I loved Our house so was delighted to get another book by this author!! This was a lot slower for me and took me about 30% to get into it! It certainly has many twists and just shows how people’s greed/ want for a better life makes them react.. Well worth a read!

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Louise's best work till date.
You’re feeling pretty smug about your commute to work by riverboat. No more traffic gridlock or getting stuck on the tube in tunnels (you’re claustrophobic). Now you’ve got fresh air, an iconic Thames view, a whole lifestyle upgrade. You’ve made new friends on board — led by your hedonistic young neighbour, Kit — and just had your first official ‘water rats’ get-together.The day after the drinks, Kit isn’t on the morning boat. The river landmarks are all the same, but something’s off. When you disembark, the police are waiting. Kit’s wife, Melia, has reported him missing and another passenger saw you arguing on the last boat home after your drinks. Police say you had a reason to lash out at him. To threaten him.You protest. You and Kit are friends — ask Melia, she’ll vouch for you. And who exactly is pointing the finger? What do they know about your private lives?No, whatever coincidences might have occurred last night, you are innocent, totally innocent.
Characters and narration were awesome.
Thanks to NetGalley and Simon Schuster for giving me an advance copy.

Well, if twisty and twistier is your reading choice then look no further! I’ve read a couple of book by Louise Candlish before and enjoyed them but in my opinion this is far and away the best. The drama (and there’s plenty of it) starts on 27th December 2019 when Jamie Buckby is questioned by Detectives Parry and Merchison about the disappearance of Kit (Christopher) Parry. Jamie seems to have been the last person to see him on December 23rd after drinks with fellow commuters ends with a fight between Jamie and Kit. The book covers the period between Christmas and New Year and is interspersed with backtracking from when the two men meet in January ‘19. Kit’s partner Melia works for Jamie’s partner Clare and she invites the younger couple to their house for drinks. They all seem to get on well and after this the two men commute to work daily on the Thames river boat that ferries passengers between Greenwich and the city. The story surrounding Kit’s disappearance takes you on an unpredictable journey of fabrication upon fabrication, lies are woven upon lies as this clever plot reaches its conclusion. Jamie is the narrator and how honest a storyteller he is becomes a million dollar question.

The book is very well written, the plotting clever and plausible and there are occasions where you genuinely don’t know what’s going to happen next. So most definitely my kind of book!!! The dialogue is very believable, capturing the different moods and atmosphere between the main protagonists with the river commute adding another level of atmosphere. The characters are well constructed though not necessarily likeable. The initial camaraderie and almost paternal relationship between Jamie and Kit is clear as is the unraveling of their relationship as the year progresses. Jamie seems honest (?) though not at all moral especially towards Clare and neither are Kit and Melia. One of the things I find most interesting about these two is their sense of entitlement versus working your way up the career and property ladder by hard work. They both resent Clare because of the lovely house she and Jamie live in which is a gift to Clare from wealthy parents and by default Jamie, as they see him as living rent free in lovely surroundings. There’s a mismatch in earning power between Clare and Jamie which adds to the resentment. The last part of the book has one shock after another and without giving anything away it’s a case of ‘the things we do for love’ or there’s no fool like an old(ish) fool. The end is great with two of the characters getting what they deserve.

Overall, an excellent read that grips from start to finish and one I highly recommend to fans of this genre.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for the ARC and the author for a very entertaining read!