Written and told from several perspectives the reader is drawn into and almost experiences the traumatic existence of Rachel, his latest "crush". Aidan is a twisted perpetrator and also a father to 13 yr old daughter, Cecilia. To contemplate the existence of this kind of sociopath is mind numbing. If only...

I was so rooting for the captive in this story. I really wanted her to prevail so sometimes, as I was reading, I would realize that my body was completely tensed up at suspenseful times. I'm grateful for the strong, resilient femaile characters in this book.

I received a copy of this book from the author. I had the opportunity to review or not.

How can a beloved local man get away with multiple murders? He must be a local hero. He must be an ordinary man. That is just what Aiden Thomas was. He helped anyone and everyone who needed a helping hand. He had a loving wife, and a great kid and suffered through tragedies, just like most of his peers.

But his secrets were profound. Hidden away in the backyard shed was one of his secrets. Rachel.

Ms. Michallon’s writing draws you in and holds you as you read through this novel. I enjoyed the book, although I found it overlong, I could not leave it. I had to find out how Aiden was able to commit so many crimes without getting caught, and how he was able to keep the secret from his wife and child. But more importantly, was Rachel able to live or did she become another dead victim? This is a well-done mystery worth reading. I highly recommend it.

This book is jarring for sure. Because situations like this have occurred in real life, I could envision this scenario all too well. It was well written, well described, and well... enjoyed. I call it dark and seductive. It goes to show you that even those people you think are good people may have a deep, dark secret they are hiding.

If you're looking for a terrifying read, this is definitely not to be missed.

An amazing thriller.

Most of the story is told through the serial killers current captive, but we do get some story lines from the other women who’ve been murdered, his next love interest, and his daughter.

This book was so excellently written, I loved it!

Thank you to NetGalley, the publishers, and Clémence Michallon for allowing me the opportunity to read this novel!

3.5 rounded up! The Quiet Tenant title and cover had me. The cover was creepy and I loved it. The book is told from 3 POVs. I did enjoy the three different perspectives. I'm not sure the book could've been as good without them to add the layers. I didn't feel this was very thrillerish even though it dealt with a serial killer and kidnapper. It is more of a slow burn and you'd think in this scenario it'd be anything but. So, I enjoyed it, I just wished it had a little more oomph.

Meh. This had such a great premise, but it just didn’t work for me. I was questioning things the entire time. First, I don’t think a serial killer/rapist would be so dumb to just let his hostage live with him and his daughter. He could have kept her in the basement or a shed or garage….literally anywhere but with them. Second, why did he keep her all these years without killing her, but yet killed so many other women throughout the years? Third, the things “Rachel” does are just stupid…her entire plan at the end really made no sense. I won’t say anything about it bc I don’t want to give any spoilers. Then we have Emily who was a moron and kept doing things that made zero sense…snooping around and breaking into his house bc he hadn’t called/texted in a while…really?! They weren’t even dating. There are more issues but I’ll stop there. A disappointing 2 stars.

Talk about a roller coaster of a book…
Aiden seems like a regular guy. Has a kid, goes to work, hangs out at a local bar. What people don’t know is that he has a dark secret he has kept. His daughter befriends the girl he has been keeping captive for 5 years but thinks it just a friend he is helping out for a bit. The bartender at the restraint starts to get close to him and realizes something seems off. Only time will expose what he has been up too.

This book was just awful. The writing style was terrible. I really tried with this book but the narrators overused "You" A LOT. It was very annoying. There are other besides you, if you know what I mean. Do you see what you just made me do? The plot was just boring too and I had to saw that about a debut author that just wants to get their novel out to readers.

I did like the cover and that is why it received 1 star.

Thanks to Netgalley, Clemense Michallon and Knopf Patheon Vintage & Anchor for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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amazing read! I devoured this in one day and hope to read more from this author in the future!! Thanks for a wonderful book!

This was so creepy and will stick with me for a long time. I loved the aspects that reminded me of Room. And I especially enjoyed hearing from the different POVs.

I had been sitting on this book for awhile as there were other books that pulled me in over this one. I got around to reading it and WOW - what a wild ride. I gobbled it up in less than a 24 hour time period. I loved the juxtaposition of current time line interwoven with bits of the past to really hit home the full actions of one of the characters, in addition to the change of point of view. The chapters were short but powerful. I highly recommend this book

I received a copy from the publisher via Netgalley for an honest review.

This novel was WILD! I have watched many a lifetime movies and Investigation Discovery shows about how serial killers get caught and so forth. This novel was super unique where we actually don't ever see the story through the killers viewpoint at all, rather from all these other women, including the primary victim. I really like novels that unfold from all the different points of view. The only thing I wish was a little bit more of an ending with the daughter and even our main victim, but at the same time I can see and understand why it ended as it did. Again, totally wild novel and at some times it just makes you a little sick. It's like when you are watching a movie and you keep yelling at the person to "not do that" or "RUN!!!!" and they aren't listening to you!!!!! Definitely felt that at times with this novel but I just wanted to keep reading it! Super good and creepy and I will definitely pick up this author again.

Thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for the early read. I really enjoyed this one as it was from a different style that I don't typically read. I highly recommend checking this one out.

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This is a case of "what am I missing?" about a very buzzy book that many of my reading twins loved. The Quiet Tenant is the story of a serial killer told by 3 women who are close to him. Aiden Thomas is known as a good guy around town and seems helpful to everyone. But, beneath all that, he’s a killer. The book opens with a woman who he’s keeping imprisoned in his backyard shed. The story is narrated by her, Aiden’s 13 year old daughter, and a woman Aiden’s having a romantic relationship with. I was interested in what was going to happen and didn’t have trouble getting through the book, but when I finished, I felt like “what am I missing here?" I needed some more rational explanations for some decisions the woman in the shed made. I kept thinking there was going to be something more in the back half that sent this book into the buzzworthy, but there wasn’t. Finally, the ending felt very thin and I needed more of a backstory on Aiden and his motives.

I quite enjoyed The Quiet Tenant, a dark tale of obsession, captivity, and survival. The short chapters kept the plot moving and kept me turning the pages. The 2nd person narrative was an interesting choice in having us feel like the main character was outside of herself while being held captive. This was an unsettling story and I found myself wanting to know more about the characters, but I realize we were limited by what the narrators knew and this pulled me into the novel even more. I highly recommend this novel to anyone looking for a fast-paced psychological thriller. 4.5 Stars

A kidnapped woman, Rachel, has managed to stay alive for five years. Her captor is the towns handsome widower that everyone loves. Little does the town realize the horrors he is capable of.. Rachel has to keep her wits and try to rescue herself before she becomes another victim. Originally kept in the shed with infrequent meals and being chained up, The-passing of his wife and a move to another home puts her as a ‘guest’ captive. This may be disturbing to some, but I enjoyed the read.

This book catches me by surprise. It was thrilling and captivating from the first page. The pacing, the attention to details, the atmosphere are wonderfully crafted, that I hard to believe this is a debut novel.

It is a story told in the second person, which I usually don’t like, but here it worked! I usually don’t like stories emphasizing serial killers, but here again it was successfully done, because the center of the attention was not the killer, but his women, three in fact: the victim, who was held in captivity for five years, his daughter and a new sympathy. In the end the reasons for killer’s actions didn’t matter. I was quite pleasantly surprised that there wasn’t some rational explanation, and indirectly justifying killer’s horrible nature. The ending was satisfying, I just missed the daughter’s conclusion, to have more insight in her understanding.

This is a thriller definitely worth reading, it will keep you on the edge from the first until the last page!

Thank you to Netgalley and Knopf Publishing Group for an early copy for an honest review.

Rachel has been held captive by a serial killer for five years. Now that Aidan and his 13 year old daughter Cecilia have to move to a new house, Aidan decides that instead of just killing Rachel, like he has done with other women, he will move Rachel into their new home, telling Cecilia that Rachel is a tenant. Yeah. That’s believable. At the same time, Aidan is carrying out a flirtation with Emily, who has read too many romance novels and is extremely needy. Emily comes off as a stalker and is almost as creepy as Aidan, although I don’t think that was the author’s intent.

This could have been a good thriller, but the only suspenseful part came at the end. Most of the story takes place in the heads of Rachel, Emily and Cecilia. There are also brief episodes with some of Aidan’s other victims. It was all very one-note. Oddly, Emily seemed more distraught when Aidan started ignoring her, than Rachel seemed when Aidan raped and threatened her. This book held my interest enough to keep reading, but it wasn’t great.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.

This was a very dark sinister book. The start was a tad slow but the high tension, life and death stakes, and quick chapters added to the overall reading experience of the engaging book.