Because about a girl that lives in a small town that has some thing humiliating happen to her and will do anything to disappear. The only thing is something sinister follows her into the shadows. I highly recommend this one.

This was a page-turner and it pulled me right in. Prue, a twenty-four-year-old from a small village swaps homes with Madi, a sixty-two-year-old from London. They both have good reason to get away from home for a month and when the story opens the "Why?" is part of the mystery to be unravelled. The story is told primarily in the POVs of the two women but there is another POV that pops up along the way: that of a bitter stalker that we know from their first writing is going to do some physical damage or kill someone. The big mystery propelling this story is who is the bitter stalker with the plot? I so enjoyed trying to decipher that part of the story.

There's a bit of a tonal shift to the part of the story where we get to know Prue and Madi in the new homes and surroundings they've swapped. It was nice to see how both women had similarities and differences and got to know one another a bit through others. This part of the story felt more like your usual Women's Fiction (I hate that classification but I don't have any other signifier to convey this point) fare with heartwarming themes as both women healed, came out of themselves more and became part of their new communities. I admit that this wasn't the big pull for me as a reader but it did lend a more hopeful tone and certainly did make me hope that neither woman was done in by the book's end.

No spoilers but this did end very well. I had my suspicions about the bitter stalker's identity as more characters were introduced but there was always one important thing that the reader doesn't have the answer or any clue to before the denouement. That was a bit frustrating but that's just a personal preference for how I like my mystery reads to proceed. The cover hints at a darker tale than I felt this resolved into but I do love the cover. It's what caught my eye and part of why I requested the ARC.

Recommended.

Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the Advance Reader's Copy of this book.

First of all, this isn't in anyway a psychological thriller. It is, however, a well written, cosy, mystery with good characterisation and a decent plot that flows along.

Madi and Prue decide to do a house swap for a month. Madi has health issues and wants to escape the cut and thrust of London, plus, she believes herself to be losing her memory, Prue is looking for the opposite, needing to get away from her grandma's cosy village cottage where a recent embarrassment haunts her.

The mystery comes from someone entering one of the properties, without the owner being aware. Who are they? and why do they appear to harbour dangerous thoughts against the owner?
What follows is a story from both Madi and Prue and the intruder.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to preview this good read.

spoiler alert ** 2.5 stars


Really not sure what to make of this book.
A good 80% of it reads like some sort of chicklit,with the odd slightly menacing page thrown in.
Then it goes all surprise twist to the story before back to chicklit.
Characters were engaging enough,and it was an easy read.
I'm undecided.

First for me from this author. And I have to say this was such a easy read. Flowed very well. And the characters were all loveable and great to learn about. Twist caught me by surprise. Enjoyable book well worth picking up.

Thanks to the publisher and Net Galley for am early release of this book..