I loved Catherine Steadman's first book so I was very excited to get a copy of Mr. Nobody. I think it is a great second book. The plot was attention getting from the first. Emma was a interesting character that I really liked. It was interesting to get the POV from The Man too. There was a lot of good reveals and some good twists and turns. I really look foward to seeing what she writes next.

I loved this start to finish...fascinating premise and engaging writing. The end got a tad confusing but we needed the extra twist to make the ultimate turn. Looooved it!

When "Mr. Nobody" washes up on a beach, he has no identification, his tags have been cut out of his clothes and he has hit his head. When the police find him, they take him to the hospital where he is tended to by Dr. Emma Lewis. Emma finds him a bit familiar and is surprised when he knows things about her that no one knows. She had changed her name in order to run from some of her past and no one at the hospital knows who she is, except for one person that recognized her.
As folks try to figure out who "Mr. Nobody" really is, the press becomes crazier to dig into the story, which means they also might figure out Emma's past.

An interesting take on amnesia, specifically if people can fake a fugue state or is amnesia really "real". I enjoyed this one and it was a quick read. Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to review this book.

The past and present collide for Psychiatrist Dr. Emma Lewis when she's asked to treat a man found wandering the beach. The man has no memory. Dr. Lewis must return to her childhood community, a place she and her family escaped long ago. But now she is back with a new identity, anxious to treat her new patient.

The story is told from multiple points of view. The plot was taut
with tension, and moved quickly, keeping me on the edge of my seat. There were twists and turns and plenty of surprises.

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Thank you so much for this ARC!

After reading Something in the Water I was beyond excited to see Catherine Steadmans new book. It did not disappoint! I love her writing. Such a great storyteller with a knack for keeping us guessing right until the end.

Cannot wait for the next book!

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC of Mr. Nobody by Catherine Steadman.

Dr. Emma Lewis has been offered a rare and coveted opportunity as a psychiatrist. To evaluate and study a man who has been found unconscious on a beach with no memory of who he is or what he has done. But Dr. Lewis is horrified when she meets the patient and he refers to her by a name that she hasn't been called in a long time. Told from the perspective of the patient, the doctor, the cop, and the nurse, we get to the bottom of just who this "Mr. Nobody" is.

I really enjoyed this one. I can't say that it blew my mind or anything, but it was still exciting, readable and compelling. I loved the backstory of the characters as well as the unfolding story line. A worthwhile read.

I enjoyed reading Something in the Water and was excited to read another book by this author. This book is about a man who appears on a beach with no memories, identification, or name, and a psychiatrist, Emma Lewis, must figure it out. I enjoyed the characters in this book and became invested in trying to figure out the truth. This book offers many suspenseful scenes.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for providing advance review copies to review. All opinions are my own.

An enjoyable thriller with a good amount of twists along the way. I found it a bit slow at times, but it picked up toward the end and I didn’t want to put it down. I had mixed feelings about the characters, something about them wasn’t really resonating.
Overall good, but not amazing.
Thanks to #netgalley and Random House Publishing for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The suspense/thriller genre is filled with books by people with a good idea and no writing skill. Catherine Steadman is not one of those. She's a great writer. I loved Something in the Water - the writing and the story. The thing about Mr. Nobody is that it is well-written... but maybe the story idea wasn't so great. I did enjoy most of the book, but the resolution was too far-fetched for me. Recommended for readers interested in psychological thrillers with a medical aspect.

I adored Catherine Steadman's first novel and could hardly wait to dive into her sophomore thriller. It started out on a high note and kept my attention to the very end. The novel had a great pace and I enjoyed all of the medical background information. Although the novel had great potential, the ending simply fell short. Very rushed and underdeveloped.

Dr. Emma Lewis, neuropsychiatrist,. is called back to her hometown to treat a patient who washed up on the beach with no identity and no memory. He is dubbed "Mr. Nobody" and says only one word.. or actually.. one name.. Emma believes he could really be in a rare fugue state, until he speaks that name..

Is he someone from her disputable past? How does he seem to know more about her and her past life than he does his own?

This was a tear apart, read fast, thriller! If you enjoyed Catherine Steadman's debut novel 'Something in the Water' (like I did!) then "Mr. Nobody" is not one to be missed!!

Thank you to NetGalley, Catherine Steadman and Simon & Schuster for this fun, fun ARC!

Thanks Netgalley and the publisher for the advance ecopy. A man is found on the beach with nothing but the clothes on his back and no memory. He has one word written on his hand but wipes it off. He is found and brought to the hospital. He has mixed feelings on who he prefers and who he does not. He is not able to talk but his facial expressions are how everyone seems to understand this. Then Dr. Emma Lewis is called after 15 years of leaving and changing her name to help this man. She is a highly regarded psychological doctor. But there's a big surprise once she returns. I Highly recommend this book

Absolutely love the writing style of Catherine Steadman. She has created a disturbingly stunning piece of literature that challenges all the familiar tropes and will shock even the most avid fans of this genre. Her characters are complex, enigmatic, and brimming with the most intriguing qualities. Cannot recommend this enough. Sure to be amongst the top books of 2020.



Thank you to #NetGalley and @RandomHousePublishingGroup for this ARC. #MrNobody was read and reviewed voluntarily by #wayward_readers and all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Books that hold my interest throughout the entirety of the novel only to reach an improbable twist and end are always hard to rate for me and usually fall into the 3-star range. So it is with Mr. Nobody, a slow-burn thriller with a generally likable, if overworked, renowned psychiatrist.

When a patient potentially suffering from fugue - a condition which is extremely rare - pops up near Dr. Emma Lewis' hometown, she feels the siren call to treat him - and to get her name on the map. The fact that she has not been back to her hometown due to her father's actions fourteen years ago is a small hurtle when faced with the challenge and notoriety of the case. The reader finds out what Emma's father did to get the whole family chased out of town about halfway through, and I do feel that the slow reveal kept me reading.

The actual case itself also unfolds slowly at first, only to be revealed as Emma figures out who the mysterious Matthew really is - a discovery which, in and of itself, is an interesting twist. How Matthew got to Emma, and how his life unfolded in general without him being caught prior to this day - is completely unrealistic. There is always some suspension of disbelief in fiction but the seemingly impossible actions of one of the main characters put a damper on the ending for this particular reader.

This is a solid thriller that kept me engaged. Really interesting characters and a fairly complex plot. Overall a solid mystery.

I really appreciate the advanced copy for review!!

Matthew was found on the beach with injuries to him and yet he has no idea who he is or where is home. It's a case of no identity. Dr. Emma Lewis was brought in as one of the top researcher to correctly diagnose him. Yet, Emma also has a dark background that she does not want any one to know, especially now that she have put it all behind her.

I find that the story base on medical background intriguing. Fugue diagnose is rare and few in between. However, the scientific part of diagnosing Matthew was very bare. One CT scan, one fMRI, and a few conversations just doesn't make me believe that she was really trying to do any type of research. I find Emma's dark background is very insignificant to the story. Emma went back to a town that is next to the town where she grew up and fled from. It seems that her background was added to create more to the mysteriousness of the story, without actually bringing much to the story as a whole. I would have like to see the story of Matthew's background developed more than Emma's background. The story seems to float on top and no one character was ever truly dug deep and explored.
For example, the story never really explain how Matthew came to know the background to Rhonda's story. That was skim over. So why bother with writing Rhonda's backstory? Which definitely was irrelevant and had no connection whatever so to the story line.
In the end, the story doesn't leave me wanting more as it does come to a close; however, it's not a strong story where it leave me satisfy.

The story starts with a woman who reluctantly agrees to take on a patient who was found on a beach with no memories of how he got there. She tries to determine whether or not he is faking his symptoms. What she doesn't anticipate is that he somehow knows about her tragic past, which she has tried desperately to put behind her. The book takes a huge turn near the end, which leads to an exciting climax. Steadman is a talented writer whose writing keeps the reader engaged.

I really liked the first 3/4 of this book - couldn’t put it down actually and stayed up until 3am reading! However from there I got very confused... how could such a smart doctor immediately fall for that Stephen McNabb crap? I lost faith at that point. While the story turned around a bit, it never fully grabbed my attention again and I was left with a number of questions after I finished, the main one being... was he actually Benjamin Taylor?! Also this edition could use a good proofread/editing :)

This second novel from actress-cum-bestselling author of Something in the Water Catherine Steadman shows that she is not a one-hit wonder. Mr. Nobody is a fast-paced, intriguing novel with twists that keep you guessing - and definitely not just another iteration of the same tropes you see in thrillers.

WHO IS MR. NOBODY? And why does he know so much about his new doctor without knowing anything about himself?

Dr. Emma Lewis, a renowned neuropsychiatrist, has been tapped to lead the diagnosis of a new celebrity patient - a man who washed up on a beach in Norfolk and has no memory of who he is. The press are calling him "Mr. Nobody." Lewis thinks that he could be the real deal: a case of a very, very rare condition called dissociative fugue, in which a patient has all of their baseline memories, but none of their personal memories that make them an individual. He would know what a house is, but not know where his own home is.

The only issue is that Mr. Nobody washed up in Dr. Lewis's hometown - a place where something very bad happened to her and her family when she was a child. In fact, the thing that happened was so terrible that she and her family all changed their names and try hard to keep their distance now. She accepts the case regardless, excited by the prospect of diagnosing and treating this rare patient. However, when Dr. Lewis finally meets Mr. Nobody...he knows a lot about her past life. Too much.

Although this book may seem to rehash concepts from previous novels in the genre - the one that first comes to mind is The Silent Patient - it ends up being something totally new and inventive. The rotating perspectives keep you guessing constantly, but Steadman doesn't draw out the suspense in too much of a painstaking way. When you finally find out what happened to Dr. Lewis's family, it is absolutely satisfying and creative. I dinged this a star for the ending, which I found to be a departure from the rest of the novel. The pacing was a bit too fast, the twists rushed and uncertain. I was left with quite a few questions that I think could have been answered or treated better. However, the top 80% of the novel was highly enjoyable, a read that you can tear through in a few hours. I would definitely recommend this for fans of Reese Witherspoon's Book Club or other picks in the genre.

A tense chilling read characters come alive another terrific read by this very talented author. The best kind of thriller kept me reading late into the night.#netgalley#randomhousebooks.