Title:- I Let Her In
Author:- Maria Farkland
Date published:- will be published on 19th March 2024
Publisher:= Bookouture
No. of pages:- 320 pages
Genre:- Psychological Thriller
Rating:-
Plot:- 5/5
Writing:- 4/5
Overall rating:- 4.5/5
From where I stand in the shadows of Cassie and Jon’s garden, it’s easy to spot little Teddy in an upstairs window, playing alone in his room. So many parents don’t appreciate what they’ve got. It can take a threat to their child’s safety to make them realise how blessed they are. I wonder if it will come to that…
I was so excited – so relieved – to be moving to Cherry Tree Lane. I needed somewhere new, where I could start fresh with my husband Jon and toddler Teddy. Somewhere far away from the fear that came before. I felt so lucky to meet Amy on our first trip to the local playground. Immediately welcoming, warm and kind, she quickly became the friend I’d always wanted.
How wrong I was.
Because today, I turned up at Teddy’s nursery to find him gone. He’d been picked up an hour ago by Amy. She’s disappeared, taking my precious son with her. And it’s terrifyingly clear I never knew her at all.
Now the threats have begun. I let her in to my life, but she already knew everything about me, about my family. The one thing she doesn’t know – and the only leverage I have to get Teddy back – is what really forced us from our last home. But revealing that means destroying the perfect life I have now…
I have no choice. I’ll just have to live with the consequences. If I can survive the fallout…
Cassie and Jon’s son Teddy gets Jon’s former childhood as a form of inheritance and so the whole family moves into the house. Cassie believes that moving in is paving her way to start a new life and getting back to her job, although her husband Jon wanted her to be the typical wife. After they moved in a woman named Amy comes into their life. Amy works as a dog sitter for Cassie but Amy has her own agenda as she secretly enters into Cassie’s home as she has a score that she wanted to settle.
This was actually a fast-paced thriller. The story is told in multiple POVs–Cassie, Amy and Becca who is the next-door neighbor of Cassie. In the beginning, we don’t know what Amy’s vendetta against Cassie and Jon is as she secretly enters into their house and also stalks them. But it was during the middle of the book and towards the end that we get to find the real reason why Amy is hell bent in taking revenge from Cassie and Jon. The story outline was great, although I have to say, the whole story line as a whole was slightly predictable. Except for Cassie, the characters are unreliable which make them perfect in thrillers. Nonetheless, the writing was great, and this book is actually a page turner and unputdownable. If you are looking for a thriller that you wouldn’t want to put down, then this book is highly recommended–worth 4.5 stars.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.
Maria Frankland has a dubious internet search history and a very worried mother-in-law. However, neither of these things can stop her writing gripping psychological thrillers in which you’ll never find a happy-ever-after.
Her novels are mostly set in Yorkshire where you’ll hear the accent through all her characters. These are people you could live next door to, or closer still… don’t say you haven’t been warned.
Maria’s novels are fast-paced, down to earth and realistic. You never know what’s around the corner…
Find out more about Maria at https://www.mariafrankland.co.uk. Whilst you’re there, you can download your free novella – The Brother-in-Law. (less)
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