"The Murder of Graham Catton" is an intriguing thriller which involves an old murder and a true crime podcast. The narrator seems flaky throughout and it's interesting to see her story emerge. The atmosphere is sinister and unsettling. I particularly enjoyed seeing the court of public opinion playing out via social media. There's a lot going on in this book but it mostly ties together in the end, although I was unsure about the vaguely supernatural element.

As a true crime podcast fan, I HAD to read this book as soon as possible. The book centres around a murder case being re-examined by a popular podcast who look into wrongful convictions. YES PLEASE.

I loved it. I've read the entire book in two sittings and thats only because I sadly had to go to work at some point. Its a classic psychological thriller so if thats your genre of choice, you'll enjoy this one. The characters arent overly likeable but that kind of made it all more thrilling for me, do you want to side with the wife or with the podcast?! Its interesting.

The end few chapters felt a bit rushed, I could have done with it slowing down slightly so I could catch my breath for a moment but its a solid 5/5 read for me.

I read The Murder of Graham Catton in two sittings, which is most unusual for me. Needless to say, then, it is a gripping psychological thriller that I thoroughly enjoyed.

When Hannah's husband Graham is murdered in their home Hannah cannot remember anything that happened that night. In the event, a young man is convicted of the murder and jailed. But ten years later, when Hannah has moved on with her young daughter and new partner, a podcast documentary series begins an investigation into the murder and she is thrust into the limelight.

Hannah is an unlikeable and unreliable character but this should not put readers off. Will you believe her? If you love books like Girl on a Train then this is for you. For me, it's the best psychological thriller I've read this year. Highly recommend. Many thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins for the opportunity to read and review The Murder of Graham Catton.

Graham Catton is a successful and popular Professor but beneath the respectable surface lurks a vicious bully who torments and abuses his wife Hannah. Graham is murdered but despite being in the house at the time Hannah claims that she can't remember anything and comes under suspicion. Forensic evidence tells a different story and a young man called Mike Phillips .

In 2018 Hannah has moved on,she has a great relationship with a kind and loving man who treats her ,and Graham's ,daughter Evie as his own.
Cracks appear in Hannah's life when a crime podcast claims that Mike Phillips was wrongly jailed and questions about Hannah's involvement are asked. Hannah's life begins to unravel and she begins to doubt her sanity.

This is a great read that took me a while to get into but once I had it gripped me. Hannah has a character flaw that makes it hard for the reader to know what's really going on let alone any of the other characters in the book,so can we believe what she's telling us? As well as routinely putting a convenient before the truth she thinks Graham is continuing his harassment of her from beyond the grave.

There are a number of important social issues addressed in this book,domestic abuse, mental health and more than one aspect of the dark side of the internet to name a few. Hannah is a hard person to like and often her own worse enemy which makes her a more interesting lead character than usual.
Is she mad,is she bad? Did she really get away with killing Graham all those years ago? Read the book and find out,you won't regret it.

I like to give it a day or two before I write my reviews to let it sink in.

Reflecting back on this, there was a lot of build up for the last ten percent of the book which, was a speedy reveal of multiple twists and turns which had me re-reading paragraphs to keep up. There were lots of different story lines, which, do come together at the end and were not predictable. Chapters skipped between the past and present to give a full view of the scenario.

Hannah’s husband was brutally murdered ten years ago, the murderer was caught and is jail. Hannah has moved on with her daughter and is in a loving relationship. But a tv show called conviction is bringing up new evidence which points to Hannah being the murderer.

In a twist of tales and suspense can Hannah find out the truth and protect her daughter from the historic threats from her past?

I really enjoyed this one! It was fast paced, had lots of action and plenty of twists and turns too. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough!

Ten years ago, Hannah’s husband was murdered in their home while her daughter and herself were there. Hannah claimed not to remember a thing and someone was found guilty and sent to prison.

Now she has a new life, with Dan and her daughter but for how long?

There is a true crime podcast being broadcast which believes that the person found guilty was set up for the murder by the police and they have the proof too.

Does Hannah really not remember anything about that night?

Damn! This book was good and why haven’t I heard of this author before now?! Most of the way through the book. I didn’t know who to believe or what was real and what wasn’t. Written brilliantly, it had me on the edge of my seat constantly.

Definitely recommended.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

My thanks to NetGalley and publisher HarperCollins UK for the electronic copy.

London 2008 - Hannah Catton, a psychiatrist, wakes up next to her husband Graham - except Graham can't wake up - the bed is covered with his blood, a knife sticking out of his neck, blood dripping on the floor. Hannah remembers nothing of that night but the police conclude it must have been a burglary gone wrong and charges and subsequently convicts Mike Phillips for Graham's murder.

Derbyshire 2018 - Hannah has a new life with boyfriend Dan and daughter Evie. That life is about to implode as a new podcast is due to begin by journalist Anna Byers, a new series of "Conviction" whereby Anna examines cases of possibly wrongful conviction. The new series involves Graham's murder and Mike's conviction. The obvious conclusion to anyone listening is to believe that Hannah is the main suspect.

The narrative gives the reader flashbacks to Hannah's life with Graham, revealing all was not so rosy in the marriage as the picture Hannah had conveyed to Evie. Hannah is also haunted by her uncaring mother and, in turn, her grandmother, and patients she had in London. There are lengthy passages of podcast transcripts, which I personally found rather tedious, but Hannah still says she can't remember - or can she? She develops a rather unbelievable relationship with the new owner of nearby Hawkswood House - which used to be a psychiatric hospital.

I personally felt that the story was overly complicated and kind of lost the thread many times. It is an unusual and clever plot but certainly takes some concentration and patience with the podcasts.

Not the best psychological thriller, but not the worst - give it a try.

This was a great story and it was an interesting idea and one quite relevent in the time of podcasts and the popularity of true crime ones and how someones life can be blown apart so easily, so when Hannah Catton is approached by a true crime podcast "conviction" about the murder of her husband 10 years before, it seems that what seemed to be a closed case is anything but and all the evidence is pointing at her.
Sometimes it felt a bit predictable but it had enough suspense to keep me interested

Really enjoyed this psychological thriller. Graham was the perfect husband but it appears his alleged killer was framed. That leaves only his wife as number one suspect. The novel has a very contemporary feel with Hannah being vilified through social media and an influential podcast which is unfolding to clearly accuse her. Haunted by her family history and her psychiatric patients she is drawn to Hawkwood House, an old psychiatric hospital. As her allies fall, her friends, her boss, her partner and even her daughter don’t know what to believe. Hannah can’t even trust her own memories. Lots of twists I was gripped till the end.

I really love the rise of podcasts being used in crime and thriller books, to help navigate a story a long. It is something very much of this time, and shaped a believable story,

The murder of Graham Catton is well written and entertaining, Highly recommend

I've often said at the start of a book review that I reach a point in the book where my opinion instantaneously changes from 'ok but read better' to 'this is worth reading, I have to find out what happens'. In some books this can be in the first few pages or it could come in the body of the book or even towards the end. The point can be anything - a sentence, a twist or an action/reaction.
For The Murder Of Graham Cotton I had reached nearly 90% through when it happened. It was just something Hannah said. I had been ready to give the review 3.5 stars (rounded up) but this suddenly swapped to a 5 star rating primarily for the last 10%-15% of the book.
Hannah is one of those characters I dread in a book - loses the plot mentally, says the wrong thing or doesn't say the right thing. For Hannah the 1990s D:Ream classic song 'Things Can Only Get Better' proves a bad choice.
Maybe it is the fact that I choose to review many books by female authors (can I still say female? - I didn't say authoress!!) but I wish someone would produce a book about a man going into meltdown before righting himself at the end.
You might be thinking why on earth did I give the book 5 stars? Well it is superbly written, never drags or pads out and the last sections are brilliant and couldn't have been more appropriate. Probably the best ending to any book I have read.
So, make sure you don't miss it. I'm sure you will not be disappointed

A really good, solid psychological thriller.
Well written and credible, this is a gripping story with an unpredictable and satisfying ending.
Definitely recommended!

Thank you to NetGalley, Katie Lowe and the Publisher for an ARC in return for an honest review.

Wow, wow, WOW! Katie Lowe may now be the queen of psychological thrillers. This book had me gripped from start to finish. It is full of suspense and twists with nail-biting tension.

I have recommended this to all of my friends to purchase once it has been released.

I was fortunate enough to read this book and listen to the audiobook.

Fresh and dynamic... Fast-paced and spellbinding...a book you will have a hard time putting down. When I read Katie Lowe’s stunning debut The Furies I knew I would be prepared to follow her anywhere! I was thrilled to receive a copy of this from #NetGalley and #HarperCollinsUK.

This thriller about a wife who appears to be slowly losing her grip on reality. Completely on form as it is broken up into “episodes” from the podcast and with a flickering timeline that leaves you walking along a razor edge. I’m loving these podcast thrillers right now. Great read and giving this one ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Imagine if your husband is murdered and you are in the same house at the time?! Hannah has absolutely no memory of this night at all but the man responsible is behind bars!

Now she has a new boyfriend, a good job and things are looking up. UNTIL a new series starts, called Conviction, and it focuses on catching the "real" killer, But who is the real killer? Apparently it's Hannah!

I read the first chapter and I was so hooked, but that was where the excitement ended, this book is SO confusing. What is going on? It felt jumpy and I couldn't figure out where I was in the story.

I wanted to love this book, and the idea of it was really smart, but it didn't do it for me :(

Hannah’s husband is murdered and the perpetrator is sent to jail. 10 years later a reporter broadcasts Conviction retooling at the murder and suggesting the man found guilty is innocent.
This is a complicated, twisty, intriguing storyline and really makes the reader concentrate. If you don’t you will miss important clues.
I really loved this book even though I had to re read parts because I lost the thread of the story.
Novel idea, good plot, a little unrealistic in places but can highly recommend.
I loved it. 4.5 stars ⭐️

Hannah is a psychiatrist whose husband was murdered ten years before the main setting of this book. She is now living happily with her partner Dan and her daughter, Evie but her life is about to be turned upside down by a podcast suggesting that the man convicted of her husband's killing was innocent and that in fact it was Hannah who killed him.

I didn't enjoy this book at all. I found it repetitive and the main character unsympathetic. There were twists and turns but they were unbelievable. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

This was a fantastic book, really dark and thrilling. I truly loved it and really couldn't put it down. Highly recommended. Fice stars.

This is a really solid psychological thriller, entertainingly structured around a Serial-style true crime podcast whose host has chosen the convicted killer of the narrator's husband to exonerate.

Hannah is a great unreliable narrator, her family and friends convincingly with/against her throughout, and the story is suitably dark and frightening. Each twist feels right, and it has that great page-turner drama which keeps you reading faster and faster. I thought the ending was silly but narratively satisfying, which I grant is an unusual combination, but I stand by it.

My thanks to HarperCollins and NetGalley for the ARC.

Thank you to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

The story is based around Hannah, who ten years previously, lost her husband, Graham, in a suspicious murder. A guy, Mike Phillips, was eventually convicted of the murder. Then a podcast comes along, called Conviction, that goes through the whole case step by step, slowly crumbling Hannah’s life, as suspicions around her are raised again. Hannah is not happy as she’s built a new life for herself with her now 16 year old daughter, Evie, and lovely boyfriend, Dan. Hannah is a psychiatrist, so this whole thing leaves herself on shaky ground with regards to her own mental health. A woman also comes out of the blue, called Darcy, who wants to restore a derelict building, called Hawkwood House, which was previously a mental health setting, and also housed Hannah’s grandmother back in the day after she killed her own husband. There is also supernatural vibes as Hannah is sure she can hear her dead husbands voice.

Overall I found this story ok. It could have been much better. I liked the concept of the podcast breaking down the crime, and that’s quite modern in today’s world, and would really work with a modern audience, as everyone seems to be into true crime now (myself included). The characters were alright, Hannah was frustrating at times and sometimes it felt we were going round in circles with often repeating issues. But I also appreciate the author focusing on mental health, which can be such a taboo and tricky subject to tackle. Overall this had a gothic feel to it, and had all the spooky settings, I would recommend if you enjoy all those elements.