Lisa Jewell has an amazing talent for climbing inside the mind and thoughts of oddballs and sociopaths, as well as the paranoid gnawing anxiety of suspicion. *no spoilers* her writing of online interactions are frighteningly real. From page one a sense of unease and menace lurks in the subconscious, I found my shoulders were tense just reading!
The weaving of the characters and stories into a connected web is clever and unpredictable, Lisa Jewell is brilliant at setting a scene, tiny details conjure up vivid scenes in your mind, she is also excellent at drawing you in to impatience, disdain or dislike of characters, as well as those you warm to.
Veil of suspicion of anyone who appears different in some way, how quickly the worst can be suspected. The examination of the troubled and tormented mind, touching on mental health issues
Reading this book I found myself wanting to read 'just one more page' and ended up being the only person awake in the house, I thought about it at work and just wanted to get back home to my kindle.
This book is superbly written, absorbing, chilling and spine tingling, you will not want to put it down I promise you. This author gets better and better with every book in my view, which is so hard to do, the twists you never see coming, this book is excellent and in my view her best yet.

This is such a well written psychological thriller / family drama about a number of characters. There's Owen Pick, an unusual recluse type character who has always struggled in his interactions with women.
Then there's Saffyre Maddox, a troubled teenager who has had a traumatic past and who has been receiving help from Roan Fours, a child psychologist, who lives with his family in a flat across from Owen Pick.

The story is told from the perspective of Saffyre, Cate (Roan's wife) and Owen and it builds the suspense so well.
Saffyre goes missing and the story is about the ripple effects of this on all characters.

It's a slow burn and there were times when I thought I was getting frustrated with the book, but, then another seed would be sown and I'd be hooked again.
Overall it's a 3.5 but, unusually, I'm scoring it up as I really couldn't wait to read the ending - and it's a great one!

All in all, a riveting storyline about some excellent characters.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to preview.

This was my first book by Lisa Jewell and it definitely did not disappoint!

I love the multiple POVs throughout the book and the well-rounded view it gives of the events unfolding throughout. If this story was just one POV then we would have had our suspect almost immediately when Saffyre goes missing, but having the different perspectives lets you see that everything is not as it seems, and how damaging people's opinions can be when you jump to conclusions without hearing both sides of a story.

I'm pretty sure I suspected every single character at one point and there were many twists and turns that kept me guessing throughout. I feel the story flowed really well, and I love how all of the characters' stories intertwined in some way.

I'm giving this book a 4-star rating purely because I wish some parts of the story and some of the characters could have been explored a bit more, I feel like some people were focused on too much and others not enough, but I can't really go into detail about that without revealing any potential spoilers.

I love reading books by Lisa Jewell and I have been treated to another great book reading this one.

The first chapter enticed me in and I knew I would need to get supplies and find a comfy quiet place to be taken away.

A fantastic storyline where I tried to guess what would happen next and was surprised each time as each turn took me on a twisty journey.

A great dark and twisty psychological thriller and I can't wait to see what she releases next!

How well do you know someone? Everyone has secrets. Do you know how that weird looking person who you walk past everyday is suffering and is alone. What are their lonely lives like? That must be how Owen feels. Owen is a 33 year old teacher who has never had a friend or girlfriend. He lives with his Aunt who won’t even allow him into her living room.
Living across the road is the Fours family that watch Owen and think he’s strange... dangerous even. The family including the father Roan Fours who is a therapist and treats our main character Saffyre for trauma and pain she suffered at the age of ten. Saffyre cuts herself and has secrets.
Saffyre goes missing and everyone suddenly thinks the weirdo neighbour is to blame and he is arrested. But is he guilty?
To top this off sexual assaults are taking place in the area, and yes Owens names the top of the list.
Is he responsible? Is he a victim? Is he just creepy?
An interesting book that kept its pace and unfolds more mystery as you go along.
Lisa Jewell’s latest novel is classed as a domestic thriller and told from three characters pov’s.
It fully explorers how monsters walk through society going mainly unnoticed and how lives are wrecked with a wide area of problems and issues.
Overall a good paced storyline, keeps your interest throughout with twists and a few shocks.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone for the ARC.

Twisty, creepy, well written thriller.

I really enjoyed the different perspectives and how the book explored topics like mental health and how you can never really know a person.

The book kept me guessing and the changing points of view makes for a quick read that you don’t want to put down.

I always get so absorbed in a Lisa Jewell novel. The world around me just dissolves into nothing. She never fails to surprise me. Every single time she pulls the cat out of the bag and produces her best book yet. The plotting is perfect, it is sensitive given the subject matter, but she has the right amount of twists, turns and surprises that keep you mesmerised. Be prepared to stay up late, as once you start, you just can't not finish it.
I always can't wait to purchase a beautiful hardback copy for my collection.

I found this engaging, but not earth shatteringly so. I felt it missed some of Ms Jewells usual pace and complexity and I had worked out what had gone on (in rough outline) about half way through the book. nevertheless, I read it in a day, found it satisfying and interesting. But I find a few days hence, I can't remember the characters particularly well and the books hasn't lingered at all.

Thank you for the opportunity to read this book - I am a huge fan of Lisa Jewell and think her change of direction has been a brilliant surprise.
That said, for me personally I didn't think this book lived up to the previous 2 - but in particular 'then she was gone' which I felt was a masterpiece and superb suspense writing. this book had an interesting well crafted story, it had diverse characters and a weaving sub plot - but I didn't get drawn in as much as her other novels, I didn't feel the connection as much as I have in the past.

I do think it was great, and stands up really well to other books in the genre - and I would still give it a 4 star, but I cant help feeling a small disappointment that I didn't love it as much as some of her past work.

Wow I can’t believe just how much I got involved in this book and even when I wasn’t reading it I was thinking about it and I just love it when that happens. So this is the story of a young girl Saffyre, the invisible girl and how she copes with life and all that has happened to her but it’s also so much more than just that because we have many both wonderful, weird and varied characters in this book all of whom seem to have secrets of their own. It’s a read that’s impossible to describe, a psychological thriller yes but as I said it really is so much more than just that it’s a read that draws you in and doesn’t let go till the brilliant end.
I was gripped, engrossed and and totally immersed in this book, the characters were superbly written as was the whole storyline, a read that I didn’t want to put down I was fascinated and enthralled from start to finish and that’s all we want from a damn good read, many many thanks to Lisa Jewell.
My thanks also to NetGalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone, Century for giving me the chance to read the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

My thanks to NetGalley and publisher Random House UK, Cornrstone, for the ARC.

Oh My - this is a creepy read. So good.

Roan Fours, his wife Cate and their 2 teenagers Josh and Georgia, are renting an upmarket flat in Hampstead whilst their house is being repaired. The only thing that spoils this moneyed, leafy London suburb is the vacant lot opposite their building - overgrown, dark, and a place where someone can hide. Next door to the lot lives Owen, with his Aunt. He is 33, never had a girlfriend and had lived there since he was 18. Owen, a college tutor, is a loner and the epitome of creepy to those who see him. Saffyre Maddox, 17 years old, suffered a devastating experience when she was ten. She's lost both parents and lives with her uncle Aaron, who looks after her as a father.
Saffyre's experiences led her to self-harm and was referred to Roan Fours, a psychologist at the children's centre, but she could never bring herself to disclose what really happened to her. After being discharged from her counselling sessions she hides in the shadows, makes copious notes of Roan's comings and goings - extracting his secrets by watching invisibly.
The news reports warn of a series of sexual assaults which have been taking place within the area. Saffyre disappears from outside Roan's house on Valentine's night; Owen lives opposite and soon comes under suspicion. Cate also becomes suspicious of her son Josh's frequent absences as well as those of her husband.
Has Saffyre been abducted or killed?

This is a really gripping read and very cleverly plotted.

Lisa Jewells books never fail to disappoint. It just goes to show that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover(excuse the pun) or jump to conclusions about people as you will most likely be wrong!
This book was well written with 4 main characters who are all very different and have their own issues.
I felt the book flowed well and had a great ending that I didn't envisage.
Another great read.

I have read a couple of Lisa Jewell's books in the past and have had mixed reactions to them. I enjoyed this one. It was very tightly plotted and I liked the short chapters which kept up the suspense. There were four suspects in the story and none were eliminated until near the end. The characters were all believable and well-rounded. The police were depicted as hard-working and thorough, which is not always the case in this genre. The ending was satisfying and concluded with a twist which was not totally unexpected.

First time I've read a novel by this author but it won't be the last. I'm grateful for the e-book review copy provided by Netgalley. There is an intreaging build up of tension as the story evolves, what is the fate of a missing young woman. It is so easy for people to make judgments based on appearances will this lead to an injustice being done whilst the guilty are able to mislead us successfully? Believable characters have you constantly rethinking the way you believe the story is going, I must have changed my mind a half dozen times. Excellent.

Another brilliant book by Lisa Jewell, combining her blend of perceptive characterisation, stunning sense of urban place and stories that grip from the first paragraph. There's nothing neat or cookie cutter about her novels and Invisible Girl offers realistic, fascinating characters dealing with impossible situations. I particularly liked how Owen's story was resolved and the book will stay with me for a long time.

I have been extremely lucky to be provided an early copy of Lisa Jewell’s new novel: Invisible Girl.

What’s it about:

LONDON: On a fine avenue of grand houses, big cars and electronic gates, lies a neglected urban wasteland.
It is nearly midnight, and very cold. Yet in this dark place of long grass and tall trees where cats hunt and foxes shriek, a girl is waiting...
When Saffyre Maddox was ten something terrible happened and she's carried the pain of it around with her ever since. The man who she thought was going to heal her didn't, and now she hides from him, invisible in the shadows, learning his secrets; secrets she could use to blow his safe, cosy world apart.
Owen Pick is invisible too. He's thirty-three years old and he's never had a girlfriend, he's never even had a friend. Nobody sees him. Nobody cares about him.
But when Saffyre Maddox disappears from opposite his house on Valentine's night, suddenly the whole world is looking at him. Accusing him. Holding him responsible.
Because he's just the type, isn't he? A bit creepy?
INVISIBLE GIRL: A story of secrets and injustices, and of how we look in the wrong places for the bad people while the real predators walk among us in plain sight.

My thoughts:

What a fantastic novel by the ever so clever Lisa Jewell. Big fan of her books ever since the days of Ralph’s Party.

The characters in this novel are in depth and well described. It was well written, fast paced, intense and gripping all the way through, leaving you to want more. It’s clever, intense and shocking at times with plenty of plot twists and turns that will keep you glued to your seat and second guessing all the way through.

I really enjoyed the thought provoking and extremely well crafted novel.

Highly recommend this and all of Lisa books.

5 out of 5.

With thanks to NetGalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone for the ARC.

I've been reading Lisa Jewell since her first book, and have particularly enjoyed her change of direction towards domestic suspense. This doesn't disappoint - it's gripping and suspenseful, with characters who feel very real and some great twists.

I have read almost all of Lisa's books and they just get better and better, a huge step up from her early days.

Saffyre has had a bad start in life from the age of 10 she has been haunted by her past.
Owen is no different at age 33 they are both invisible.

What brings them together? What has happened to Saffyre?

This story had me hooked from the start I loved it, a real page turner so twisting and well written which left me guessing right to the end, when I thought I had worked it out.

Well done Lisa on another gripping read.

5 stars from me.

A big thank you to Random House UK, Cornerstone for the opportunity to read and review.

In my opinion this is Lisa Jewel’s finest novel to date. I just didn’t want this book to end! Such a good, well written story.

The story is told from the perspectives of all the main characters. There is Safayre, a 15 year old girl who mysteriously goes missing. The police suspect foul play and Owen, a misfit, who lives opposite the site where Safayre was last seen finds himself in the frame for her abduction. Thrown into the mix is the fact that Safayre goes missing practically on the doorstep of a local family, of which the father, Roan, a child psychologist, coincidentry treated Safayre for self-harming a few years previously.

The portrayal of characters as likeable and relatable was a real strength of this novel, this combined with a storyline that felt in equal parts unique and memorable will have me wholeheartedly recommending this book to anyone who cares to listen!

My utmost thanks to Netgalley, author and publisher for the opportunity to review this book in exchange for an honest review.

On a fine Avenue of grand houses, big cars and electronic gates, lies a neglected urban wasteland.

It is nearly midnight, very cold and yet in this dark place of long grass and tall trees, were cats hunt and foxes shriek, a girl is waiting.

When Saffrye Maddox was ten, something terrible happened to her and she has carried the pain of it around with her ever since. The man she thought would heal her didnt and now she hides, invisible in the shadows whilst learning his secrets. Secrets that could destroy him and blow his world apart.

Owen Pick is invisible too. He’s thirty three years old, has never had a girlfriend or a friend. Nobody sees him but when Saffrye disappears from opposite his house on Valentines night, suddenly the whole world is looking at him…Accusing him.

I LOVED it. Another fantastic page turner. This book, like Lisa’s others had me gripped from the very first page. I have read all of Lisa Jewells books so for this one made an effort to not read the blurb and avoided the ‘back page’ breakdown so that I would be pleasantly surprised. And I can tell you I wasnt disappointed. I literally devoured it. It is the type of book that you cant put down and has you reading long into the night.

Every character appears guilty of something and every chapter leaves you on a cliff hanger with its ‘who done it’ style of writing. Saffrye is predominantly the main character but in my opinion every character came into their own and every ones individual storyline just as important as the next characters.

This is an absolute page turner and reads as very dark and sinister. I couldnt get enough and there is so many twists and turns. I changed my mind about the main characters so many times. Owen the strange man who lives across the street. Roan the child therapist who appears too sweet to be wholesome. Josh the kind teenager who is hiding dangerous secrets and Cate who will go to great lengths to protect her family but who is also torn with doing the right thing by them.

The Invisible Girl is a modern day novel set in leafy London. I loved the ending as it is not what I expected and wasnt predictable. Its secretive, engrossing and keeps you completely hooked to the end. The perfect book to binge read.

The Invisible Girl is out on 6th August 2020 but can be pre ordered now at Amazon. Thank you to Penguin Random House and Netgalley for my advanced reading copy off this book.