Wow, what a really great read. I couldn't put it down and had to keep on reading. I'm excited to read more from the author based on this. Good plot and characters.

The Beach House by Beverley Jones is one of my favorite books. It’s addictive and I found myself gripped to the story, I couldn’t put it down. Unusually for me I raced through it in two sittings and can honestly say it is a compulsive page turner.

Thrillers are at their best when they are full of tension and able to create an atmosphere that grips the reader. Very well written with lots of twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat

This was a great thriller, fast paced and definitely kept me guessing. Very well written with an engaging writing style

This book is brilliant! I can say nothing negative about this one!! Absolutely brilliant from beginning to end.

this was a page turner classic thriller. The pace was good. It wasn't totally unpredictable, but there were surprises.
All in all, an entertaining read.

A break-in at a glam beach house and a man is found dead in the house. But why is the owner so sketchy?
Grace Jensen is a well written character , in the sense of, I absolutely could not stand her, which meant that I also did not trust her.

The Beach House is a fairly entertaining read. Typical thriller that is predictable in some places and surprising in others.

This is one of those books that you’re able to plow through very quickly, then look back and realize just how much you loved it! Fantasticly written, with superb character development drew me into the story even more! Definitely had the much needed twisty turns, chills, thrills, and shocks I love in my psychological thrillers! Absolutely fast paced and unputdownable! Highly recommend!

Will buzz around platforms and use top Amazon reviewer number!

4 Stars from me

Having read and loved Wilderness by the same author, I was so excited to have the opportunity to be on the blog tour for The Beach House.

Grace Jensen is a great character - I read the majority of the book really unsure of whether or not I liked her and definitely sure that I didn't trust her!

I love love love how much I found myself doubting and questioning as I read - I remember a similar feeling throughout Wilderness, where I was continually thinking 'do I trust this', 'is this real', 'I wonder if I believe this person' etc. It is such a clever way to write.

I raced through this book and just had to keep reading until I found out what on earth was going on and who - if anyone - could be trusted and was telling the truth. I also appreciated the nods back to 'before' which felt like a teaser towards how things were going to progress. The past seemed to be snapping at Grace's heels!

The setting for the book is really good too, I loved the small town vibe and the links back to other areas all of which you just know are there for a reason... or are they?

This little gem will get under your skin and mess with your mind - the perfect distraction!

Another fabulous book from Beverley Jones and my thanks to @bevjoneswriting, @TheCrimeVault and @damppebbles for letting me be a part of this #damppebblesblogtours for #TheBeachHouse

Grace Jensen returns home to find a body in her kitchen. Who is it? Why is he in her house? Grace is a popular member of the community with a successful career and a beautiful family but she also has secrets. Nobody knows her past, not even her husband. Is this crime connected to her past? What does it mean?
This book is full of tension and mystery. the story drip feeds Graces story and intertwines it with the present which leads to a thrilling end.
I look forward to reading more from Beverley Jones.
Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for granting me an advance copy in exchange for an honest review

The Beach House by Beverley Jones is a crime thriller that I loved the look of just from the cover, the blurb drew me in some more so I felt I just needed to be a part of this blog tour.
Grace Jensen has the perfect life. One she has worked hard to make for herself and her family. The day comes that she arrives home to her beautiful beach front house in Lookout Bay to find a dead body covered in blood on her kitchen floor. There isn't juat a body in her kitchen...there are things that have been placed on her kitchen worktops. These things tell Grace that after seventeen years of creating a life in which her past has no part, it is on it's way to catch up with her. She has kept what she did then to herself, not even confiding in her husband Elias. Grace is prepared to do anything so it stays that way.
A story that made me wish I could pack up and go to the Oregan coast! I felt like I could really be there. Beverley Jones has captured the landscape of Oregan that well. Her characters, well, Grace was, as weird as it sounds, a woman who I quite enjoyed learning about. A woman who was single minded and determined enough to carve a new life, a successful one at that, she won't want to give that up for anything. A woman that I won't forget in a hurry anyway. Grace's secrets are revealed little by little as the story unfolds. The tension was almost palpable as I flipped the pages, impatient to discover what was so serious that she had to move so far away,from Wales to America far! I was enraptured with Grace and this story!
A dark and intriguing story that is full of secrets and lies, among other things. At under two hundred pages a relatively small book it is packed with twists and turns. A compelling read that I loved.
Thanks to Emma Welton of Damp Pebbles Blog Tours and Beverley Jones for the copy of this book.

The Beach House by Beverley Jones was a one sitting read for me! A quiet Sunday afternoon sitting in the garden passed by in the blink of an eye as I became completely immersed in this later psychological thriller from a writer who’s books I always enjoy. What I loved about The Beach House was the dual timeline that twisted around the present day action and provided two different settings-both of which came alive. The Welsh setting of Grace’s teenage years was dark and creepy compared to the sunshine of the Oregon coastline as Grace hides in plain site, just waiting for her past to catch up with her…

As I mentioned before this is a book that keeps you interested as you try to work out what happened to Grace to make her convinced that the blood covered body in her kitchen, and the accompanying equipment left beside it, is connected to something she has been running from for years. I have to admit to not taking to Grace particularly throughout-no idea why but I found her a little unlikeable! Her friends were far more interesting although I did find that the lifestyle contrast showed a very different side to Grace.

An enjoyable read!

Beverley Jones is a first-time author for me and I had no idea what to expect other than that blurb which was terribly exciting. Psychological thrillers are dime a dozen nowadays and even though most of them manage to raise the bar in the genre, there’s a common factor in all of them, that of the reveal and truth being known by everyone around in the climax. The author has used a markedly different technique in this story and I didn’t know how happy I was with that ending. Huh, what does that say about me and my moral code? 🤔 🤔 🤔

Grace Jensen has reinvented her life in the small oceanside town of Look Out beach in Oregon. Growing up with tales of pirates and princesses in the small village of Gwyn Mawr on the Welsh coast, she has come a long way in erasing her past and recreating Lolly as Grace, the epitome of ‘good’; good mother, good wife, good friend and woman extraordinaire, designing an eco-friendly beach house that has caught the notice of the press and the community alike.

The readers are made aware of a past coming calling from the first chapter itself and the truth is revealed piecemeal by piecemeal as we grapple with the dilemma of catastrophe that has destroyed Lolly’s young life. The intensity of lurking danger is comparatively milder in the book but what ups the ante is the stunning description of the place. The atmospheric ambiance creates a feeling of claustrophobia as Grace decides to face her darkest fears. The author provides a detailed look into the surroundings and the background of the ocean provides a larger than real feel to the story. There’s also the connection to Grace’s friends and neighbors MK and Belle, whose secrets are also revealed saying much about the hidden depths a person could have behind a cheerful face.

Intriguing 4.5 stars 💦 💦 💦 💦 💧

Highly recommended to fans of psychological thrillers.

Many thanks to Net Galley, Little, Brown Book Group UK, and the author for a chance to read and review this book. All opinions are expressed voluntarily.

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A short but compelling book. At times I wanted to stop reading because I just wanted the experience to go on for longer.
I enjoyed this story, it was well written, had good narrative and good pacing and the characters were well developed and relatable. Recommend this as a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My Thoughts: When I realised that this book was only 181 pages I did worry that it would feel rushed in places, and although it didn’t I also felt that some parts could have been fleshed out a little more, but that is just a preference of mine, I don’t like to feel like I don’t knw the whole story!

the story was fast paced and had lots of different elements that left you constantly on your toes and second guessing who Grace could trust and who she was going to turn to next.

I found myself very mistrusting of ALL the main characters at some point within the book and felt it could’ve been any one of them trying to spook Grace, or maybe even Grace herself trying to get attention, possibly as a way to reveal her past because keeping a secret was now proving just too difficult for her because she has now found a place she belonged..

Even now after reading the book and knowing the conclusion i don’t feel like there were any hints within the writing that would’ve led me in the direction it took… that could just be me but there you are.

This is my first dive into Beverley’s work and after looking on Goodreads I can see that this is definitely not her first book and it makes me want to go through her back catalogue and give them all a read! So if you have ever read anything else by Beverley then please let me know which ones you would recommend i pick up next!

The Beach House was solid psychological thriller that I will be recommending to my friends and urge you all to pick up if that is a genre that you enjoy!

This is an exciting book. You never know what’s going to happen next and however bad it is, Grace can never tell anyone. Because no-one, not even Elias, her lovely, giant bear of a husband, has any idea what happened one Halloween night in the Welsh village where she grew up.

Seventeen years ago, Grace was Laura Llewellyn, a teenager with a huge imagination and a knack for telling scary stories.

It used to be just Laura, Silas and Liam until Priss’s widowed father asks if Priss can join their ‘gang’. They are not keen but they don’t really have a choice. And Priss can be a rather nasty piece of work, though it’s not really surprising after losing her mother at such a young age. Laura, known to her friends as Lolly Pop, is teased by Priss who calls her Pissy Pants and shows everyone at school a photo of her after she spilled a drink down the front of her shorts, saying she wet herself. And she tries to ‘steal’ Silas from her, knowing how much Laura adores him. And that’s just for starters.

Then one night things turn much darker and Laura leaves the UK and moves to the Oregon coast, where she reinvents herself as Grace, marries Elias and has her daughter lovingly known as Terrible Tilly. They are well off and have an idyllic lifestyle with a beautiful house and a second home they are building, known as ‘the Project’.

But when Grace comes home one day and finds a body on the floor of her kitchen, lying face down in a pool of blood, the police become very interested in everyone, but for all the wrong reasons. And why did the intruder leave his special gifts – gifts that would only mean something to Grace or anyone who was there the night of the murder. How can Grace tell the police what or who she suspects when even her husband doesn’t know about that fateful night. Grace, however, is not the only one with secrets and eventually it must all come out. Unless Grace can keep it buried.

Always exciting, with more twists and turns than the Monte Carlo rally, this is a book that you won’t want to put down. I highly recommend it.

I loved this book It had everything wanted in a crime novel!
Long held secrets,a face from the past,someone threatening to wreck a carefully constructed fake life.
Switching effortlessly between the persons old life to the new with added bonuses of friends own skeletons in the cupboard which have potential dire consequences in themselves.
Lots of twists and turns,a truly riveting read.

The quintessential perfect wife and mother returns to her hometown and discovers that someone knows her way too well and won’t rest until her secrets are known to all... A dark and addictive tale that I couldn’t recommend more!

A house invasion in a stunning beach house. A community horrified but it's the fall out that really starts to intrigue - a man is found dead in the house. But what is the owner not saying? The setting, and atmosphere are nicely done and there's plenty of atmosphere here. Tension too. A good solid thriller.

Compelling Suspense….
A community on the Oregon coast, Lookout Beach, is aghast at a recent turn of events. Resident, Grace Jensen, knows way more than she’s prepared to divulge. Well done psychological suspense with a superbly drawn backdrop and a solid sense of place. The storyline is intriguing with twists and turns aplenty and a well woven, tension mounting plot populated with a well developed cast of characters, in particular Grace herself. Compelling reading.

I chose to read and review a free eARC of The Beach House but that has in no way influenced my review.

I am a HUGE fan of Beverley Jones's writing. Her previous two books, written as B.E. Jones, Halfway and Wilderness (as a side note, Wilderness has since had a bit of a make-over and is now called The Perfect Break) have both featured on my top books of the year list. They're intelligently written psychological thrillers with a strong sense of place, and characters who stand tall from the page. I am delighted to confirm that The Beach House is no exception. Jones has produced another dark and engrossing thriller which I devoured with glee.

Grace Jensen has worked hard to create the perfect life for her and her family. Returning to her gorgeous beach front house on Lookout Beach one day, she makes a shocking discovery. A body on her kitchen floor, covered in blood. The body is distressing enough, but the objects carefully placed on her kitchen worksurface send a very clear message. Grace knows it's time. After seventeen years of being careful, of building a new life, her past is finally catching up with her. No one knows what Grace did all those years ago, not even her devoted husband, Elias. And Grace will do anything to keep it that way...

Jones has excelled herself once again in creating an intriguing psychological thriller where character and setting have equal batting. I loved Grace. I was instantly attracted to the dark edge the character exudes. There's just something about her which appealed to me (not sure what that says about me!) and if memory serves, something similar happened with the main character in The Perfect Break. Jones is able to create characters who worm their way under your skin. Whether you like them or loathe them doesn't really matter, you certainly won't be able to forget them! I thoroughly enjoyed discovering Grace's secrets, which are intriguingly drip-fed to the reader over the course of the book. The need to find out what catastrophic event had led Grace halfway around the world had me turning the pages faster than most other books I've read recently. I couldn't put The Beach House down, nor did I want to!

The author has set the story on the coast of Oregon and it's clear Jones is both familiar and fond of her chosen backdrop. Despite never having visited myself, I was able to picture the dramatic landscape easily. Regular readers of damppebbles may be aware that I'm very much a character focussed reader but when an author completely captures the feel and the atmosphere of their setting, particularly one as dramatic and striking as this, it deserves to be mentioned. The author transported me to a different location and in these COVID-restricted times, I'm very grateful for that.

Would I recommend this book? I would, yes. The Beach House is a gripping tale of secrets, lies and obsession and I devoured it in a couple of short sittings. I found Grace, as the book's lead character, to be intriguing and utterly captivating. I think I'm a little bit in love . As the story unfolds, the tension ramps up with a dramatic and thrilling denouement which I thought was a perfect conclusion to Grace's story. I loved The Beach House and I know that it will be the third book by this author, in as many years, to make an appearance on my top books of the year list. Compelling, addictive and hugely entertaining. Highly recommended.

I chose to read and review a free eARC of The Beach House. The above review is my own unbiased opinion.