Wow!!! Another brilliantly written book by the fabulous #CatherineCooper.

Thank you to #NetGalley #HarperCollins and #HarperFiction for an ARC of this book!

I honestly couldn't put it down!
It was so fast paced, the short chapters just kept me wanting more!
I don't want to give too much away as I don't want to spoil it, but it was just spectacular, loved all the characters and how they entwined with each other.

I would highly recommend this thriller!!

Phew! I finished this last night and don't think my heart rate is back to normal yet.
Packed with drama. You start with Aura and Nick in France starting a new life from England. They try to suss out their new surroundings, make new friends, all whilst being filmed for a TV show.
Clues appear that something isn't quite right and then the timeline changes and we see Nick back in England.
The narrative shifts between both timelines, each I felt equally invested in and both fascinating twists and turns along the way.
This is dark, its sneaky, the plot creeps up on you and sucks you under.
Absolutely phenomenal.

SO happy to have been given the opportunity to read and review The Chateau. I have read Catherine’s other book, The Chalet and loved it. I was so excited when I saw she was releasing another book and it really didn’t disappoint...

I devoured this book in a day, kept telling myself just one more chapter but I really couldn’t stop. From the start of the book I was so gripped. I enjoyed how there was so much to be said in the story, Nick and Aura with their new life in France then later on in the book, their life previously, in England. I was so curious as to how the other characters all tied into the story and who they really were.

I was so engrossed as it was so fast paced and gripping. The chapters were nice and short. Once the murder happened at the party, I went full detective mode, wasn’t sure who I could trust.... let me tell you this - I was shocked and didn’t expect it to be this specific character, oh and it doesn’t end there, it all keeps on coming! There is so much to this story and certain characters. The ending was absolutely amazing.

Brilliantly written and I definitely recommend. I don’t often read a book in a day but when I do, that’s when I know it’s a really good book! A really good fast paced thriller!

Thank you to NetGalley, HarperCollins and HarperFiction for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Having read and loved 'The Chalet', I was excited to read this one.

I'll be honest, I found it a bit difficult to get into at first. I did find 'Part One' a bit boring - there was a lot of minutiae about the daily life of the main character's toddlers and chateau renovations and it just wasn't very interesting to read about. I did enjoy the introductions to the other expats and found those sections more fascinating.

Having said that, from 'Part Two' I was completely hooked. The story took on a new direction which I much preferred and the pacing was a lot better from that point on. I liked Ella's character, she was actually the only one I really sympathised with. Aura is everything I can't stand in a person and Nick was just a bit spineless.

By the final part of the book, I really couldn't put it down as I just had to know how everything came together. I thought the ending was brilliant.

I would recommend this book. In my opinion the pacing was a bit off in the beginning but the pay-out at the end is definitely worth it.

I read another Catherine Cooper novel ‘The Chalet’ earlier this year and loved it so I was keen to read her latest offering. This is another exciting read and I was hooked early on during the strong first half of the book. Good characters, interesting plot and plenty going on to focus the mind.

Aura and Nick have bought a chateau in France to renovate in hopes of making a fresh start. Something happened in England that they would prefer to keep quiet and forget about.t happened in England.

The locals appear to be very friendly but the atmosphere deteriorates when a neighbour is murdered at a lavish party leaving Aura and Nick not knowing who to trust. It appears someone knows their secret and the real reason for their attempted fresh start and wants them to get what they deserve.

I really enjoyed the novel but thought it got a little too convoluted at the end but didn’t spoil it.

I would like to thank both Netgalley and Harper Collins for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

#TheChateau #NetGalley
Catherine's writing is electrical.
Aura and Nick don’t talk about what happened in England. They’ve bought a chateau in France to make a fresh start, and their kids need them to stay together – whatever it costs.A couple on the brink The expat community is welcoming, but when a neighbour is murdered at a lavish party, Aura and Nick don’t know who to trust.A secret that is bound to come out…
Someone knows exactly why they really came to the chateau. And someone is going to give them what they deserve.
But who and why?
I loved Aura and Nick. Narration of the story is excellent.
Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins UK Harper Fiction for giving me an advance copy.

The Chateau is a fast paced thriller with the most specular of endings.
Aura, her husband and 2 young children, set off to La Belle France in search of a new life away from a tragedy that underpins their old. They meet an array of folk keen to help them achieve their French dream but all is not what it seems.
It's always difficult to review a book like this, the threat being to give away too much of the plot.
A dark. enticing. harrowing read.

I absolutely love this thriller that resolves around the chateau and the upper crust. I’m a big fan of Catherine Cooper and this is no exception. Great characters in a really interesting plot.

I quite enjoyed the previous novel by this author, The Chalet, because it had a good sense of place. I am a huge fan of France and of French chateau, so I thought this would be a winner for me. But actually it was quite disappointing: the sense of place was not particularly strong, there was very little sense of France, much more about rich expats there. The characters did not feel very consistent and the story was deliberately obfuscating. All felt a little bit rushed and the writing was quite cliched too.

Nick and Aura have moved to rural France with their two sons for a new life. considering what they left behind, renovating a chateau almost from the ground up, in the hope of offering bed and breakfast accommodation, and doing all this while being filmed for a TV documentary, is almost like a vacation. The couple have been through a few ups and downs – that’s putting it mildly – but need to stay together. While their neighbours are welcoming to a point, there’s an undercurrent of risk and decadence that neither were prepared or and when they’re at a party where someone is murdered, who can they trust? It’s clear that someone is out, overtly, to let them know what they think of them… This has all the chilling inclusions that would give you the heebie jeebies if you were in a semi distanced delapidated chateau. Scary and a bit frightening too – but excellent reading.