The Beach House is a compelling read, with past secrets coming out and people doing what they need to in order to keep their new life.
Grace Jensen loves her home. It’s a retreat, the perfect place for her family. Unfortunately, when a neighbour is found attacked in the kitchen and there are ropes near the body it seems there’s something odd going on. The community is scared, her husband is acting strangely (and lying to the police about his whereabouts doesn’t help) and Grace is convinced that her past is catching up with her.
As the police investigate this attack, we get glimpses into Grace’s past and know she’s hiding something. How it links to the events of the present do not get revealed straight away.
The novel takes a while to hit its stride, but once certain facts are established and we can make sense of Grace’s behaviour it was hard to put down. There’s a few grey areas where we are led to believe Grace is not the only one keeping secrets (suggesting they are so self-obsessed they don’t notice anyone else’s issues), but it was good to have predicted who was behind Grace’s attack…though the way that was resolved shows sometimes people will do things you wouldn’t imagine to keep their position.
Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this prior to publication.

It took me a couple is attempts to heron to the book! But if no avail I have stopped reading half way through.

I cant get into this book at all. Ive tried and tried to no avail. For me the story has to grab my attention right from page one and unfortunately it didnt despite the description on the back cover! Unfortunately this is one time where I couldn’t finish the book.

I really enjoyed this book. It is a quick, fast paced, and addictive psychological thriller. It is well thought out and cleverly plotted right through to the end. I love a book where all the characters have their part to play in the twists and turns of the story and these characters definitely do that. I particularly liked the two timelines in this book, I thought they worked well together and gave the story an extra edge, particularly given the distinctive contrast between the two locations and people, which without giving any spoilers, is in a way an important part of the story.

I don’t know if it’s just me as there seem to be good reviews but I couldn’t get into this book . I managed 20% in but I was bored, not edge of my seat as I was expecting. It seems well written hence the 2 stars but that’s about all I can say

Lookout Beach is a safe, serene enclave, so when resident Grace Jenkins finds a dead body along with several murder weapons in her home, people are both shocked and scared. Grace may be scared, but she’s not shocked, she’s known this day would come. Moving from Wales to Oregon and changing her name has not been enough to protect her from the part she played in a tragedy in the UK almost two decades earlier. Pacey and tense.

This book starts with an intruder at the home of Grace Jensen. Her neighbour has been seriously injured and some 'gifts' left for Grace including robe, handcuffs and ribbon. Grace believes this incident is linked to her past - 17 years ago in Wales something terrible happened and someone wants revenge. Grace is frightened but can't tell police because to do so she would have to make some admissions of her own. She's now in America, married and with a completely different name... surely the past can't have caught up with her?

Im struggling a little with the review for this. There were so many things that just weren't believable able at all. I had lots of eye roll moments where I could hear myself thinking 'really?' There are some really fortunate coincides that help the plot along too - a huge one at the end which brought everything nicely to a close- but it was all a bit too neat given what happened. I thought Grace's behaviour at the end was really unlikely. We also have huge 'scooby doo' sections where a couple of the characters make really significant confessions when they really didn't have to - these confessions were necessary for the plot, as you'd never guess what happened otherwise, but were really unlikely and unconvincing....

But, despite all these things, I read this book in no time and literally didn't put it down till it was finished! Therefore, although there was a lot I'd say I didn't like, its an easy read, it's got pace, its well written and its different! I loved the Welsh connection. Overall I've given 4 stars because it clearly held my interest throughout, despite the rather convenient far fetched explanations and events.

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An awesome short read.
Grace Jensen returns to her home in the ocean-front town of Lookout Beach one day, she finds a body in a pool of blood and a menacing gift left for her: a knife, a coil of rope and handcuffs. The community of Lookout Beach are shocked by such a brutal intrusion in their safe, close-knit community - particularly to a family as successful and well-liked as the Jensens - and a police investigation begins to find the trespasser. But Grace knows who's after her. She might have changed her name and moved across the world, deciding to hide on the Oregon coast, but she's been waiting seventeen years for what happened in the small Welsh town where she grew up to catch-up with her.Grace might seem like the model neighbour and mother, but nobody in Lookout Beach - not even her devoted husband Elias - knows the real her. Or how much blood is on her hands.
Thanks to NetGalley and Little Brown Books UK for giving me an advanced copy.