I absolutely loved 80% of this book. I wondered if the book could keep the high quality and it mostly did. Excellent twist half way through with Jemma 'with a J'. I was not expecting this. Characters are excellent and I was easily drawn into them. Don't like american spellings/phrases in books that are obviously British e.g. whiskey (no 'e') and SUV (4 by 4). The last 20% peters out for me - I was waiting for a big twist and nothing happened. The story line with Jemma with a 'j' was just too coincidental and needed to be included in the ending.

This was one of the best books I have read this year - because the twist in it was so unexpected. I loved it. It was cleverly written and whilst the first part was a typical mystery/psychological thriller, the twist took it in a completely different direction to what I was expecting. Highly recommended.

Tony and Laura answer their front door to a young woman who thinks she lives at that address and can’t remember her name. She has no handbag or i/d but can remember that she flew into Heathrow from Berlin.
Tony and Laura are not really sure what to do but decide they will let her stay for the night and then take her to the local doctors surgery in the morning, to see if they can help.
Meanwhile Tony decides she needs a name and that Jemma suits her.
In the morning she sees Dr Patterson, a friend of Laura’s, and during the consultation it becomes clear that, after searching records, Dr Patterson is very concerned as to “Jemma’s” possible identity, but she won’t elaborate.
Events then move on quickly and it is difficult to know who to believe.
This is a mysterious and fast moving thriller - it will keep you hooked and turning the pages.

I cannot rave about this book enough. From a rather inauspicious first page, it's not long before we are thoroughly wrapped up in "Jemma with a J"'s story.. How she arrived at the door of Tony and Laura's cottage in a sleepy wiltshire village, not knowing her name or who she was and missing all her belongings - but knowing their house inside out. Tony and Laura profess never to have seen her before, but one of them is lying. ...

With some incredible reveals and twists, travelling from England to Germany and India, this thriller was one of the best police proceedurals I've read this year, if not in several years. It takes a lot to creep me out and I'm not easily scared, but there were a couple of moments in this novel where I had goosebumps and my jaw geniunely dropped. A cannot put down, stay up all night even when you have a bad cold, ignore your kids and partner read. Highly recommend!

I'm going to keep this review short and sweet as writing too much will result in me giving too much away, so here goes.

I really enjoyed this book, it’s a very modern thriller about a woman who has what is believed to be temporary amnesia who can’t remember anything from her past except for a few details about a friend. She turns up at a house which she believes she used to live at and is invited in by some strangers that are living there. The story starts to unfold and is a real page turner and unputdownable.

The book is written using viewpoints of multiple characters. I did get confused at times because of this but nothing major that I didn’t manage to work out after reading on.. I thought there was good characterisation and they all seemed to develop as the book goes on.

While reading this book I did wonder who in their right mind would let a stranger into their house and let them stay, but as I read on it all starts to make sense as everything comes together.

This was another book where I thought I had worked out how it would end but once again I was wrong.

Overall I enjoyed this book although it was full of twists and turns I thought there was something missing but once again can’t quite put my finger on what it is. I do recommend this book if you’re looking for a good mystery thriller.

I would like to thank NetGalley and Head of Zeus for my eARC in return from and honest and unbiased review.

A captivating and unusual mystery thriller that will turn your guesses and conclusions upside down the page after you've formulated them, sending you down a whole new path.. The story kicks off with the fascinating story of a woman turning up on the doorstep of a village home claiming she lives there, but the couple who open the door says it belongs to them and they do not know her. Who is lying? The girl, named 'Jemma' for convenience, claims to have lost her memory. She has just flown in to the UK from Berlin and has had all her baggage - including ID documents - stolen but 'knows' the house and claims it is her home. The couple are sympathetic toward this sad amnesiac and take her in ... and from that point forward the story unfolds.

We are made to sympathise first with one character then with another, then to doubt them, then to re-form our impressions from chapter to chapter, wondering who is telling the truth, who is lying, and who the characters really are.

The characterisation is good, though necessarily limited by the complexity of the plot itself as further development of the characters would have required a much longer book. I've noticed complaints by some reviewers that the story itself is somewhat unbelievable, but I don't find this the case, particularly, and don't feel that authors should be constrained when writing thrillers to make everything so plausible that it could be 'as real life'. If that were the case, why bother with fiction at all? Anyway, as it is said, 'Truth is stranger than fiction', so I wouldn't put plausibility that high on my own list of necessary ingredients for a story.

I found this a thoroughly engaging psychological thriller with some very unexpected and unusual developments along the way that kept me intrigued all the way through, with intelligent writing and characterisation along the way. I have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone who enjoys a good psychological mystery/thriller.

Forget my name is a racy, modern thriller with plenty of chilling moments. A woman who can't remember who she is, has had her belongings stolen but not all is lost, she remembers a house, she believes it's hers but another couple are living there. Laura and Tony open the door to a beautiful young woman who thinks she lives in their house, they are neighborly and invite her in, she can't remember anything else, so they try to help, book a GP appointment and let her stay the night. Well having a stranger in the house is scary enough but when the GP suspects she lived in the house sometime ago and has killed before it gets scarier. The story is told from multiple viewpoints that swap around very quickly, therefore told in over 100 chapters. This keeps the action moving very quickly. All the characters are believable, plenty of avenues are explored to find out who this woman is and why she has come to this village. Great plot, which I won't spoil, solid 4 stars, unputdownable!

Overall this is a really good read. It is confusing in parts but definitely worth persevering. This is a good gripping plot with a few brilliant totally unexpected twists. I had chills down my spine by the end. The plot is refreshingly novel and memorable.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

I raced through this highly entertaining psychological thriller. A woman arrives in a small rural village and heads to what she believes to be her home. The trouble is she has no idea who she is, where she has been and why she knows this house to be her home. The door is answered by a couple who claim to be its owners and know nothing of her existence. Who is lying and why?

There is a clever intertwining of two stories here as the protagonist and residents of the village try to discover her identity. It is difficult to say more without creating spoilers but this is a well written thriller with excellent characterisation and satisfying twists. It stays just on the right side of credible.

I received a complimentary copy of the book from NetGalley and publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you.

My thanks to Head of Zeus and NetGalley for a digital copy of this intriguing thriller.

I found it very hard to put down and loved its various twists and turns. A complex plot that manages to handle multiple points of view and deliver surprise after surprise along with edge-of-the-seat tension. It is one I would advise to read ‘cold’ avoiding too much background.

I especially enjoyed the local characters; especially
Sean and his Russian conspiracy theories that also managed to bring into the narrative real-world recent events. On a side note with the local pub being called The Slaughtered Lamb my mind went straight to ‘An American Werewolf’ in London.

I think this is going to prove a best seller though I do think it best to not tell potential readers there is a twist as that prepares them throughout for it.

An odd mix of a novel, encompassing some interesting detail about seahorses and memory function combined with taut thriller elements and several rather bizarre little extras which left me wondering why they were there at all, of which more later.
The story was entertaining overall with a creepy villain and a sensible flatfoot detective, a vulnerable waif and a somewhat obvious twist lurking in the near distance for most of the first half. I bought into the setting and even the series of strange coincidences involving various exes, a historical murder and a convenient lack of hospital records, because it was all quite well-paced (actually a bit ridiculously fast - girl turns up one day and the whole thing appears to be done within the week!) and fun to ride along with.

Spoilers below - just for those who have read:
However, there was a tangle of knots which were never really unravelled. Why did we need sulky Milo or the drug addict son of Silas? The blink-and-you'll-miss-it romance with the GP? There seemed no need for Tony to be American, or to run an English village vegan cafe of all things - is there that much demand for smoky tempeh sandwiches in a little country village? Not to mention yoga classes - and yet those two practices apparently supported a pretty natty lifestyle! I wasn't sure why at least two, possibly three, of the characters should hail from an obscure Indian region and have a connection to Buddhist monks and yoga practices. I didn't know why Tony had to have a seemingly genuine marriage which fell apart almost immediately. Why was there an Irish alcoholic who spoke Russian knocking about the place with no apparent purpose? Why was Berlin a central hub of the action, rather than say London or Glasgow? Do many sweet young Indian girls from remote, religious backgrounds suddenly debunk to leather clubs in Kreuzberg, promptly become tattooed and gay and adopt a life of benzos and Xanax? Answers on a postcard please :)

Forget my name is a modern thriller with plenty of chilling moments. A woman who can't remember who she is, has had her belongings stolen, unfortunate you think but she remembers a house, she thinks it's hers but another couple are living there. Laura and Tony are extremely neighbourly and invite her in, book a GP appointment and let her stay the night. Well having a stranger in the house is scary enough but when the GP suspects she lived in the house sometime ago and has killed before it gets scarier. The story is told from multiple viewpoints that swap around very quickly, therefore told in over 100 chapters. This keeps the action moving very quickly. All the characters are believable, plenty of avenues are explored to find out who this woman is and why she has come to this village. Great plot, which I won't spoil, solid 4 stars, unputdownable!

An intriguing keep you guessing story that you may or may not suss half way through. An array of characters and subplots can make it a little confusing at times, especially when their names begin with F! A story with two parts in which I preferred the first but understood and enjoyed the second. A great premise and it will have you wondering just who’s side you should be on. It also had me googling seahorses!

My thanks to NetGalley and Head of Zeus for an ARC in return for an honest review.

Very interesting book, you get half way through and think that it's all be solved and then you realise there is more, there has to be more. A clever plot and main character, it kept me guessing almost to the end. I would definitely read more by this author.

Forget My Name is a psychological thriller at its best with twists worthy of Hitchcock. When a woman appears at a couple's doorstep claiming she knows it's her home but knows nothing about herself, the fast-paced race for answers begins. Who is telling the truth and just who is this woman? Though parts were a bit disturbing, I couldn't stop reading this book or anticipate what would happen next. It was an excellent thriller, and I highly recommend it!

Fabulous from the very first page. A wonderful thriller that keeps you guessing the identity of a stranger that knocks on the door. Superb characters, especially Jemma with a J. I read this book at bedtime and wanted to continue into the night. I have no desire to spoil the plot suffice as to say, it's a great thriller and you'll want to read it in one sitting.

When a young women appears at Laura and Tony’s cottage claiming that she lives there but has no idea who she is or where she’s come from, they decide to help her but start to become weary when things don’t quite add up.

Somewhat confusing in parts, this fast paced story left me wanting to know more and not entirely sure I fully understood what was happening, having said that I thoroughly enjoyed the style of writing and it was an added bonus that the story was set in a local area to me.

4 stars because I enjoyed the story but did find it a confusing read.

A woman if fresh off the plane from Berlin. She turns up at Tom and Laura’s home, with no memory or who she is, or where she has been. She only knows that she has lived in that house. But Tom and Laura has lived there for over 3 years and even Tom and Laura takes in her and lets her stay the night, as she has nowhere else to go. They even take her to see the local GP. They think she is suffering from Amnesia. They think that “Jemma” is a woman that used to lived years ago in that house named Jemma Huish. She went missing several years back and now she has returned. But after the Police get involved they rule that out. But who is this woman and what is her agenda?
I have difficult describing this book. I liked the premise of this story and for the first half I thought it was gripping, with lots of twists and turns. But half way through it when we find out what “Jemma” is really doing, I thought the story just petered out for me, and got confusing. I thought that some things written was unnecessary and started skimming reading towards the end. I thought a great idea, but the ending didn’t deliver for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and publishers for this ARC. What a great start, a pretty woman appears on the doorstep, claiming to have amnesia, can't remember her name yet knows the layout of your house! The writing is good and flows nicely and an intriguing mystery story of mixed identities, imaginative misconceptions and police-probing takes shape. A resolution to that story is made, but leaves a couple of loose ends unresolved. But, this is only at the mid-point of the book! The second-half of the book is almost another, built tentatively on the loose-ends, and could have better been served as a follow-up adventure for the character Luke in conjunction with the police interest as this was more the 'thriller' element of the writing. Admittedly I did find the concluding narratives very satisfactory, but still feel that it could have been better thought-out as a whole.

A young couple, Laura and Tony hear a knock on their cottage door and find a young woman on the doorstep claiming she lives there but she has no idea who she is, even what her name is. They help her but become suspicious that this helpless woman is rather more dangerous than she appears.

I quite liked this book but felt it went on too long. The major plot line came to a conclusion halfway through the book and I had no clue as to how the rest of the story would go. It was very much a separate plot line which didn't really have anything to do with the first plot. Both were good stories and would probably have stood on their own but for me, the combination of the two of them didn't work.