You often hear stories about landlords who only care about collecting the rent and don’t pay much attention to their tenants. Ideally, they want to have as little to do with them as possible because that means less work and easier money for them.
Fortunately, there are still people like Eve, who do care about the tenants and seem to have a sixth sense for fulfilling their wishes even before they’ve been spoken. That’s wonderful, of course, and she would do anything to make them happy. But the question is: can the way she gathers all that information really be justified?

If walls could talk, a lot would come to light, and you’d often be unpleasantly surprised by the way people talk about you. You often think you know someone, but you can be so very wrong.
I found that this rental house housed a colorful collection of interesting characters. People who had strong bonds, but also people who didn’t get along so well. People who kept things hidden, and others who didn’t hesitate to speak their minds.

Our main character is Eve. My heart broke for her because of what she goes through and the lack of understanding she’s met with. To many people it might seem silly, but I can imagine how terrible it must feel to be in her situation. I understand that she wanted to make everyone happy and create a strong bond between the residents, but her methods were borderline stalkerish.
The author did a fantastic job of making me doubt everything I believed at the start and shaking my trust.

I had one person in mind as the main suspect — but of course, I was completely wrong.
The twists were all brilliant, but the final one was truly jaw-dropping.
For me, this was a fantastic book that I thoroughly enjoyed. It had me hooked from beginning to end. 5 stars.

Thank you

Just wow! Another great read by MA Hunter. The characters in this book were out of this world great. So many secrets and lies, it was impossible to know who to trust. Loved all the red herrings and.twisty reveals.
Thank you NetGalley, MA Hunter and Boldwood Books for the opportunity to read and review this book.

This is an okay book. It fits a formula well which is good for what it's doing. The author can write. It's just the plot felt like I'd read it before. Granted there were other plot points that are original. It just didn't grab me in its originality.

Looking after and tending to the needs of my tenants is what gives me purpose. Every day I go out of my way to watch over them and keep them safe. They're more than just paying guests, they're my neighbors, and I will do whatever it takes to ensure they're happy. But when one of them is found dead in their apartment, everything I thought I knew is thrown into chaos. I always thought that danger only lived in the outside world, it’s why I’ve not stepped foot outside this building for 5 years. But I’m quickly realising that there is more to fear inside these walls! Good book! Wow some wild characters in this one! It also had chilling suspense, murder, mystery, intrigue, and a few shocking moments! The story was interesting! I definitely recommend reading this book! Thank you NetGalley and Boldwood books for sharing this book with me!

addictive as heck. i loved this so much. fast paced and always wanted more. i love the plot, nothing like ive ever read before. fantastic thriller!

Thank you to Netgalley for allowing me to read this book in return for an honest review. I really enjoyed this fast paced, edge of your seat thriller that kept me guessing until the end. A wide variety of characters but I found they all gelled together really well. At the end my main question was did George make it?? I really wanted to know lol. An interesting story that I would recommend.

A haunting and cleverly plotted psychologically mysterious tale. “The Tenants” followed Eve, the property manager of Blackbird House. It was an apartment building she inherited from her father and has watched over for it for the last five years. She’s protected everything worth protecting inside the walls of Blackbird House. Until one tenant was found dead in their flat. Eve’s controlled world shattered and the police started to ask questions. Meanwhile the other tenants began meeting behind closed doors and not long after the long-buried secrets from the building’s past started to emerge.

M A Hunter delivered an intriguingly eerie psychological thriller that was clever and compelling. Prior to reading “The Tenants”, I hadn’t read a book by him. I am so glad to have been given an advance copy since it was my first read by Hunter. Hunter’s writing style was taut and suspense driven with an unreliable narrator. I like how he used a gradual revelation of secrets by withholding key information and revealed the twists methodically. He used theme integrated pacing that aligned with the psychological unraveling of the plot. Even more, the rising action escalated alongside the character’s mental deterioration. It was fantastic. On top of all that, the short, snappy chapters created a sense of urgency and added to the overall suspense.

Altogether, I enjoyed this gripping and disturbingly engaging narrative. So much that I am interested in reading more by M A Hunter in the future. I’d recommend this haunting and engaging read for readers that like sharp, twisty plots, unreliable narrators, atmospheric settings and psychological tension. This is also a great read for those who relish in books by Daniel Hurst & B A Paris.

Thank you Net Galley and Boldwood Books for an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

Do you need a well-paced, perfectly executed thriller to keep you engrossed? This one is phenomenal.

Let me emphasize how impeccable the pacing is because I feel like a lot of thrillers are slow burns and then everything happens at once 70% in. This had things happen from the beginning and the author utilized these events to further the plot. The character development is also phenomenal.

I didn’t see the ending. I’m not ashamed to admit my jaw might have been on the floor. I need to get this one and I need to check out this author’s other books. I loved this one! The cover is also gorgeous. I’m a bit picky when it comes to thriller book covers I won’t lie. I’m obsessed with this one.

Thank you for the ARC. I appreciate the opportunity to leave honest feedback voluntarily.

Good but not great. I have read similar and this didn;t stand out. sorry!
I don't know what else to say but I need to leave 100 characters apparently so here you go.

Review of ‘The Tenants’ by M. A. Hunter, due to be published on 18 August 2025 by Boldwood Books.

Eve does everything she can to look out for the residents of the flats she presides over, but things take a dark turn when one of the occupants turns up dead in their flat, in suspicious circumstances.

Eve is terrified to leave the apartment block due to her agoraphobia and is struggling to remember things she has seen and heard, and begins to suspect someone is framing her for murder when unexplained occurrences keep happening that nobody else is taking seriously.

When the truth finally emerges, its someone you would least expect, and wonderfully twisted.

A dark psychological thriller that makes your head spin with possibilities.

Really loved the premise and the cast of characters! Sadly, I felt like it lost the plot around the 75% mark and just got ridiculous and made no sense. Really loved the rest of the book though and felt the characters were super interesting. The agoraphobia of the main character was fascinating.

Eve is a landlady that goes above and beyond to look after her tenants. After all they are her neighbors. She suffers from agoraphobia. She loves to keep them all happy but when one of them turns up dead questions are asked and things start to get awkward between them. Is the killer one of them or someone that knows a secret from her past? A good read.

In The Tenants, M. A. Hunter delivers a tense, claustrophobic thriller set entirely within a single building. The narrator—a devoted landlord—takes pride in caring for his tenants until one of them is found dead, triggering suspicion and gripping paranoia. As the mysteries of the apartment block’s unsettling past unravel, Hunter masterfully raises the stakes inside those claustrophobic walls. Full of sharp twists and vivid, grounded characters, this is the kind of psychological suspense that stays with you long after you’ve finished.

Eve is the landlady of a building that she never leaves because of her agoraphobia. Her mission is to keep her tenants happy, but when one of them turns up dead, the situation becomes unstable between them and her.
At first I found the main character a bit disturbing with her obsession to please and know everything about everyone. When we later understand her trauma and the ‘gaslighting’ part begins I felt a bit more sympathetic towards her.
Without leaving the building the author creates a claustrophobic mystery in which there are many secrets, little conspiracies and interesting twists and turns with an ending that could point to a sequel.
If you like books whodunit with a twist this is definitely your book.

Eve is a dedicated landlady of a block of flats, which was left to her by her father. She is concerned about the happiness and well being of her tenants, and looks upon them all as her family. She uses a secret passageway between all the flats to observe the tenants and hear their conversations, alerting her to any problems there may be. Eve does have a brother, who is concerned about her mental health issues.
Eve never leaves the flats, she suffered a serious assault some years ago, which left her with agoraphobia, which it makes it impossible for her to go beyond the front door., as she believes her attacker is still at large waiting for her.
Eve discovers the body of one of her tenants in his flat, the police are involved, and Eve starts to feel that events are slipping out of control. Strange things are happening that lead her to believe someone has been in her flat. She feels paranoid, and her anxiety increases as she feels she must be going mad. She worries that one, or more, of her tenants knows about her past, and is trying to discover her secrets which would put her in danger.
This was a tense psychological thriller, made more so by the fact that Eve was unable to escape the flats due to her condition.
Thank you for my advance copy.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for this advance release copy in exchange for my honest feedback on this book. Enjoyed this one but not as good as other thrillers. Still kept me guessing till the end thou.

It isn't deep, but it is a cozy cozy rainy afternoon with puppy snugs and pomegranate oolong. Oh look, I need more words, here are some now.

Left a block of flats by her late father, Eve is very conscientious that she has to keep her tenants happy. So much so that she retreats to a secret passageway to observe their moves to try and nip any problems in the bud.
Following a serious assault Eve has agoraphobia and hasnt left her block in years. Her brother is concerned about her mental health, more so when she discovers the body of a tenant in his flat.
Her condition is spiralling and when strange things start happening she herself feels she losing her mind. Who could have it in for her and why? The reasons may shock you.
This was a fairly fast paced novel, written in such a way that you feel all of Eve's panic and worry. It's an interesting storyline in the sense it all happens within the four walls of the block. I really enjoyed it

Wow! What a book, let’s start with the plot, I really like the setting of the book and how it didn’t move away to a different place. The characters I really enjoyed reading about. I did feel for Eve at times. Living with a mental illness is never easy. As for the actually crime, I didn’t guess it but liked how it played out. Overall a good book.

Are you a thriller lover?? Don’t skip The Tenants by MA Hunter. This was a great one! It’s available soon!