to thoroughly enjoying the book I was ready.

The chapters alternate between 'before' the incident, and 'after' the incident. Going back and reading the 'before's allows the reader to build up a picture of what they think might have happened during that forgotten incident, and as the chapters progress you are drip-fed more and more information. I'll admit the plot was fairly predictable and so when the 'twist' came I wasn't surprised, and I did find it was a little over the top.

This was a fairly easy-to-read book, but it lacked the excitement and tension I usually look for in psychological thrillers.

From the description, I discovered that this book had been previously published before as Don’t let me Die. This edition has gone through significant editorial revisions.

First, I’d like to say that I know many people don’t like the use of the f word and swearing using Jesus and God in the books they read. This book contains both. There are so many wonderful writers out there with best selling books that don’t resort to this, and readers appreciate that they can read a book without cringing at the language. The mom, on several occasions corrected her son for his bad language which is truly baffling because if a parent talks like that, how can they expect their kids not to? So many of the phrases people pick up are learned from others. (Which is another reason to stay away from books with all this bad language.)

The story consists mainly of the stream of consciousness of the main character, Emma. While the book can be considered to be a thriller, although not the best I’ve ever read, the plot is a bit over the top. The husband was too wishy washy not able to make a reasonable decision and stick to it. The wife was more than a little self centered. There was also too much repetition in the after chapters. The ending was difficult to believe if you think back to what you learned earlier in the book, and certain parts just don't add up.

Overall, this is an ok book.

I love to find myself totally captivated by a storyline so much so that everyday life becomes an inconvenience.

Sadly this didn’t happen on this occasion. Without giving the plot away the first 2/3 of the book held my attention but the ending disappointed. Perhaps as it was too far fetched & unrealistic?

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and the Publisher, Bookouture for this review copy given in exchange for an honest review. Also thank you to Noelle from Bookouture for organising the Blog Tour.

Please note, this book has previously been titled Don’t Let Me Die. This edition, The Last Thing I Saw, contains significant editorial revisions.

Emma is in a psychiatric hospital. She has no idea why she is there, but whatever the reason is her husband and son refuse to visit her. She receives help from one of the psychiatrists to try and remember what happened on the night she can’t remember. The story takes you through Emma’s story from before that night and after and Emma’s attempt to regain her forgotten memory.

My first book by this author. For information, this book is based in America. The story begins with Emma in a psychiatric hospital. The first few chapters of Emma describing her existence in this hospital reminded me so much of ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’. Obviously, psychiatric facilities aren’t meant to be four star hotels, but this one sounded frightening, particularly when, like Emma, you are unable to remember why you are there. Emma’s mind has obviously chosen to ‘forget’ what has happened to result in Emma being in there and her case has been taken over by a more sympathetic psychiatrist who begins working to unlock what is going on in Emma’s mind.

I loved the way the book kept me questioning what was going on and what had actually happened on that night. The issue of her husband and son not wanting to visit her was also a mystery which doesn’t get revealed until the very end. The switching between the two times, before and after, was great and kept the story interesting. I thought I had worked out what was going on half way through the book, but I was wrong! This book needs to be read to the very end to really understand the story!

I won’t delve into the storyline any more as I don’t want to ruin it for future readers. The actual plot of the story is difficult to talk about without giving too much away. All in all, it was a seriously creepy read, setting my teeth on end and giving me goose bumps throughout. The ‘after’ scenes of Emma’s time in the hospital was described perfectly and gave me images of what it must have been like. It was also a reasonably short book and didn’t take long to get through, so was great to get to the end quicker to find out what the hell had happened!!

Creepy, spine-tingling and hypnotic!! A very much recommended read!!

Oh my gosh, this book was amazing. You start with Emma waking up, not knowing why she is there, in a mental hospital. She has no memories of why she is there or what she has done to cause the mental break and memory lapse that she has. The author does a wonderful job at keeping the full story from you and leading you down the wrong path as to what happened and why Emma is there. I don't want to give it away, but I did not figure it out until about three chapters before you found out who and what happened.

With what Emma had to do, the choice she had to make it is no wonder she had a mental break. Under those conditions I think I would have had a break long before she did, but then I have a history of depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses. When Emma remembers what happened and who caused it I am surprised she did not have another break instead of powering through it.

It all ends up good in the end, but you are left wondering if it ever will be good. I do not know if Emma and the survivor (trying not to give away the story) will ever be able to put the pieces of their life back together again. I know for one thing Emma has a lot of work to do to get back to a semblance of her normal self.

Enjoyed the book immensely. Very suspenseful. It kept my interest throughout the entire novel. I would read more by this author.

On the cover we see the blue eye of Emma. One sentence sums up the book: "You thought your family was safe, you were wrong".

It all starts when Emma wakes up in the hospital without remembering what happened in the last 24 hours, her husband and son refuse to see her. She will do everything to remember and know her family safe reassures her. She just remembers seeing a pair of cold, dark eyes before falling asleep.

A good psychological thriller well written with the character of Emma tying with lots of twists.

This was an excellent physiological thriller that will keep you guessing through the whole book. I enjoyed it.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own

Emma wakes up in a psychiatric hospital with no memory of why she is there. She can remember everything up to the evening before she was placed in the hospital. She meets with a Dr. daily to try to recover her memory about the night that changed her life. She knows that she and her family were being harassed and threatened from someone who works for her husband. Someone had been watching her home, taking pictures of her family, and breaking into their house. The police don't believe them because there is no real evidence and Emma's family is forced to take matters into their own hands. The consequences of those actions will land Emma in the hospital, waiting for her husband and son to come and visit her.

After reading so many positive reviews I was expecting to like this book a lot more than I did. The chapters alternate between "before" and "after" and it just didn't hold my interest enough. Emma irritated me and I found the characters bland and not very interesting. Minor plot problems irritated me too. They knew they were being watched but it took them while to set their house alarm? Something was stolen from their house and then returned one day when they were out but the alarm didn't go off? Emma gets pictures sent to her and she doesn't think to screenshot them on her phone or forward them as evidence before they're deleted? Nothing really "thrilling" happened. The whole family was very quick to act on their own without really giving the police a chance to gather evidence and attempt to help them. The "main event" that she keeps trying to remember irritated me too. How did Jayden get in the car when he was at his friend's house. He didn't know his uncle enough to trust him. Why would the family ever in a million years think it was ok to meet someone in a park at midnight? Dumb and naive.

This one just didn't do it for me!

Truly compellingly read! Read in one sitting, the author kept me guessing as to what Emma had done, I definitely wasn’t expecting that twist as the end either! 5 stars! Thankyou to netgalley and Alex Sinclair for the arc

I'd like to thank Netgalley and Bookoutre for the opportunity to review, The last Thing I Saw by Alex Sinclair, in exchange for an honest review. If the cover of the Last Thing I Saw doesn't send chills up your spine then maybe the Prologue will. This is a suspenseful, chill rendering story of Emma Turner and a single night that changed her life forever. Here is the Synopsis from the book...
"Emma wakes up in hospital with no memories of the past 24 hours and no idea why she’s there. And her husband and son refuse to visit her. As she frantically tries to piece together her memories to find out what happened, Emma is desperate to ensure her loved ones are safe. But all she can remember is the last thing she saw before she blacked out: a pair of cold, dark eyes…"
This is the first book that I've read from Alex Sinclair and I am sure it won't be the last. Plus, I want to mention that the "hospital" that Emma wakes up in is a mental hospital. Doesn't that seem more intriguing? Although, I was able to figure out the who/what of the story, I wasn't completely correct and was compelled to keep turning the pages to see where the pieces of the puzzle fit. In this story, I liked how the chapters alternated between "before" and "after". I feel that this structure helped the story move along nicely. The author was able to express Emma's hopelessness of her situation and you couldn't help but mentally encourage her to speak the truth and to not be afraid of it. Eventually she was able to face the truth and it was more awful than I imagined.

Absolutely amazing! A thrilling, heart-pounding, brilliant tale, deftly told by a master of the art. Had to believe that this is a debut as the author is skilful at surely and completely grabbing the reader's attention as this brilliant story masterfully unfolds, racing towards a stunning climax. An unputdownable and fabulous debut by an exceptionally talented author to watch.

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I enjoyed this book....I found it to be an easy read....I did not see the end coming.
I had a bit of a struggle with the characters....I didn’t find any of them particularly likeable...until the end when I finally found some sympathy for Emma!
I would read another book by Alex Sinclair.

When Emma wakes up in a mental institution, she has no idea how she got there. Or what horrible thing she had done that her husband and son have not been to see her even once. She has to find the answers before she loses her mind forever.
The Last Thing I Saw is a well-written thriller that will keep you guessing as you turn the pages. Families are more complicated than they appear and everything is not as it seems!
Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC.