Oh my goodness what a roller coaster of a read. Gripping from the start with so many twists. Highly recommended

Addictive and well plotted thriller.
This is a rollercoaster of a thriller and shows skill by the author to plot the story and develop the characters.
The characters are so well created that you develop a likeness or a loathing of them (not saying which ones; you will have to see for yourself).
This story takes you on a staged journey, like the river bus route that it is written around and the ending is not easily guessed. This is always the sign of a good thriller.
A tale of greed, jealousy and lust and recommended to all. Will definitely read more by this author.
Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read in return for a review.

The Other Passenger is a twisty, complicated tale about two couples - narrator Jamie and his partner Clare - both in their late forties - and younger millennials Kit and Melia. Lives become entwined when Melia begins working for Clare’s company and the four begin socialising, despite having apparently little in common.

When coffee shop worker Jamie - unable to use most forms of public transport due to a phobia which has also rendered him unable to continue his previous career - and Kit begin commuting by riverboat, it’s the start of a story which it’s pretty clear isn’t going to end well for somebody... and when Kit goes missing - and Jamie is questioned by the police - things soon start to escalate.

None of the characters are overly likeable- both Kit and Melia are exceptionally annoying. Kit is an entitled jerk, prone to whingeing, jealousy and feeling hard done by, and Melia is no better. Jamie makes some seriously questionable decisions. Only Clare comes out of the whole thing with any dignity at all.

The Other Passenger is a cracking read with some fairly spot-on generation gap observations (certain interactions are hilarious). London, and its river transport, are almost characters in themselves.

Louise Candlish does it again, delivering a cracking thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat.

The Other Passenger has a remarkably taut plot, with an abundance of twists, which is reminiscent of both a classic Hitchcock film and 1940s Film Noir treasures. However, despite this timeless feel to the plot, this novel is very much written for our times. Candlish writes about the social and generational differences of the protagonists with aplomb and the events that take place, whilst exciting and sensational, are wholly believable. The city backdrop paints a vivid landscape for the drama and thrills to unfold and I found myself lost in the world Candlish has created. I could easily believe myself to be either Kit or Jamie and it is this that makes The Other Passenger such an enthralling and delicious read.

I couldn’t put this down and highly recommend this novel for all crime and thriller fans.

The novel starts with Jamie bring questioned by detectives about the disappearance of a friend, Kit, with whom he argued the last time Kit was seen alive and well.
Jamie and his girlfriend Clare are a couple in their forties who met young couple Kit and Melia several months before.
The friendship bloomed but now Kit has disappeared.
This novel is a masterful work of bluff, counter-bluff and double crossing as Jamie’s world starts to unravel.
Who is the other passenger on the river ferry he and Kit take to work each day, and what did they see?
This is a great read. It’s gripping, clever and fast-paced.
Louise Candlish really knows how to spin a good yarn.
Thoroughly recommended.

‘The Other Passenger’ by Louise Candlish is a superb evocation of the ways in which London life for the solvent and successful can change so quickly when careers are in jeopardy and relationships are opaque. Jamie and Clare are a middle-aged couple who seem to have it all: a lovely Georgian house in an East London square, supportive parents and good friends. However, their situation is changing. Jamie‘s phobia about public transport means that all but the most menial jobs seem out of reach whilst Clare continues to oversee an excellent business. They feel a little jaded; a little past it.
Into their lives come a bright attractive younger couple, Kit and Melia, who flatter them, befriend them and enjoy their company. Kit and Jamie become travel partners during their commute on a Thames riverboat and, for a while, appear to enjoy each other’s company – perhaps helped along by their habitual evening drinks. However, it’s difficult to believe that narrator Jamie really has much time for the younger man. The latter is feckless, greedy, a coke addict and an unreliable partner for the beautiful Melia. That said, she is a real piece of work! Perhaps one of the reasons why the narrative fails to convince at times is that it is pretty obvious that she is on the make. She would never fall in love with Jamie for real! However, as narrator, he’s so vain that the reader can see that see how he’s keen to believe her flattery.
Jamie disappears just after Christmas and the reader is fed many an enjoyable twist and turn before seeing the whole picture. Whilst the conclusion may not be satisfying for those who like a neat ending, I felt it apt given the characters involved. Well written, with some wonderful depictions of the Thames, this is certainly a page turner. Highly recommended for all readers who love convoluted plots and enjoy solving literary crimes!
My thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster UK for a copy of this novel in exchange for a fair review.

Louise Candlish is an absolutely amazing writer and never fails to produce a piece of work that pulls you in and keeps you guessing until the very end. This is another fabulous read that focuses on Jamie, his partner Clare and their new, younger friends Kit and Melia. Jamie and Kit commute together on the London river boat, but when Kit goes missing after Christmas drinks, it seems Jamie was the last person to see him while they were arguing.
The novel also looks at the relationship imbalances between the couples and the individuals and how this leads to tensions and fractures.
I thought I had the story sussed several times, but the twists kept coming until the very end. Unlike some novels, nothing is too far fetched and the research into different issues raised within the book is meticulous.
This is one of the best books I have read for quite some time and I will be purchasing it as gifts for several people I know.

I have read two of the novels by Louise Candlish and enjoyed both of them. This one is possibly the best I have read so far. I have noticed there are a few I have missed so they are going to be next on my reading list. Always pleased to find an author I love and have other books to read.

There are so many things that I love about her story lines. Once again there is intricate detail about the people involved and their interrelationships along with some brilliant descriptions of scenery along the Thames.

Jamie and Clare are married, living in a huge house near the Thames, bought for Clare by her wealthy family. When Melia starts working for Clare, she invites her and her husband, Kit, to dinner as they live nearby.

The story begins with Jamie being met, on his way to work, by two detectives, Parry and Merchison, and they begin questioning him about the disappearance of what is now his riverboat commuter friend, Kit.

Jamie narrates the story and leads the reader back in time to how the two couples met and the situation between them as couples and the relationships within the partnerships.

This is a story about wealth and lack of it, cheating, deceit, murder and double cross but, right until the end, I was wondering who was involved in doing what to whom. Twists and turns in abundance and some evil treachery. Loved it.

Thanks to NetGalley, Simon and Schuster UK and Louise Candlish for my ARC in return for my honest review.

A must read. Highly recommended.

Louise Candlish sure knows how to write a thrilling novel. The twists and turns in The Other Passenger kept me gasping right until the very end. I can't wait for this to be released so I can buy it for everyone I know!

Louise Candlish's writing is excellent. So lyrical, her choice of words is absolutely beautiful! I would repeat some passages to myself because I enjoyed them so much...
In this novel, Candlish is exploring the heavy subject of money and how it influences people's relationships, mainly the feeling of resentment. In the end, it will be the catalyst of the story. A lot of work has been put in the novel, a lot of thought on how best to touch the different dynamics in people relationships when there are income differences.
A strong plot, suspenseful and intense. I also loved the descriptions of London. It made me travel...

If you're a fan of thrillers with so many twists and turns that it's impossible to work out the story is going next, then this book is definitely for you.

The first book by Louise Candlish that I've ever read (but it definitely won't be the last), The Other Passenger begins on December 27 - when Jamie Buckby is questioned by police over the disappearance of Kit Parry, a friend who he commutes into London with every morning. Jamie is the last person to seemingly have seen Kit alive, but the two of them didn't end things on the *best* of terms.

Most of the book is a back-and-forth between January that year (when the two men meet for the first time) and the current day. Jamie and Kit met as Melia, Kit's partner, works with Jamie's girlfriend Clare - and she invites the younger couple over to their home for drinks. One thing leads to another and Jamie and Kit commit to a river bus commute for a year....which, as it turns out, is the beginning of the end of it all.

As the story of what really happened to Kit unravels, it soon becomes clear that there's more to the core four - Kit, Melia, Clare and Jamie - than meets the eye, and it's hard not to question just how much of a reliable narrator Jamie is.

The twists and turns throughout the book will leave you guessing from page to page, and the characters themselves are well constructed - although not entirely likeable.

The kind of thriller that will have you hooked from the start until the end, The Other Passenger is definitely one to add to the 'must read' list in 2020.

I love all of Louise Candlish’s books and was excited to read The Other Passenger, it definitely did not disappoint. Great story with plenty of twists and turns, definitely worth reading.

I'm a huge fan of Louise Candlish, so it will come as no surprise that I absolutely loved The Other Passenger. I feel like every one of her novels is intense in a different way, and this was no exception. Jamie is on his way to work one morning when he is met by two policemen who want to talk to him about his friend Kit - Kit has been reported missing by his wife, Melia, who is worried for his safety. And Jamie was the last person to see him...

What follows is the kind of gradually-uravelled, deeply twisted, and brilliantly plotted story I have come to expect
from Louise Candlish. Just when you think you have it all figured out, the story veers off again, and takes a whole new tangent. I didn't see the twists and coming, and the information was revealed so carefully that I felt completely wrong-footed with every new twist - just what I love from my thrillers!

I don't want to say too much more on this one as it would be to give away details that are best uncovered as the author intends - but what I will say is, as soon as this is available, buy it, buy it, buy it. Absolutely brilliant.

Thank you to NetGalley, who provided me with a free ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.

Having read previous books by this author, I was looking forward to this one and it certainly lived up to expectations.

Jamie and Clare, Kit and Melia: two very different couples who become friends. But when Kit goes missing days before Christmas, Jamie seems to be the natural suspect. He was the last one to see Kit alive and he apparently seems to have a motive to get rid of Kit. When the police call, Jamie denies all knowledge of Kit’s whereabouts, but is Jamie as innocent as he claims or is someone trying to set him up?

A fabulous twisty tale which will keep you gripped until

Kit and Jamie are commuter buddies, but Jamie is sleeping with Kit's wife Melia. When Kit goes missing before Xmas, what is Jamie's role in it if at all? The police seem very interested in Jamie immediately, but he went straight home after seeing Kit for the last time.
There are plenty of twists and turns in the Other Passenger circling around the four main characters, Jamie, his partner Claire, Kit and wife Melia.

I was really intrigued by the premise of this book, I've definitely never read a book set on a commuter catamaran before!

I liked Jamie as a narrator, and even though a lot of his actions were questionable at best, I still wanted things to work out for him in the end. There was a big theme to the book about money and how the people who don't have it resent those who have. I didn't see the major twists coming, but in hindsight it all makes a lot of sense.

I disliked both of the main female characters immensely. Clare was very condescending and judgemental and it was obvious that Melia was only ever protecting her own interests. I would have liked the ending to have gone differently but I understand why the author chose to wrap things up the way she did.

Overall I would recommend this book to others and as it is only the second book I've read by this author (the other being 'The Swimming Pool', which I liked but didn't love) I will probably read more of her previous novels.

This was an incredible novel that drew me in and never let go. I felt emotionally invested in the characters’ lives and couldn’t stop reading.

Wow, I'll just take a breath I think I need to after reading this book.It was fabulous and I loved it.This book was so twisty I honestly didn't have a clue what was going on.The characters were well written and believable and so was the plot, even if it was complicated.. It was very original, and very entertaining and a great book to read.

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.