Tangerine by Christine Mangan was a thriller set in Tangier in 1956. Alice has moved to Tangier with her husband. Some time later her college friend Lucy turns up on their doorstep. Alice is surprised because she has not spoken to Lucy in over a year because of an unpleasant incident that occurred while they were at college. This story was slow burning and atmospheric. It was quite creepy and unsettling in parts.
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Excellent story full of tension and lots of questions about characters intentions and motivations. The writing was crisp and kept me on the edge of my seat. Thumbs way up!!

What seemed to begin as a story of two friends separated by a tragedy turns into a psychological thriller. Is Lucy the victim or Alice? The atmosphere created by the description of Tangier and the diverse peoples populating the city added to the intrigue. Lucy's conviction that Alice needed to leave Tangier and her husband caused her to make dangerous alliances and decisions. But does she really have Alice's welfare at heart? This book would be a great candidate for the Book Club, sparking I am sure intense discussion.

A psychological thriller set in 1950's Tangier. Two women struck up a friendship when they were at school in America. An accident occurred and the women went their separate ways.

Alice marries John, who takes her to Tangier, a place he love but she finds frightening and overwhelming. Then the mysterious Lucy turns up and things really do start going wrong.

I did wonder why the novel was set in that time and place, perhaps it would not work so well in the modern day, but some of the period descriptions seemed slightly at odds with the plotting, scheming and current problem of identity theft. However that is a mere thought, not even a niggle.

I enjoyed the story, the unravelling of what had happened in Vermont and Alice's descent in chaos as masterminded by Lucy. A great thriller and a great read.

This is a period piece set in Tangier just before independence.
The tone is mysterious and threatening. Lucy visits Alice who is living in Tangier with her husband, John. Alice is not pleased to see her as they have not met for a year since a tragic incident when they were college roomates in Vermont. Lucy has a plan and pursues it with ruthlessness. Her plan evolves and changes as she is thwarted by events. There is a shady character, Youssef, and Alice's Aunt Maud, who are both manipulated into abetting Lucy. I was hoping for a final twist that turned the tables but it was not to be. It will make a great film.

D.N.F. Not my type of book. I couldn't get interested but feel sure many readers would like it.

Tangerine grabbed me from the opening pages, the writing has an evocative quality that drew me in totally and stopped me putting it down until I'd turned the final page.
Based in the 1950's this novel is about two women who met at Bennington, a college in Vermont, sharing a room and becoming inseparable until events drove them apart. The storyline opens with Lucy turning up uninvited on now married Alices doorstep in the North African city of Tangier.

Told in alternate chapters by Lucy and Alice the storyline flits back and forth seamlessly between current day Tangier and when Alice and Lucy were roommates in Vermont.
Its a book about friendship, obsession, manipulation and lies but what this book most of all illustrates is the authors remarkable talent for scene setting; capturing impeccably the heady atmosphere of the Moroccan city of Tangier, its Medina, narrow passageways, bustling crowds and the unforgiving heat so well that you can almost smell the aromas

It has a haunting quality that I loved and I'm not surprised to read that the screen rights have already been sold
There are not many books that on finishing I want to read from start to finish all over again but this is one of them - Totally recommended and I'd give this one 11/10 if I could!

Its hard to believe that this is the authors debut novel and Christine Mangan is certainly a name I'll look out for in the future

After quite a slow start, the author ratcheted up the tension with enough twists and turns to make me abandon real life and devour the tale in one sitting!