Love it. Classic Edwards with the suspense and the stings in the tail. Lots of twists and turns when you're begging poor Elliot to make a different choice but then there is nothing else that he can do, really. I really like the little twists, like the name of the street being Cuckoo Lane. Totally recommended.

Bloody hell! Mark Edwards knows how to f**k up your mind. His books just get scarier and creepier and I'm actually quite glad I don't live next door to him, cause where does he get his ideas from?
This is a brain-numbingly intense read, that creates the inlaws from hell, brings them into your beautiful posh house and when you're ready to scream with frustration the bloodshed begins.
It begins with a lovely romance, Elliott meets a beautiful woman and after falling head over heels proposes quickly and the pair get married, who cares they haven't known one another very long - they have the rest of their lives to get to know each other.
But the lovely Gemma comes with a family in tow, Mum, Dad and younger sister Chloe and when she invites them to stay he can't say no, (please say No, Elliott) after all his gorgeous house is plenty big enough for them all to not get under each other's feet.
But they prove at first to be mildly annoying, and I'm reading it thinking, well they aren't really THAT bad! But they get worse and his life begins to spiral terrifyingly out of control and they're in his house and he can't get shot of them and what is Gemma hiding? What is wrong with Chloe? WHY did he let them in and most importantly how the hell is it going to end??
A must-read for fans of this wickedly clever author and anyone who loves a twisty macabre domestic Noir thriller.

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The setting of this book is 26 Cuckoo Lane! Honestly, who would you expect to find at this address?? If you guessed the in-laws-from- hell, you would be right. Mark Edwards has written a twisty psychological thriller, with a cast of characters that are so well defined that they almost jump off the pages!!

Elliot, the somewhat naive newly wed husband, feels like he has been hit by a category five hurricane when he meets his in laws, the Robinsons! His wife, Gemma, doesn't let Elliot in on the fact that when her parents come for a "visit" that they are there to stay. As Elliot becomes more and more desperate to rid himself of these unwelcome visitors, the action heats up. His despair eventually turns to anger and fury at the despicable Robinsons, who not only are ruining his relationship with Gemma, but are also destroying his beautiful home and his perfect live! I could actually feel Ellliot"s pain and anguish as the plot progressed! I can also honestly say that the antagonists, the vile Robinsons, are characters that the reader hates more intensely as each page is turned.. Gema is an interesting character that causes both sympathy and anger to be felt by the reader. I found that my feelings changed back and forth throughout the book.

The tension ratchets up to a climatic ending as red herrings and dead bodies abound. I have never been more surprised at an ending! Wow, what an explosive and satisfying conclusion this book has. I have given this book a five star rating because the plot and characters were original, and I thoroughly enjoyed this exciting and fast paced read! I highly recommend this book to those who love thrillers, red herrings, surprise endings, and an original plot. Put this book on your To Be Read List!!!

A big thank you to the author, Mark Edwards and to the publishers, Amazon Publishing UK. I received an advanced digital copy of Here to Stay in exchange for an honest review. All opinions in this review are my own.

This may well be Mark's best work to date, and going by previous books, that's high praise indeed!

Here to stay is a bit like being on a roller coaster, in fact, there are probably less twists at the fairground than in this cleverly crafted thriller! Maybe this should serve as a cautionary tale before letting the in-laws come to stay!

Highly recommended!

Holy Cow!! Thanks, NetGalley for helping me discover another new author! I am a now a new fan of Mark Edwards! While several parts of the In-Laws From Hell storyline stretched credibility, it was still a blast to read! Great fun!! Twisty and fast-paced, Jeff and Lizzy are super-fun to read about, even though they are absolutely horrible. What are they going to do to poor Elliot next? You definitely need to read this one!

Thank you to #NetGalley, Mark Edwards and Thomas & Mercer for this ARC!

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Brilliant book by Mark Edwards as always. He never lets his fans down.
Loved the story, the twists and turns in the books, kept me gripped to the end, as always I couldn't put the book down and read in one go

I received an ARC copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for my honest opinion of it and honestly, could not even get through it.

A tense, chilling thriller about the in-laws from hell, with a terrifying twist at the end that I didn’t see coming. I’ve read several novels by the same writer and continue to enjoy his books. Here to Stay is a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining book that I couldn’t put down.

The plot centres around the protagonist, Elliot, a scientist with a successful career and a not for profit business that provides science education for children. His life is pretty ordinary, and he lives in a house in London with his cat, Charlie. He meets Gemma, his future wife and after a brush with death Elliot wastes no time in marrying her after a romance. Then Gemma’s parents and sister come to stay and life will never be the same again. In Lizzy and Jeff, Mark Edwards has created a horrible pair of characters who cause misery to people’s lives where ever they go. They wreak havoc on Elliot’s life, and refuse to leave his house. At first their behaviour is weird and creepy, but it’s not long before they are violent and manipulative. They even get Charlie the cat on their side. Yet no-one is able to prove anything, so Elliot turns investigator. A shocking crime about half way through really ramps up the stakes, and things just keep getting worse.

Jeff and Lizzy really got under my skin, and the novel works well in building up a real sense of how they are closing in and trashing Elliot’s life. It felt like nothing would make them stop. Just imagine the worst kind of people invading your home, refusing to leave, and there’s nothing you can do about it. I got a real sense of this when reading.

Another thing I really liked was how the novel starts off with Jeff and Lizzy in a car in France. All we know at that point is they are running from something that happened involving a dead boy, and there’s a hint they will get away with it like they have before. This created suspense throughout and a sense of ever increasing danger about the situation Elliot is in. Later chapters build on this, and it worked well alongside the London storyline.

Towards the end there were parts of the plot that seemed a little far-fetched, but it worked with the overall pace of the novel and the ever worsening situation that Elliot had to deal with.

I recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good psychological thriller. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of Here to Stay in exchange for my personal review.

I am not going to waffle on about this book because only one word really matches it, and that is WOW

Here To Stay - Mark Edwards

I'll start this by saying that I always enjoy this authors work, I have yet to come across one that I haven't enjoyed and this ones no different. This is a more of a drama than a psychological thriller but its certainly enjoyable. It certainly gives rise to the saying 'look before you leap'.

This is a really good thriller one that introduces us the readers and the main protagonist into a form of cuckooing and a whole new breed of in=laws. When a conservative gent has a whirlwind romance and marries in a hurry a whole world of poop can land in his lap and that's what happens to Elliot. Marrying Sophia within three months without meeting the 'rents' was a bad move on his part.

There were times that I was frustrated with Elliot's naivety. I couldn't understand why so many things that happened went over his head or was he really as gullible as he seemed. When Elliot's in-laws come to stay is where we see an element of cuckooing, although it wasn't cuckooing in the sense of taking over your house for the purpose of selling drugs, this time its to take literally everything from him.

What follows is a complex tale of connivance, duplicity and revenge not to mention kindness and a large slice of gullibility.

Mark has a sense of how to pull the reader in giving us just enough to keep us hooked and turning the pages. The short snappy chapters make me fly through a book as my infamous 'just one more chapter' lets me sneak in a couple at least lol. If you've never read anything of his you are a lucky reader as he has quite a back catalogue to get your teeth in to.

Read for an honest review. Thank you Mark Edwards, Netgalley and Amazon Publishing UK

And you thought your in-laws were bad. Lol You have to read this book to see that it can be much worse dealing with the in-laws from Hell. Here to Stay is a psychological thriller where a newlywed couple allows their in-laws to stay thinking it will be for a short while and how bad could it be. It causes their marriage to spiral into the depths of Hell.This is my first read by Mark Edwards and I like his style of writing. I will definitely read more of his books. This is a fun and fast paced thriller with some unexpected twists & turns.I did not figure out the entire ending and love that in a thriller. Simply preposterous but in a good way which this book was.

Thank you to NetGalley & Amazon Publishing UK for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Well I devoured this book in one sitting.!

Loved it. So much going on to hold your attention. I felt it became a little fraught towards the end but it was an absolute rollercoaster of a journey.

4.5 stars

What an amazing book. I loved everything about it. After reading and reviewing hundreds of books I can usually guess the ending. This one surprised me. Loved it!!
This book has characters you love to hate. Some you want to pummel and some you feel sorry for. At the end you don't know what to think!

Another amazing book by Mark Edwards, Here To Stay was an absolute gripping story of Edward, who I really felt so sorry for, when he meets Gemma and her parents, life will never be the same again! An un-putdownable book that had me gripped all the way through.

I was not a fan of this book which was a shame. The idea of parents staying forever sounded terrifying (ha ha) but I found way too much in the story hard to believe and it was way too long. It was beyond suspension of disbelief. The secrets and plot twists became ridiculous and frankly came at odd times. I was all over the place and sometimes confused. I think the cat Charlie was the one victim I cared for most, and I don't like cats.

After the beginning, where the set-up was done well, I had to put this book down a few times because it was so hard to care. There are parts that I skipped because it was completely dull with no action or thrust. If one character is over the top, it's one thing, but when all of them become unhinged oddities, I can't grab on to their motives. And I have to say a scientist is supposed to be smarter than this, but there were so many unbelievably dumb moves that I wanted to stop reading. I finished out of a commitment to the author's efforts, but I would not recommend it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read for my honest review.

Thanks NetGalley for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review.

When overbearing and rude in-laws stay longer than expected, what are you going to do? What follows is a bit unrealistic, but I kept reading. I needed to see how it would play out even though I knew how it would end.

Thank you to Netgalley, Mark Edwards and Amazon Publishing for my arc of Here to Stay in exchange for an honest review. 

Synopsis: After losing his parents at a young age Elliot has built a life for himself as a successful scientist teaching underprivileged children the 'fun' in science, he has good friends, a lovely pet cat and a beautiful Victorian home that he lovingly restored himself, there's only one thing missing. That is until Gemma Robinson walks into his life and quite literally saves it. Before he knows it Elliot is embroiled in a whirlwind romance and marriage, the happiest he's ever been with his beautiful wife completing his perfect life. That is until Gemma asks if her parents can stay for a few days, eager to meet her family, Elliot says yes. Not knowing the huge mistake he has made. The Robinson's arrive with Gemma's younger sister chloe in tow and soon begin to make Elliot's life a misery. Desperate to get them out, Elliot begins investigating their past, trying to find out just why they left France. But Elliot is treading on dangerous ground....
I can't remember where I first came across Mark Edward's books but wherever it was I'm grateful as it turned me into an eternal fan. Mark is by far one of the most superior thriller writers I've ever come across. It's easy to devour his books in a matter of hours and I'd recommend making sure you have time to go cover to cover because trust me you will not be able to put them down. Here to Stay is no different, it reminded me very much of one of Mark's other books The Magpies it has the same psychological mind games that leave you as frustrated and desperate as the central character. It was impossible not to finish this book in one sitting as each chapter left me desperate for more. Another fantastic read.

Enjoyed this book. One of the best by the author (to date) and certainly kept interest and suspense in this quite creepy and well structured plot.

Book Review: Here to Stay by Mark Edwards

The Robinsons. A family of survivors. It was what they did, whatever the world threw at them. They had been doing this for years. And they would survive again.

They would be houseguests from hell. They'd lie. They'd steal. They'd wreak havoc in the home - and in the neighborhood. It would take years to get rid of them. The law would be on their side. It always worked. And they have a secret weapon. A most sinister weapon...

With the odds and the system stacked against him, what does the mild-mannered, genteel science teacher and homeowner Elliot Foster do?

He uses science, of course, then makes sacrifices. Huge sacrifices. And gets more than what he bargains for.

As he finds out in horror!

What is remarkable about Mark Edward's psychological thriller "Here to Stay" is that it will invariably evoke a whole gamut of emotions and strong reactions from every one who reads the novel - every one!

The emotional response of the autonomic nervous system kind - the cringe and shudder, the utter disbelief, the holler and punch yourself on an open fist kind.

Either in empathy in the shoes of the overmatched and outwitted Elliot, or in vociferous disgust against his pathetic and gullible self. Or both.

The book will make the reader think: First, how lucky they don't have "Robinsons" in their own lives. So very lucky.

And, then, how they'd proactively deal with "Robinsons" - lock them out, run them out, even "stand your ground". Whatever it takes!

Subconsciously, readers will demand one condition as they plow through chapter after unputdownable chapter: that the author better come up with an explosive, fitting and unexpected ending.

And Mark Edwards delivers!

Review based on a complimentary Advance Reading Copy from Amazon Publishing UK and Thomas & Mercer through NetGalley.

Elliot has it all, a new wife, a gorgeous home, a successful career. But a visit from his new in-laws is about to turn his world upside down.

A whirlwind romance saw Elliot and Gemma tie the knot, and the first few months of married life is going well. Gemma's parents come to visit with her younger sister, and whilst Elliot is keen to welcome and get to know them, he cant ignore the change in his wife.

When the in-laws appear to be getting a little too settled into his home, Elliot not only becomes concerned for himself and his marriage, but at the sister in law who locks herself away in his house that he isn't allowed to see.

Soon, Elliot finds his world is blown apart by this family he has married into. Shocks, twists and truths become exposed as Elliot struggles to get to grips with the realisation that they really are the in-laws from hell, but that his wife may not really be the woman he fell head over heels for.

This book will have you reading into the wee small hours, its gripping, clever, and an enthralling story that will make you thankful that your in-laws aren't that bad after all!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for giving me a copy of this book