This was a fast paced quick mystery read filled with Lots of twists and turns that kept me guessing till the end

I want to thank NetGalley, the publisher, and author Sara Foster for providing me with an ARC of this novel!

I am an absolute sucker for a good thriller, especially those that involve a dead body. I loved that this novel was told during different time periods from the same main character, Eleanor. I most definitely agree with the comparisons made to The Girl on the Train. You have the idea of she went out drinking, she doesn’t remember what happened that night, and then she ends up as a murder suspect. This was a good read that kept my attention!

Thank you again to those named above for the chance to read and review this ARC!

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

This was an OK read, I suppose, although most of the stars I am giving it are for the sections dealing with Eleanor's childhood. I found these compelling and tragic, but the sections set in the present day were extremely repetitive and dragged for me. Eleanor spent ages wishing she could remember 'that night', telling people she wished she could remember 'that night', wondering what to do with the ring she found in her bag, hiding it under her mattress, retrieving it, hiding it again, losing it, giving it to her uncle, receiving it back from her uncle, and so on and so forth. Eleanor read very young, which is not entirely a criticism, as she was meant to be 21 I think, but she was quite a YA heroine in my opinion, and I grew tired of her going round and round in circles. The ending of the story was underwhelming, and I was glad to have got to the end.

The hidden hours reminded me a bit of girl on the train! It tells a few different stories from Eleanor's perspective.
Eleanor is a young woman who has moved from Australia to London to work and is living with her rich uncle and his wife and crazy kids. She's also picked up a job in Sarah's publishing firm which definitely mixes business and pleasure.
She goes out one night and runs into her bosses wife. They get drunk and she doesn't remember what happens. She ends up as part of Arabella's murder suspect as she tries to piece together what happened that night.
There's two types of flashbacks that are confusing and sometimes just irrelevant, and Eleanor wasn't a compelling narrator. It was a predictable ending and wasn't really anything special. I normally love this author but this kind of hit down the middle for me!!