A very,unusual story set in the main character Adelines past and present. The story from her last is believable and scary, the story in her present is not so believable but more scary.

Adeline Evans sadly finds herself in the position of no longer being able to live in her own home. She is elderly and has dementia.
Her daughter thinking she is doing the right thing for her mother persuades her to move into a nursing home closer to her.
Adeline is given a room on the third floor, although there are others around she finds herself feeling isolated and sitting gazing out of the window with her memories.
In her youth Adeline had lived in this very town, a place she had fled from, In 1959 a serial killer had stalked the town killing women. The killer had never been caught.
Strange things start happening, the only friend she had made there has died or was she killed because she had discovered something?
Adeline doesnt know if someone is watching her and leaving her threatening notes or if her mind is playing tricks on her.
No-one will believe her anyway.
She becomes increasingly terrified, has someone finally caught up with Adeline intent on adding her to his list of town kills?
I enjoyed this thriller, Adelines feelings of helplessness, isolation and fear were believable, at times quite hard to read.
Thanks to Netgally and the publisher for sending me this ARC in return for my honest review.

This book was a bit of a strange one for me. In one way I enjoyed it and in another I found it quite long and drawn out.
Based in an old people's home , I found it a very original concept. The formatting was confusing and spoiled the flow of the book. No spaces between words and no break for new chapters.
I guess this will be addressed when the book is published.
I still don't really know how I felt about the book as a whole but the fact i finished it has to be a positive.

It was a very insightful novel, with a strong cast of characters. I enjoyed the storyline very much and would definitely reccomend this book.

Adeline moves into a assisted living facility as she is starting to be forgetful and her only daughter travels for work so is unable to care for her. Although Adeline knows at times she forgets things sh knows she is not crazy. Someone is out to get her and make others think she is nuts.
Was a good story although started a bit slow it was entertaining.

Adeline Evans is an elderly lady with dementia who is put into a nursing home. Strange things are happening but she isn't sure how much is real. How terrifying for her. Good storyline, some creepy characters. I was invited to read this book by the Publisher. Thanks to NetGalley, Harper Collins and the Author for allowing me to read and review this book.

I had great trouble reading this e-book, due to some chapters having no spacing at all between words and chapters were not clearly marked. A little off putting and had to keep rereading. Anyhow, Addy Evans, enters a nursing home to be near her daughter Claire when she is diagnosed with dementia after the death of her husband Charles. She hates the nursing home as it is in the area where she grew up as a child and had left with bad memories back in 1959, when there was a murderer on the loose. It soon becomes clear that someone in the nursing home is out to get her as she gets mysterious notes and there is strange goings. With her dementia, Addy finds it hard to work out who is targeting her because of her dementia. The story is told in flashbacks and the present day. A good, tense story which has you wondering is it the dementia or is it real! With the focus on dementia and some unspeakable characters, this is an uncomfortable and distressing reading.

Adeline Evans and elderly lady suffering from Dementia agrees to go into a nursing home,there she has good days and bad days.One thing addy does remember is the summer of 1959 when a killer was on the loose the town was in a panic but addy doesn't know who to tell as she does not trust anyone.I enjoyed reading this book Thank you.5*

Diagnosed with heart problems and the early stages of dementia, Adeline reluctantly agrees to move into a nursing home following the death of her husband. Unfortunately, the home chosen by her daughter is in a town she fled as a teenager and never returned to. It quickly becomes clear that the ghosts of Adeline's past are very much present (and out for revenge) at the home. As she struggles to uncover the truth amidst her increasing confusion and forgetfulness, Adeline wonders if she will live to tell the tale of her mysterious tormentor.

The nursing home setting was an inspired one - because Adeline can't leave or take steps to protect herself from her stalker, she, and thus the reader, feels powerless and petrified, waiting helplessly for the next sinister note or threat from the person who inexplicably wants to harm her. This sense of claustrophobia is very effective in building suspense and fear. I did find that the novel was poorly paced, however, and there were stretches of time where nothing of note really happened. I also found it hard to believe that a nursing home with such frequent unexplained or violent deaths would go unscrutinised! The passages from the POV of teenage Adeline, who becomes increasingly terrified as her friends and neighbours are picked off by a serial killer, were good, but I figured out who the killer was quite early on and so there wasn't really any satisfaction to be gained from Adeline's belated discovery of his identity. The ending was quite a downer, too - Adeline seems to believe that she 'deserves' what is happening to her because, as a young woman, she chose to terminate a pregnancy, but, of course, that's not the case, and it would have been nice to see her have even a small moment of triumph or happiness.

The One Who Got Away on paper should have been my kind of book on paper but unfortunately it fell a little short for me.

I enjoyed the plot but felt at times there was too much going on. It didn’t command my attention as much as I thought it would and I found myself getting bored and desperate to get to the end.

I loved the setting and the book was well paced but i didn’t click with it as much as I hoped.

The One Who Got Away is an edge of your seat thriller. Adeline (Addy) Evans is elderly and moving into a nursing home. She has dementia and that comes with good remembering days and bad remembering days. Part of her time she spends in the past remembering when she first started dating her husband in 1959. That summer, a murderer was on the loose in her area killing women. The town was in a panic.

Now, Addie is remembering those days and she doesn't know who to trust - herself and her memory included. Strange happenings begin at the nursing home. Are these related to the decades-old crime or is someone really trying to make Addie off his killing list?

Very good thriller - some of the nursing home workers in this story were abusive which was very hard to read. Caution if you are sensitive to this kind of material.

Thanks Netgalley and the publisher for the ecopy. Adeline has moved into a nursing home, and not a good one. The staff is horrible and so is the place itself. Not a very calming place to live. Half of the residents are out of it. She didn't want to live back in the area since when she was younger there was a serial killer on the loose. Random things start to happen within the nursing home. And Adeline having Dementia makes you wonder what's real and what is made up in her mind. The story flips past to present.

This unexpectedly addictive thriller is narrated through the lone thoughts and fears of a care home resident with Dementia. Facts are understandably sketchy adding to the enigma of the people who ‘exist’ on the third floor.

Adeline’s anxiety is recognised only as a symptom of a cruel illness and instead of feeling reassured by the protection of professional care, her reasons to feel (and be) afraid escalate with each new dawn, a theme that echoes across the pages to consistently taunt Adeline both inside and out.

Carefully crafted secrets, regret, isolation, and raw helplessness – it’s all here and it influences a sinister game that is being played with cunning and a whole heap of patience.

There were times I found it difficult to fully engage with the story due to a few passages feeling a little protracted. But, strangely, it was one of those books that continued to demand my attention and I wanted to pick up where I left off as soon as I could.

Many question marks form the backbone of this story which supports Adeline’s current predicament perfectly, especially as the complications and barriers of Dementia can shed a different light on everything as someone’s world grows increasingly darker.

*** ACTUAL RATING: 3.5 / 5 ***

Wow! I totally loved this book! I was gripped from the very beginning and it never let go. Such a dark and twisted tale about real life scary situations. The characters were wonderfully developed. So easy to connect on a deep level with some characters and SO easy to get really upset at others. A delicious domestic thriller!
I highly recommend this book!
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Tense chilling kept me reading late in to the night.My favorite type of thriller multi layered a twist on each page kept me guessing to the end.#netgalley#harpercollinsuk

Took me a while to get into this one was okay read didn’t have me gripped but the story line was good, Thankyou to netgalley for the arc

This book was fast paced. Hard to put down. It flowed well and it was very well written. It caught hold of me and had me hooked from the start . I was literally on the edge of my seat reading this book.

I received an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book, like the author’s previous, was just too twisted for color TV. But I loved every minute. I would be really scared to meet this writer in a dark alley, but the books amuse
Solid four batshit stars

This book sounded good but didn't live up to the description. I didn't finish it. This one isn't for me , sorry

Sadly this book isn’t as good as it seems!! It’s quite well written but just does not deliver!! Not my cup of tea!