Sarah Collier, Nobel prize winning scientist, has started to exhibit signs of early onset Alzheimer’s. Her neuroscientist husband, Daniel, wants her to attend a launch in Switzerland of a technology that could reverse her condition.

The narration is told from both Sarah and Daniel’s POV. I found it hard to get into, and at parts it dragged a bit (I found myself skimming pages which is never a good sign). However, there was enough to keep me reading and I liked parts of it. An interesting debut.

So this has a lot of description. Like, a lot. Soo many words. For no real reason. I prefer books where the plot is constantly moving forward so I did struggle with this a bit since it's a very slow start! It does improve and finds its way to being a decent thriller. There's nothing shocking or anything but it's more of just a really enjoyable quick read

I wonder if working with Harlen Corben in recent years gave Richard Armitage the confidence to write a twisty thriller. I can absolutely see this being made into a series. It is a solid thrill. I thought the first chapters were a bit like reading a GCSE piece of coursework where the student has been asked to use lots of descriptive terms and similies. There were a lot of "like a"... but once the narrative got going the prose became less florid. The plot was contemporary and well thought out. Richard Armitage will be able to lend his dulcet tomes to the audio book.

The premise sounded fantastic but sadly I don't think it lived up to its promise. Slow start. I think I would have divorced Daniel before the book started. The Alzheimer's thread, despite my personal experiences didn't bother me at all. Not sure why there was a trigger warning. I can't say it was too long but somehow it just didn't hold my interest. The ending was predictable and the descriptions went on too long. This is a debut novel so things could well improve in future books

Sarah and her husband Daniel travel to Geneva to participate in a conference about a new development in medicine.
A twisty thriller that turns into a race for survival.
An enjoyable story with some interesting characters that all have their own agenda.
Thank you to NetGalley and Faber and Faber Ltd for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review

Outstanding…
Outstanding suspense with a five star luxury destination, a cast of entirely credible characters, a plot populated with hair bend twists, bubbling with atmosphere and with a solid emotional storyline at its very heart. Engaging and compelling from the off, the readers attention never veers as events begin to spiral. Wholly immersive and wholly recommended.

The unlikely protagonists, a Nobel-winning scientist, with a life-altering diagnosis, and her neurologist husband, go to Geneva for the launch of new drug technology.
Add in a Russian bodyguard (hitman?), a blogger determined to uncover secrets and a publicist with her own agenda, and the scene is set for chases and showdowns in the snow.
I guessed one twist early on, but was still drawn into the plot, which had me gasping out loud at times.
A great debut novel from Richard Armitage.

Thanks to Netgalley and Faber and Faber Ltd for the opportunity to read this book.

Geneva is the debut thriller from Richard Armitage and whilst the main storyline is interesting I found that the twists and turns were fairly predictable and the ending easily guessed.

So overall a good read.

Really good for a debut novel. It is well written and the story arc is great. I found it quite entertaining and I think I will try to follow this author in future.

I enjoyed reading this book on my holiday. At times I felt I was being told the story rather than letting the action take place and being shown so I could join the dots as a reader myself. I would give 3.5 stars. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me review this book.

Geneva is an accomplished debut novel with a cast of well developed characters and more than a few twists.

Sarah Collier is a Nobel laureate, but notoriously shuns publicity. So when she is invited to Switzerland to endorse a new biotec product the world takes notice. But Sarah is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s - the beginning of a downward spiral in her life.

Sarah and hew husband go to Geneva, but when things don't go to plan she has no idea who to trust. There are some very interesting characters, all of whom have both secrets and their own agendas. Can Sarah somehow come through?

The novel starts slowly and builds to a big ending. Everything is resolved in the end, perhaps a little too neatly, but not in the way you might expect.

Geneva is a fast paced twisty thriller you can easily read on one sitting. Although I wasn't completely blown away by this I enjoyed the premise and was interested by the suspenseful atmosphere and characters. For a debut novel I think this was incredibly well-written and a great thriller.

It took me a while to get into this book, but once I did I was hooked and thoroughly enjoyed it. The writing was superb, there were just the right amount of twists and turns, it was well paced, and the plot was (almost) believable. The characters were really well drawn, and I was rooting so hard for Sarah. If this is a debut novel I can’t wait to read the next one! Very gripping and exciting and would be great as a film. Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this tense novel before release and I wish it lots of success.

A good thriller. Read it over two evenings.
I like the main character Sarah but not Daniel. A few good twists and I liked the ending.
Pretty good for a debut novel. I dropped a star as I hate bad language.

I really like the premise of this book. It started very well, I was drawn to Sarah’s plight, especially how the illness had struck her father. It all felt very relevant to today, with the way Alzheimer’s is such a burning topic. But then the direction of the book seemed to change. I couldn’t take to Daniel, who came over as a weak, needy man, only in it for himself, & not caring about what would happen to his family because of his actions. That said, as a debut novel, it’s very well written, the story is good, and nicely paced. Worth a read. 3 1/2 ⭐️

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

This was a quick to read thriller. Sarah Collier, a groundbreaking neuroscientist, is showing the early signs of Alzheimer’s. She has watched her father slowly fade away and is fearful of what the future holds. Her husband, Daniel, encourages her to travel to Geneva, to be guest of honour at a prestigious biotech conference, where conspiracy and conflicted loyalties will change her life forever.
This is a sharp debut novel. The character development was thorough and Armitage’s language is very descriptive. It is well written, convincingly far fetched and atmospheric. Definitely a movie in the making. The tension definitely builds and the twists are plentiful.

I thouroughly enjoyed this compulsive page-turner of a thriller which was well plotted and superbly written, culminating in an exciting conclusion. My only criticism would be that it was slow to get going which may put readers off, but stick with it and you will be glad you did. I will be passing this onto my customers and highly recommending the book..

Nobel laureate Sarah Collier is approached by a Swiss medical company to endorse a microchip which could change neurological science forever. She is doubtful about this. Her father has Alzheimer's and she might have it too. She's retired early to spend more time with her family but her husband Daniel, a neurologist persuades her to go to the conference where the medical miracle will be announced.

What I liked about this book: The subject matter is very topical. There was good use of conspiracy theories with the introduction of the abhorrent Tori who writes a blog challenging the pharmaceutical companies.. There are plenty of twists and turns to keep you on your toes. The protagonist is satisfyingly nasty.

What I didn't like: I felt very little sense of place. The descriptions of the company headquarters felt very generic. At times some of the characters seemed a bit stereotypical especially Pavel.

Overall an enjoyable read. Thanks to Faber and NetGalley for the ARC.

Ok I admit it. I was intrigued by the name. How could I not be? Lucas North writing a thriller? John Thornton (sigh)! Very fine audio book narrator of Georgette Heyer (and many other fine titles). How could I NOT be intrigued? But at the same time nervous. What if Geneva isn't very good? A vanity project?
No nerves needed. Geneva is very good indeed. A dark, beautifully written thriller, gorgeously set, well paced and plotted. It doesn't read like a debut. It reads like a confident book by an experienced writer and two pages in I stopped thinking about the author and was totally sucked in by the plot.
Dr Sarah Collier is brilliant. World renowned, Nobel winning brilliant. She also has a young daughter, a needy husband and a father deep in the grip of Alzheimers - and her own health concerns. Is the disease consuming her father also consuming her? The last thing she wants is to go on a junket to Geneva to potentially endorse a world changing new project, but her husband, also a doctor, has been closely involved and really wants her on board and with her health such a concern how can she deny him? But the technology she is about to endorse is contentious and of interest to plenty of rogue states, and Sarah soon starts to wonder if it's the illness making her paranoid, or is she really in danger.
I raced through Geneva in two evenings, loving every high octane twist and turn. Highly recommended.

3.5

Neuroscientist Professor Sarah Collier is a
Nobel prize winner for her groundbreaking research into Ebola, her husband Daniel is also a neuroscientist. Sarah is showing signs of early onset Alzheimer’s which her father is also suffering and she is currently having tests to determine a prognosis. Daniel wants Sarah to attend the Schiller medical conference in Geneva, partly so he can network off the back of her success. However, the focus of the conference has the potential to revolutionise medicine and perhaps it could be of benefit to Sarah. Circling the conference, vulture like,
is controversial blogger, Terri Landau, who has multiple followers as she delivers the “truth about healthcare“ and Big Pharma. As Sarah‘s symptoms worsen, things begin to spin out of control and she is struggling to discover who she can trust. What is Professor Mauritz Schiller launching and why does he want Sarah in Geneva so badly? The story is principally told by Daniel and Sarah with inserts from “The Landau report“ and by Professor Schiller.

This is a promising debut from actor Richard Armitage and I definitely think he has a future as an author. It starts in rather a ploddy way but once it gets going in the city of Geneva the pace quickens and it remains that way. The author creates a really good atmosphere with a wintry setting and the location is used to full effect in the ensuing drama. It’s good on Sarah‘s feelings and reactions and she is dead centre of what transpires and that becomes crucial to what unravels. The storytelling is very visual, you can tell he’s an actor as it has an action movie thriller feel to it which I really like and I can see it making a very good miniseries.

Sarah‘s and Daniel’s characterisation is good though some of the other characters are less well fleshed out with one feeling a bit of a stereotype. It’s got plenty of twists though some are pretty obvious, one I never buy into anyway but decide to set my scepticism and knowledge to one side so as to fully enjoy the storytelling. It’s definitely a go with the flow, suspend your disbelief, read in at least two key aspects, but it’s fiction after all and entertainment is the key factor! The ending is maybe overly dramatic and also a tad predictable but overall, it is a good read. I can imagine this working extremely well as an audible, maybe more so than as an e-book.

This is a fun read, maybe the type to take on holiday whilst chilling by the pool.

With thanks to NetGalley and especially to Faber and Faber for the much appreciated arc in return for an honest review.