Dr Anna Fox - a psychologist who suffers severe agoraphobia spends her day watching the world through her window. She keeps herself busy by imagining lives for her neighbours, playing online chess and helping other suffers through her website. When the Russell family move in across the park - she takes quite an interest in the family, particularly when Jane Russell comes to visit. She watches them on a daily basis but when she sees Jane attacked in the living room - she discovers that nobody believes her. Her obsession with the family increase and her instinct to protect Ethan, a young teenage lad from an angry father takes over her waking hours. The Russell family - including Jane, the police and her counsellors all blame her heavy drinking and excessive medication for the hallucinations but as she obsesses further, the truth starts to unfurl. Anna finds her life in danger but who can help her when nobody believes her. A great read and the twist at the end was brilliant.

The Woman in the Window is an outstanding book that I could not put down.
It was a little slow to start but it needed that time to build the characters and to give you a point of reference for the twist that was going to happen later in the novel- well both of the twists I should say!
Intriguing and suspenseful and a little bit heartbreaking- there are moments that I could have cried. I won't give too much away but the scene in the snow with Olivia broke my heart and I actually had trouble drifting off to sleep as my daughter is the same age and I couldn't shake the feeling- it was that well written!
I will be looking out for more from this Author in the future.

This is a fast paced, suspenseful, psychological thriller that I struggled to put down when real life called.
I look forward to reading more from this author.
Highly recommended 5***** read.

This book reminded me of the film The Bedroom Window, the one where Steve Guttenburg's girlfriend sees a woman getting murdered but no one else believes them. Here we start with an unreliable narrator, Anna, an agoraphobic who also drinks, a lot. She spends a lot of time looking out of her apartment windows and photographing her neighbours in their houses opposite. She befriends the wife and son of her new neighbours, the Russells and one evening she hears a scream and thinks she sees the demise of Mrs Russell before her very eyes. However when she reports the incident, it appears that Mrs Russell is in fact, very much alive and well, and not the woman that Anna met only days before.

Anna is convinced that what she saw really happened but vast amounts of alcohol plus a strong combination of medication means that her story is doubted by everyone around her, apart from her estranged husband and daughter whom she talks to on the telephone. As Anna's story as to why she is house-bound is revealed, we soon begin to question whether she did see a woman in the window or not. And if she did, is Anna truly safe in her own home?

This book has lots of twists and turns and a whole host of characters with dubious qualities - anyone of them could be a potential killer. This book is a little like that of the recent bestseller The Girl on a Train but in many ways I preferred this tale.

An unusual story in which we meet Anna Fox who has not ventured outside her house for 9 months. She has become agoraphobic and spends all her time either online or studying the neighbouring properties using her high powered camera as binoculars. Every day she communicates with her daughter and husband from whom she is separated but otherwise there is only David, her lodger, to talk to. She sees a stabbing in a neighbouring property and tells the police about it only for her story to fall on deaf ears. She tries to obtain proof of what she saw by befriending Ethan, the son who lives in this house, but this turns out to be a terrible mistake. How Anna is duped and what really happened shall keep you turning the pages. But, for sure, the answers are not what you'll expect.

This is one of the best books I've read in a long time, and I look forward to reading another by this author

Oh my goodness!! What a roller coaster of a read. Who would have imagined that the life of an agoraphobic doctor could be so layered. This story is beautifully plotted and leads the reader down lots of blind alleys. I loved it.

I am the odd one out here as I just could not get into this book

There has been a lot of hype about this book and upon reading the first chapter it is easy to see why. The plot centres around Dr Anna Fox, a former child psychologist who after a traumatic incident involving her and her family becomes agoraphobic and unable to leave her Harlem townhouse. From here she watches all her neighbours through her windows and camera lens and spends her days in a hazy world where she mixes prescribed medications with copious amounts of merlot. Because of this when Anna witnesses her neighbour being murdered nobody believes her, and she even starts to question herself.

I was initially attracted to this book because of its similarity to the plot of Rear Window, one of my favourite films. And it was nice to see lots of film references jotted into the storyline as Anna is a old film buff. I found Anna to be a very likeable character who I could relate to, she really draws you into the book and her plight is heartbreaking once the whole picture emerges.

There are several twists in this novel and unfortunately i guessed every one of them. This doesn't usually happen to me too often so i don't know whether they are really obvious or not but it did spoil my enjoyment just a little as there was no real element of surprise for me. I also felt that some characters were a little unreal and perhaps unneccessary in the book ie David and i found one scene involving him and Anna completely unrealistic and unneccessary to the story. I also felt that that characters such as Little were undeveloped and it would have been nice to see him have a bigger role in the story.

So overall while the story wasn't perfect I'd still give 4 stars as the plot is a little different from the norm and it was a very engaging and enjoyable read regardless.

Thank you to Netgalley and Harper Collins for providing me with a copy of this book.

Thanks to NetGalley and to Harper Collins for providing me an ARC copy of this book that I freely decided to review.
I have been reading a lot of thrillers recently and kept coming across this book and, eventually, I thought I would read it. The description and the accolades mention Hitchcock and noir film and that convinced me I should read it.
Many of the reviews compare it to The Girl on the Train. Although I have watched the movie adaptation of that book, I haven’t read the novel, so I cannot compare the style, although yes, I agree that the story is very similar. This is more Rear Window (because the protagonist, Anna Fox, a psychologist, suffers from agoraphobia following a traumatic incident, and she is stuck at home, in New York) with touches of Body Double (I agree with the reviewer who mentioned that). It also brought to mind, for me, apart from the many Hitchcock and noir movies the character herself is so fond of (Shadow of a Doubt, The Lady Vanishes, Rope), some newer movies, like Copycat (the main protagonist is also a psychologist suffering from agoraphobia, in that case after being assaulted by a serial killer) and Murder by Numbers (that is a new treatment of Rope).
Anna is an unreliable narrator, and she tells us the story in the first-person (I know some readers don’t like that). I do like unreliable narrators, but I did not feel there was much new or particularly insightful here. She is a psychologist who seems to be able to help others with their problems (she joins an online chat and helps others suffering from agoraphobia) but is not capable of fully accepting or recognising her own (she sees a psychiatrist once a week but lies to him, does not take the medication as prescribed, keeps drinking alcohol despite being fully aware of its depressant effects and knowing that it should not be mixed with her medication), and lies to others, and what is worse, to herself. The fog produced by the alcohol and her erratic use of medication make her unreliable (and yes, some of her medication can cause hallucinations, so there’s that too), and although her predicament and her agoraphobia are well portrayed, because a big twist (that if you’ve read enough books will probably suspect from very early on) needs to remain hidden, for plot reasons, it is difficult to fully empathise with her. She is intelligent, she loves old movies, and she’s articulate (although her intelligence and her insight are dulled by her own behaviour and her state of mind), but we only get a sense of who she really is (or was, before all this) quite late in the book, and yes, perhaps she is not that likeable even then (in fact, she might become even less likeable after the great reveal). Don’t get me wrong. I’ve loved books where the main protagonist is truly dislikeable, but I am not sure that is intentional here, and I felt that the character follows the plot and accommodates to its needs, rather than the other way round.
The rest of the characters… well, we don’t know. As we see them from Anna’s perspective, and this is impaired, there is not much to guide us. She is paranoid at times and can change from totally depending on somebody and thinking they are the only person who can help her, to dismissing them completely (that detail is well portrayed), but although some of the characters are potentially intriguing, we don’t know enough about any of them to get truly interested. This is a novel about Anna, her disintegrating mind, the lies she tells herself, and how her being in the wrong place at the wrong time (or rather, looking at the wrong place at the wrong time) almost ends her life. For me, the needs of the plot and of making it an interesting page-turner end up overpowering some of the other elements that I think are truly well achieved (like her mental health difficulties).
The writing style is fluid and competent, and it is evident that the writer knows what readers of the genre will expect (yes, from his biography is easy to see he knows the knots and bolts of the profession), although, personally, I think people who don’t read thrillers regularly will find it more interesting than those who read them often, as avid thriller readers are likely to spot the twists and expect what is coming next early on. The agoraphobia aspects of the story are well written (and from his biography it is clear that the author has a first-hand knowledge of the condition), although I agree with some comments that the many mentions of the wine spilling down the carpet or on the character’s clothes, of opening another bottle, and abandoning a glass of wine somewhere could have been reduced, and we would still have got the message.
Lovers of film-noir and Hitchcock movies will enjoy the references to the films, some very open, and others more subtle, although the general level of the character’s awareness and her wit reduces as the book moves on due to the stress and pressure Anna is under. The ending… Well, I’m trying not to write any spoilers so I’ll keep my peace, although, let’s say you might enjoy the details, but there are not that many possible suspects, so you might guess correctly. (Yes, it does follow the standard rules).
In my opinion, this is a well-written book, that perhaps tries too hard to pack all the elements that seem required nowadays to make it big in the thriller genre: a female unreliable narrator, domestic problems (domestic noir), meta-fictional references to other books and films, twists and turns galore, witty dialogue (not so much, but yes, especially early on Anna can quote with the best of them), an action filled ending with a positive/hopeful message. I enjoyed the descriptions of Anna’s agoraphobia and, particularly, the way the house becomes another character (that is what I felt gave it most of its noir feel). People who don’t read many thrillers or watch many movies in the genre are more likely to be surprised and thrilled than those who do, as the storyline will be very familiar to many. I am intrigued to see what the writer will produce next, and I am not surprised to hear that the book’s film adaptation rights have been already bought. That figures.

I did enjoy this book and loved the whole idea behind the unique storyline. Unfortunately i felt it dragged on a bit too much providing unnecessary detail just as a filler. This stopped me from giving it a higher rating. I did like it just not as much as I was hoping I would

I enjoyed this book far more than I expected to. Written from Anna's point of view, we closely witness her mental battle with herself. The book is a beautiful rendition of her struggle to simply survive, especially when her entire world is only her house.

I found this book quite slow to start with, but after it having so many positive reviews and feedback from a book club group i'm part of, I wanted to carry on. It did get better and i'm glad I didn't give up with it, but I wouldn't say its "one of the best psychological thrillers of 2018". Its one of those books that everyone is talking about and you see it everywhere, and all the hype did get me expecting a little more than the book offered.

What a fabulous read! The plot is slowly unfurled to the reader and the main character has a story that when revealed will tug at your heart. Full of suspense and twists that you don't see coming, it was an unputdownable book from beginning to end, with the final twist so dark it made my spine tingle. I loved it and would be first in the queue to see it as a film! .

I was sent a copy of The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn to read and review by NetGalley.
An excellent read! What more can I say? It’s well written and has great Hitchcock noir about it - in more ways than one! Written in the first person the protagonist is a fabulously, somewhat wayward figure. I recommend you just read it and see for yourself – I dare you to be able to put it down!

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Really compelling and dark thriller, I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. The author peppers the plot with clues, but it's about so much more than the obvious. Anna Fox is one of the most interesting and well written character that I have come across, she is the perfect damaged heroine. I could imagine this being filmed in black and white, fitting perfectly with the references paid to Hitchcock and his peers.

I've seen so much hype around this book, particularly on social media, so I was incredibly excited to read it. It lived up to expectations and more. It's thrilling, shocking and gripping. I adored the characters, the pace and I was miserable when i'd finished as I wanted it to go on longer. Really recommend this for any psychological thriller lovers

This book is everything you want from a thriller with twists and turns throughout! If you love gone girl girl on the train you cannot help but be totally gripped in this book as I certainly was!!!! Cancel your plans and stay in and read!!!

Not sure that I agree with the hype about this Novell, that it is the new Girl on the Train. Having said that I enjoyed the leading character, and shared her pain at her agraphobia. You do become involved in her life and wish the best for her. The middle I did find a bit boring, but her characters are well put together, and interesting.