Wow, this is already the fourth book in the DI Gravel series, and not having read the previous books, I will still recommend it. I think the book reads nicely as a stand alone, but perhaps there is something I did miss.
Book was well written and worth your time.
On to the next!

Thank you to NetGalley, Bloodhound Books and the author, John Nicholl, for the opportunity to read a digital copy of Anonymity in exchange for an honest, unbiased opinion.
I thought this book offered a really chilling read. I enjoyed it. Definitely kept me on the edge of my chair.
Well worth a read.

What a chilling thriller! Nicholl really knows how to get your pulse racing and leave you feeling tense. He creates the sickest psychotic characters - each one worse than the next!

In Anonymity we meet Mia an author and mom with a 4yr. old daughter. Mia receives terrifying and taunting emails that put her on edge. The sender knows things about her, personal details no stranger should know. As the internet stalker's threats intensify, Mia begins to unravel. At the advice of her sister she turns to longtime family friend DI Gravel for help.

Gravel is at a low point in his life. Having recently lost his wife and on medical leave, he spends his days drinking and smoking. Knowing he needs to work to be able to move forward he decides to help Mia. Though Gravel is typically uncouth and rough around the edges I felt real pity for him in this book. There was so much hurt, heartbreak and raw emotion in his scenes. It really left me reeling.

Nicole reveals the stalker early on in this one. The story is not about guessing who it is. It's about the sickening cat and mouse game the stalker plays with Mia. As outside observers we know exactly what is happening but it's a nail biting ride. Instead of distracting from the thriller, it adds a heightened layer of trepidation. It was like watching a slasher movie where you find yourself yelling at the screen for characters not to go in a room or run the other way because you know what awaits them.

The plot escalated to an ending that I did NOT expect (maybe because I went into this one blind!). Nicholl knows how to create a spine tingling story. This one gripped me from beginning to end.

Another good read by John Nicoll.
Anonymity is not as gruesome as the rest of Nicoll's books which left me a little disappointed.

First, thanks to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for an advanced copy of this book! A definite page-turner, it only took me two days to read. I would give it five stars- would give it 4.5 if I could- something about Mia just got on my nerves a bit, right from the start, and then later, for all she had been through, and as suspicious as she was, she still seemed a bit näive and a little clueless. Overall though, it was a great read. I may check out more books in the DI Gravel series.

Anonymity by John Nichol
DI Gravel #4

With the fourth and final book in this series we say goodbye to Inspector Gravel but before we do so he is asked by a family friend to help her deal with a person sending her threatening emails. We learn early on who the person threatening her is and just how twisted and depraved he can be. Putting him down like a rabid dog would be too good for him! I wanted her to be saved but there were times that she and he sister made me think TSTL (too stupid to live). Even knowing that Mia had suffered breast cancer and then become dependent on opioids that might be altering her ability to think as she should didn’t take away the times I wanted to grab and shake her.

I did enjoy the story and found it believable for the most part. I wonder if there will be a future series that will star the police department Grav belonged to or if the author will move on to something else.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloodhound Books for the ARC – This is my honest review.

3-4 Stars

Anonymity is by far my favorite dark and disturbing psychological thriller of the year I have read so far. This book should be on the best sellers list. You will be on the edge of your seat flipping through the pages reading it all in one night. I can't wait to read more from this author.

Oh My Goodness. This was bloody brilliant. Dark, grim, disturbing and twisted. Parts of this book are not for the faint hearted, even made my stomach turn at parts.

That ending was a total jaw dropper, unexpected. Anonymity will have you on the edge of your seat throughout. You will be secretly shouting at Mia to wake up, see what’s right in front of her. Thrilling, gripping and brilliant. Enjoyed this one.

Brilliantly written, fast paced and a page turner of a read. A well deserved five stars from me. Highly recommend! Johns story have never let me down yet and this was no exception. Brilliant author. Brilliant stories.

This is the fourth book in the brilliant DI Gareth Gravel series. Grav is on extended sick leave following another heart attack when the daughter of an old family friend contacts him for help. Mia is a successful novelist, recovering from cancer and a broken relationship and now trying to forge a new life with her young daughter Isabella. All is well until she starts to receive strange then ever threatening emails from "her number one fan". When Grav's daughter Emily is also threatened he is forced to involve his colleague Acting DI Laura Kesey as Mia begins to fall apart and people start dying. We know all the way through who the killer is. The author gives us plenty of insight into the mind of this deranged personality as the tensions builds in the race to catch the perpetrator and prevent any more deaths. No spoilers, I loved the book but I so wish it had a different ending! Another cracking read!!

Mia is an author who works from home, the mom of a 4-year-old girl. For some reason, someone has targeted her by email and her life, as she knows it, starts to end.

First come the emails that threaten her, her daughter, her family if she brings in the police. He taunts her by knowing things he shouldn't possibly know ... and she's terrified. His emails demands get more bizarre by the day and the threat of death to her and her daughter intensify.

She eventually turns to DI Gavel, a family friend on medical leave, for help. Gavel receives an email threatening his grown daughter if he helps Mia. How did he know who she was seeing Gavel?

The reader learns early on who the stalker is. Instead of lessening the suspense, it only builds higher, leading to a satisfactory, yet surprising, ending. The characters are finely drawn and the angst is palpable as the stalker turns Mia into a bundle of raw nerves.

This is not my first book by this author, nor will it be the last. I have come to know that whatever he puts on paper turns into a thrilled, gripping psychological thriller that will keep me reading into the early AM hours ... almost afraid to turn off my lights.

Many thanks to the author/ Bloodhound Books / Netgalley for the advanced digital copy of this well written psychological thriller. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

Ooooooh, this is a good one!

Mia, a bestselling author, begins to receive threatening emails that make outrageous demands of her. She vacillates between dismissing them as "coming with the territory"
and the growing and gnawing fear that her stalker is not only dangerous but deadly. She eventually engages the services of a family friend, Detective Graves, an overweight, alcoholic badass on medical leave.

This is my favorite kind of thriller because Mia's POV alternates with the antagonist and Nicholl does an outstanding job of giving us a peek into the mind of this kind of sociopath.

This is book is a gritty, "sitting on the edge of your seat" ride that I was happy to go on with John Nicholl. I look so forward to more by this author.

Thank you to Netgalley for this ARC and to the magnificent Mr. Nicholl for giving me an advanced copy in exchange for this honest review!

Anonymity by author John Nicole is a great fast paced psychological/suspenseful/crime thriller. Basically it’s a woman’s worst nightmare turned reality. The characters are developed great and the plot is thick, I would recommend Anonymity to anyone!
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an arc copy of Anonymity in exchange for an honest review.

Mia is a best selling novelist all is well in her world till the day she receives two emails first says.”Tell me you love me Mia I am your number one fan.Second email “I know where you live. Scary horrifying Mia’s has no idea the danger she is in.Not only does the stalker know where she lives he has set up internet cameras in her home following her every move her most private moments.At the same time women are being murdered in her town.
This is one of the scariest thriller I’ve read could not put down would make a tense movie .Highly recommend #netgalley #Anonimity #bloodhoundbooks