It's well written and intelligently plotted with a complex, multilayered structure which means you have to revise your guesses about what will happen multiple times. The menacing undertone continues throughout and the deeper you read the more deliciously dark and ominous the atmosphere becomes. Now if that doesn't get you interested then I don't know what will. The story starts with an almighty bang - a young boy bloodied, battered and begging for help in a local park. But when it's revealed that he murdered his wife some years earlier Leah wishes she could unshare some of the secrets she told to him on many a long night. Leah doesn't understand why the residents of the small community have shunned and ostracised him. He has returned to the locale after years away. This leads her to the keen listening ear of Anton, the owner of the house in which they have rented the basement. It doesn't take long before she seeks solace elsewhere. However, not everything is as rosy as it should be: Leah is suffering from crippling insomnia, something I can relate to as I have it myself, and with Jake being away from home a lot Leah feels lonely and isolated, especially at night. Jake and Leah are moving into a basement together - the first step in taking their relationship to the next level. It is clear the author has stepped up her game considerably. I have found some of Perry's earlier novels weren't to my taste but this has blown me away as I initially expected the same average novel.
#COME A LITTLE CLOSER CRACKER#
I would like to thank NetGalley, Penguin UK - Michael Joseph for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.Ĭome a Little Closer is another cracker of a psychological thriller from Karen Perry and it is genuinely one of the most taut, tense and utterly chilling books I've read this year. The characters are multilayered and the story is well written. We are slowly fed the story but it will keep you hooked until we get to the conclusion. Anton is not the only person who has secrets. The story is told from Anton, Hilary and Leah's point of view. Bit Leah does not know that Anton killed her.
Anton is fixated by Leah, she looks like his wife did. They used to live in the basement flat that Leah and Jake are in. Leah makes friends with Anton, he's their upstairs neighbour. The neighbours are not happy to see him back. Jake has a seven year old son who will stay with them some weekends. The owners son, Mark is renting it out on behalf of his father, Anton. Nineteen years later, Leah and Jake move into the basement flat of the same house that the little boy has come from. Thank you to Netgalley for my copy in exchange for a review.Ī neighbourhood had gathered in a park when a young boy wanders over, covered in blood, asking for help. Karen Perry has delivered another 1st class psychological thriller. It was a chilling read that gave me goosebumps as I found it to be eerie and creepy without being predictable.ġ0 out of 10 from me loved the twist at the end. I loved this book, I was gripped from the first page and read it practically in one siting.
This story is told from 3 people’s perspectives, Hilary, Anton and Leah. Leah and Anton become friends and share their secrets, is it just a coincidence that she looks like Charlotte the wife he was accused of killing!! Leah and Jake move into the basement of number 14, the house belongings to Anton who has recently returned to the area often years of being away, we soon find out where he has been!! What a beginning!! A boy appears in the park covered in blood saying “Help Me” you had me hooked from there on!! Whenever there is a new Karen Perry book it feels like Christmas and my birthday in one go and I have to start the book immediately!!
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