Not my favorite BA Paris book, but I enjoyed it. Definitely a good twist at the end, but not a real stand out psychological thriller for me.

Alice and Leo are finally ready to move in with each other. Alice believes that Leo has found the perfect house in a gated community in London. That is until she finds out that the previous owner had died there. Now curious, but angry with Leo, Alice tries to unravel of how the previous owner was killed.

This was one of my favorite books from BA Paris thus far. The beginning kept you guessing, and while I was ultimately able to figure out the ending, it did keep me guessing for awhile.

Pretty good read. A murder mystery, where the main character, who seems to be quite the anxious mess (just like me 😂) goes about trying to solve the murder and who was really behind it.

Alice and Leo have a new start in London with a new house in a posh, gated neighborhood. Alice has a get together at her new home with neighbors so she can meet them but a strange man shows up who was never invited.

The man ends up coming back another day claiming to be a private investigator. He said he is looking into a case of a murder that occurred at their home. Alice soon finds out that Leo knew about the murder but never told her. What else is Leo is hiding from her? Who is the murderer? Are these new neighbors trusted or are they hiding things as well?

I've read all of B. A. Paris' books at this point and this one is probably my least favorite. I've found their other books engaging with surprising plot twists, but I didn't feel that with this one. It was a middle of the road book for me. I didn't feel there was any suspense or twist that was hard to see coming as I've enjoyed in their previous books. I book was set in a small gated community with a close-knit group of neighbors which I liked very much. I didn't feel like the group was very memorable and their individualities and quirks could have been explored more. Unfortunately this one missed the mark for me, but I still enjoyed their other books and look forward to future ones.

I received this ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

If you are looking for a compulsive, thrilling read like Behind Closed Doors or The Dilemma in B.A. Paris’ latest release, you are going to be disappointed.

The story opens with Alice and her boyfriend moving into an exclusive gated community called The Circle. Alice begins to make an effort to immerse herself into the new neighborhood and make friends of her somewhat strangely-acting neighbors. She soon finds that something awful happened to the previous resident of their new home. She was murdered in her own bedroom. She also discovers the woman was a therapist that had the same name as her late sister. Alice becomes absolutely obsessed with the murder and suspicions that it didn’t happen as people think it may have.

I have to say that this book was pretty much ruined by the dimwitted protagonist of the story. Alice was just not the sharpest knife in the drawer, jumping from one ridiculous theory to the next with lightning speed, coming up with scenarios where each neighbor and acquaintance could’ve been the perpetrator in the crime. Her questions were endless and pointless. She circled back on herself several times over without uncovering any useful, pertinent information until the very end. The twisty grand finale with the multiple red herrings was much too little, much too late, I’m afraid.

I really wanted to love this book and dove in whole-heartedly. Unfortunately, this one just didn’t make the mark. In the end, it just felt far-fetched and much too tedious. Alice wore me out. I give this 2.5 (rounded to 3).

B.A. always delivers

Upon moving into a new house with her boyfriend Leo, Alice is told by a private investigator that someone had been murdered in her home, and he believes the murderer is still out there. Why hadn’t she known this before moving in? If the murderer is still out there, does someone on her new street more know than they are letting on? And who can she trust when anyone could be capable of murder?

I did find the story to be long, and slightly drawn out, but I wasn’t bothered by it as I usually am with books. It gave us time to get to know the characters on the street and really make judgments, trying to figure out who may have been responsible along with Alice.

Coupled with enough creep from the possibility of someone being in the house, or is the spirit of Nina still in the house waiting for justice, it kept me reading and kept me interested. Loved the ending when it all comes together, definitely will keep you guessing.

Thank you to the publisher for my copy - all opinions are my own.

I admit, slow burn domestic suspense can be hit or miss for me as a reader - but when it works it WORKS, and BA Paris is an author who makes it work again and again.

The Therapist is domestic suspense perfection with compelling and mysterious characters, horrible characters, characters you are rooting for and characters who will surprise the hell out of you. I loved the slow build into the mystery of what happened to the woman who lived in Alice's house before she moved in, and her intense focus on needing to find the truth. I LOVED that I really had no idea where the story was going, and I always love a story when I don't see the twists coming.

Everything about this story is incredibly well done, its perfectly paced, perfectly addicting and throws you into an explosive final act that will keep you reading far past your bedtime to see what really happened.

A MUST for thriller lovers - this is the perfect book to curl up with and waste away a day!

Alice and Leo move into a gorgeous house in a gated London community. Alice wants to get to know her neighbors, but things start getting weird when she discovers a woman had been found dead in their house a few years prior. Alice becomes obsessed with the woman, wanting to know what happened, and who was involved. However, the neighbors aren't exactly welcoming of this idea and she finds it difficult to find the truth. This book is filled with twists and turns and has a great ending.

Sometimes, a slow-paced psychological thriller is just what the doctor ordered. I really enjoyed this one, even though it wasn't as exciting as I would have liked it to be. The book's main character is Alice, your average 30 something moving in with her long-distance boyfriend for the first time. They settle in a private, gated community in London. Alice already wants to be friends with the tight-knit group, until she finds out something dark about the house she just moved into. After that, she's suspicious of all her budding friendships.

Spliced between chunks of chapters is a mysterious "past" perspective of a therapist, which now that I actually know who this therapist is, I totally want to go back and read it again because I totally had no clue who it would be!!

4.25/5 listened on audio. It took about 25% into the book to get me hooked and after that I couldn’t stop listening! I for sure thought I had the situation figured out a few times but was proven wrong each time. Some suspense of disbelief required but otherwise a solid mysterysuspense novel.

I am a B.A. Paris fan and was waiting eagerly for this book. It's a well written, gripping read with a good premise. Alice moves into a new house with her boyfriend and realizes that a murder had happened in that house, and shortly after a private detective approaches her, informing that there was a miscarriage of justice and the killer might be still roaming free. This brings her into the detective mode herself and she starts asking questions around, suspecting the neighbors. The characters are well developed, the plot is interesting but I didn't like the fact that the main character (Alice) is shown as dumb, ignoring obvious things. At some point, in the middle, the novel starts to drag but then picks pace by the end. The way the killer is revealed is quite interesting and adds to the drama. Overall, it was a good read.

Thank you so much to NetGalley, B A Paris and St. Martin's Press for an early copy of this read, for my honest review.

B. A. Paris is one of my favorite authors, and I have wait on pins and needles waiting for the next book to be released.

My absolute favorite read of this author is Behind Closed Doors, and while I don't think there are many books that can touch the storyline of that book, this one came pretty close.

I liked the suspense of the storyline, the characters, and then ultimately the conclusion that I saw coming, but still enjoyed the full experience of the book.

I cannot wait for this author to come out with the next great read.

I will always recommend B.A. Paris when a person likes psychological thrillers. I, myself, am always super excited when her books come out. However, The Therapist was not one of my favorites. It fell a little flat. While I did find the characters relatable, I wasn't loving the story. But, I will be anxiously await her next novel!

I think I'm in the minority , but this book was not that good. I trudged through it and found it to be repetitive and had no connection at all to the protagonist, Alice. Pretty much the same thing happens in the first 80% of the book where Alice seems oblivious to things happening in the house and won't just ASK HER PARTNER about anything! She plays armchair detective and accuses all her neighbors of murdering the previous owner of the house. The ending allows for slight redemption, but it was too little too late.
I also did not care for the author's previous book "The Dilemma", so I'm afraid this might be it for B. A Paris' books for me.

The Therapist - BA Paris

I am so happy to say this book was a much better read than the last release from Paris. The Therapist followed in the footsteps of her first few books, with a ditzy/kind of brain dead main female character trying to solve mysteries that don’t involve her. Sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn’t, in this case is kind of worked.

Alice was an obsessive, mildly unstable narrator who made it hard to like her or feel for her. I didn’t overly believe in the relationship, then again neither did they apparently. While none of the characters were great, the story worked to weave a confusing and sinister tale of what happened in Alice’s new house. I didn’t predict the ending, which was a good twist. Overall it wasn’t my favourite but it was a good, quick thriller read.

Good suspenseful story. Easy to read, and I liked it more than Paris’ last two books. Surprised by parts of the ending.

Thank you to Netgalley & the publisher for providing an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for a review.

Super twisty story that will keep you wondering until the very end! Would give 4.5 stars if I could! Definitely worth a read for anyone who likes a psychological thriller!

This book has everything you need to set up for a good domestic thriller: a gated community, neighbors that keep secrets, and a past murder. So I was pulled in from the very beginning. This book took a while to get moving but once it did, I was here for it.

I loved how this book switched perspectives between Alice and the therapist as well.

The Therapist is an interesting engaging story about a young woman, Alice, who moves to London with her partner. The neighborhood where he buys a house is gated and secure but spooky things start to happen. A man crashes her welcome party and tells her a woman was murdered in this new house and that he, a PI, is working on behalf of the victim’s husband’s sister. The husband has since committed suicide and the ill sister wants to clear his name before she too passes. Alice discovers her partner Leo knew about the murder and kept it from her. As trust in Leo wanes Alice becomes engrossed in solving this murder. She has a great cache of suspects as she befriends and investigates her new neighbors. She does eventually solve the murder and in doing so almost becomes a murder victim herself. And then we go to the epilogue and the story falls apart. We suddenly find that B, not A, was responsible for the death of C. Manner of death? No explanation given. And that D kills the villain by? Again no .explanation given. The author had a good thing going but then tries to run several gotcha moments that make no sense. Read this book- it’s good- but don’t read the epilogue. It can ruin the whole story for you.