I finished this book and I have questions, I can’t tell you my questions because it will give the book away.

It was an intriguing story and I was invested heavily into what was going on. I started this as an audiobook but it did get a bit confusing when different narrators were narrating chapters and characters they hadn’t before. And I am not going to lie, the chapters that had Joleyn I couldn’t listen to without cringing. Reading the book however, in this case, was so much better (and I am a huge advocate for audiobooks) but I loved the book so much more when I read it. I didn’t want to put it down.

I guessed who the mysterious man was in Lena’s life and I think we were meant to, so when the penny dropped we experienced Lena's shock rather than our own.

Oliver was such a detestable character. He was vile, so vile and the way he treated his family, people and behaved in general, my blood was boiled!!

I had no idea what direction this book was going to go and I was there to enjoy the ride. Ryan is a new author to me, and I would definitely read a book by her again. Her writing created so many emotions for me. I ranged from shock to anger so quickly. I loved all the little twists that were littered throughout. It created so many misdirections and I was enthralled.

Looking forward to the next time I get the chance to read her book again.

I first discovered Joanne and her books when I had the good fortune to be invited to review her previous book called 'Keep Your Friends Close'. Since then I have been waiting for her next book to be released. Well ladies and gents the wait is over because Joanne's second book is called 'Don't Let Her In' and it was released on 18th April 2024. I couldn't wait to dive in and so without further ado, I grabbed a cup of tea, grabbed my Kindle and settled down for what proved to be an interesting afternoon of reading. Overall, I really enjoyed reading 'Don't Let Her In' but more about that in a bit.

This was one of those books that grabbed me from the start and didn't let me go until after I read the very last word on the very last page. I started reading and found it nigh on impossible to put the book to one side. My Kindle wasn't exactly glued to my hand but it might as well have been because it travelled everywhere with me. I couldn't bear to miss a single second of the story. I can't say that I especially warmed to any of the characters but that could be because I have read a lot of crime fiction and as a result I believe nobody and suspect everybody. The more of the book that I read, the more I wanted to read and the quicker the pages seemed to turn. All too quickly I reached the end of 'Don't Let Her In'. I found 'Don't Let Her In' to be a gripping, tense and at times rather dramatic read, which certainly kept me guessing and kept me on the edge of my seat throughout.

'Don't Let Her In' is extremely well written and then some. Joanne certainly knows how to grab the reader's attention and draw them into what proves to be one heck of a story and then some. For me, this was a slow burn type of book which suited the story that Joanne was telling. Joanne describes her characters so vividly and realistically that they seem just as real as you and I although I have to say that I would keep them all at arm's length as there was something distinctly 'off' with each of them. I loved the way in which Joanne perfectly captures the air of suspicion that exists in small communities when a newcomer moves in and how such communities can be a bit claustrophobic. I love the way in which the author makes the reader feel as though they are part of the story and at the heart of the action.

In short, I thoroughly enjoyed reading 'Don't Let Her In' and I would recommend it to other readers. I will certainly be reading more of Joanne's work in the future. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a very well deserved 5* out of 5*.

Of course they're going to blame you - you've literally just moved in and the residents all start getting letters trying to expose them and their secrets!

The people of Mandalay Close are a very odd and apparently close knit community - I still wouldn't want to live there mind - and someone is watching!

I was hooked from the opening pages and literally binged it in one sitting. It's a pacey thriller that's told from various POV, with red herrings and twists galore.

It's an easy read that's enjoyable, entertaining and full of surprises.

A unique twist on welcoming your new neighbor!!! Trying to escape her broken heart will bring her into a neighborhood where she will NEVER fit in. But whose choice was that? A great story line full of mysteries to keep readers guessing at what exactly could be going on.

Don’t let her in by Joanne Ryan is a very entertaining murder mystery thriller, with some nasty characters and some very eccentric characters. The storyline is a crash course in how not to kill your neighbour, whom you mistake for another villain, who wants to kill you.
Lena has just moved into Mandalay Close, after her marriage breaks up.. Someone doesn’t like her but she doesn’t know why. She is accused of murder but she isn’t the murderer but who is?
I found this very entertaining and full of clueless characters who made me smile. I look forward to reading more stories by the author.
Highly recommended

Wow what a read. It is a true saying that you don’t know what goes on behind closed doors but in this street there are more secrets and lies than most. When Lena moves into the street after her marriage breakdown she wants a quiet life but on meeting her new neighbours they seem to take an instant dislike to her and are determined to get her to move but she never imagined the dark turn it goes to. Don’t miss this!!

Thanks to Netgalley and TheBoldBookClub for this copy of "Don't Let Her In."

In this suspenseful, fast, and twisty story, we meet the residents living on Mandalay Close.

They all have huge secrets and one of them doesn't want Lena to move into the carriage house apartment on the development. But how far will they go to drive her away?

Don’t let her in proves the point - don’t move into anywhere named Mandolay Close, Lena has just moved in after leaving a cheating boyfriend and is eyed with suspicion after neighbors receive mysterious letters and blame her. What on earth is going on behind these closed doors? All seem to have some sort of secret they are driven to protect. Lena jumpstarts a feud with Oliver a neighbor and the tension and danger accelerates quickly. The plot moves quickly and I enjoyed the book. Joanne Ryan is a respected author and this is a great addition to her collection of psychological thrillers.

I managed to find the time to read this book in 24 hours.
I really wanted to enjoy it as the premise sounded great, however, sadly it did disappoint
The title makes no sense to the story and unfortunately the whole book up to 78% was nothing happening and then the last 10% was again, nothing happening.
I am sorry but this book was not for me. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers and the author for the opportunity to read this book for my honest opinion

Wow! Joanne Ryan knocks another one out of the park! This one hooked me early on and kept me flipping pages long into the night. Fabulous characters that kept me super invested in the story. Doubt and deceit run amok. Totally loved the creepy vibe.
Thank you NetGalley, Joanne Ryan and Boldwood Books for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Lena moves into Mandalay Close after she breaks up with her boyfriend of 11 years. She unfortunately did not move into Sesame Street as the neighborhood seems to be full of secrets and neighbors with something to hide. The day she moves in they all start getting letters threatening to expose their secrets, and since she didn’t get one and is the newcomer, everyone assumes she was the sender. What they don’t know is that Lena does have secrets of her own but she wants to keep them in the past and just try to get on with life after her breakup.
There’s lots of POV and a lot going on to keep up with but it moves along at a good pace. My only complaint is that the letters never really get addressed-who sent them or what they were about? Still have no clue. Other than that, fast, engaging, twist filled read.
Thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for this eArc in exchange for my review.

When several neighbours who live in Mandalay Gardens receive some strange handwritten letters in their postboxes. Who has delivered them and for what reason?
When Lena moved into the cul-de-sac she was after a fresh start from her cheating husband but as the letters arrive for her neighbours Lena is the only one not to receive one.
The story is told by multiple POVS and give you an insight to her new neighbours.
But which one has a secret that they would do anything to keep?

A twisty tale indeed! Lena moves into a new home after discovering her partner has been cheating on her and just as she does, every household in the close starts receiving threatening letters - except for her, making her the obvious suspect.

It seems that everyone has secrets and someone is out to expose them all. Told from multiple POVs in the different houses, this really does remind us that you never know what is going on behind closed doors!

I would have liked more to have been made of the letters and less about Lena’s ex, but overall this was a solid and very enjoyable read.

3.5 ⭐️ Thanks to Netgalley, Joanne Ryan and Boldwood for an ARC in return for an honest review.

Thanks ti #NetGalley and #BoldwoodBooks for the book #DontLetHerIn by #JoanneRyan. This book is based on a woman who has just moved in on a nice street but the neighbors aren’t what they seem. Being freshly out of a relationship where she was cheated on, she is trying to start over. Letters start showing up at certain neighbors homes. Is she the one sending them? Then things go from bad to worse…….. I read this book in one sitting and recommend it.

Lena is forced to move after her partner of 11 years breaks up with her, demanding she move out. Despite sinking much of her own money into home improvements, her name was never added to the mortgage and her partner doesn't feel she deserves any monetary compensation to start over while he keeps the house. As she begins her search for a new place she can afford, her eye lands on Mandalay Close.

Unbeknownst to Lena, letters arrive in Mandalay Close the night after a storm. The letters cryptically refer to misdeeds or crimes committed in the recipients lives; ones they'd rather not be shared and would kill to keep hidden. Lena has barely moved into Mandalay Close when strange and deadly events descend on its residents. Long held secrets emerge disrupting and damaging the lives of numerous people and their families; some for the better.

Whose secrets will be revealed? Who is behind the cryptic letters? And who makes it out alive? Is Lena's move and the subsequent threats in the Close a huge coincidence? You might want to think twice before deciding who to let into your neighborhood and into your home!

I love Joanne Ryan's books! They're engaging and hook me immediately - something that is very important for me since I have ADHD. Her books frequently contain a mind-blowing twist halfway through the story. While some of the ill-intentioned characters are easy to identify, I'm always more than okay with that! Knowing "whodunit" is what keeps me flipping page after page late into the night, giving me deliciously thrilling vibes while I wait to see when/how the other characters figure it out what's going on! This is an easy 4-star read for me and one that I recommend to anyone who enjoys thrillers!

What a book! I loved it, and slightly different from most of the other thrillers I’ve read. This was my first read by Joanne Ryan and I will be making it my mission to read more of her books 🙂 after the last few books I’ve read and not enjoyed I really needed a book like Don’t let her in that I could really get into and fall back in love with reading again.

After being cheated on be her ex Gareth, Lena has moved into a rented apartment on Mandalay Close. Lena was looking for somewhere nice and Mandalay Close seemed perfect for her, however once Lena moved in strange things started to happen, some of the neighbours began to receive poison pen letters, her neighbour Oliver Anderson becomes an enemy.

Within weeks of moving in Oliver’s wife reports him missing to the police, the body is found in Lena’s garage and an investigation is under way. With Lena being a person of interest she is taken in for questioning, things just seem to be going from bad to worse for poor, but she soon learns that Mandalay Close is the quiet close knit neighbour hood she thought she was moving into, there are dark skeletons living in most of her neighbours closets and dark secrets are about to be revealed.

As mentioned above I really enjoyed reading don’t let her in. It wasn’t the fastest paced thriller I’ve ever read but it was easy to read and I was hooked pretty much from the start. This book did pick up pace the more you read it and there were plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader interested. All in all a very good book and one I’d certainly recommend.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for an advance copy of this book in exchange for this review.

Don’t Let Her In by Joanne Ryan is about Lena, a woman who just moved into a new neighborhood. Coincidentally, her neighbors (all of them have their secrets and dysfunction) begin to receive threatening letters. But Lena doesn’t get any which is of course, immediately suspicious. Who is out to ruin her? It couldn’t be her ex-partner Gareth who cheated on her, so who is it? And why?

Told through various points of view, the book was twisty and entertaining!

Here is what you need to know:

Lena just moved to Mandalay Close. She needed a new start, since her boyfriend cheated her out of the happy-ever-after she’d believed they were always going to share.

But on the day Lena moves in, letters begin to arrive for all her new neighbours. Letters that promise to expose everyone’s deepest, darkest secrets. Every house has received one – except for Lena’s.

Someone clearly wants to implicate her, to ruin her new life and turn everyone against her. She’s made an enemy, but who, and why? Everyone seems so nice, so trustworthy. So normal.

As more bad things happen and her life rapidly spins out of control, Lena finds herself unable to believe this is happening to her. After all, she’s not a bad person. Though she does have secrets of her own, secrets that she’s not willing to share with anyone…

Out on April 18!

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A fast read with a twisty plot, focusing on a neighborhood populated by a collection of accessible characters, each of them hiding secrets and living a life very different from which it appears.

Lena Clarke, a 32 year old business owner, recently betrayed by her partner of eleven years through his illicit affair with a teenager, has also now found herself homeless. As Lena settles into her rental carriage home in the new and seemingly sedate neighborhood of Mandalay Close, she has no idea at all in terms of what will soon be in store for her.

Beginning with Jolyon, an eight year old boy (with a strange name) who lives next door with his parents, Oliver and Rachel Anderson. Jolyon has his own story to tell, and a well-crafted voice with which he will tell it, - a voice that is both childishly authentic and heartbreakingly mature.

Lena’s new community also in less Prue, Lena’s sixtyish neighbor on the other side, who is a caretaker for her own senile mother, and is secretly battling her own form of what must be seen as mental illness.

I enjoyed this book, - a good read that moves at a clip and will keep a reader guessing and engaged, right up to its satisfying, and not quite predictable, devious ending.

A great big thank you to Netgalley, the author, and the publisher for an ARC of this book. All thoughts presented are my own.

Too many POV's and too slow a story, also a very unsympathetic protagonist. I read it with little enjoyment and was honestly glad I finished it. Pity, because the blurb sounded promising and I really like thrillers. This one really disappointed me. Others may like it, but this was not my cup of tea.

Don't Let Her In by Joanne Ryan is my first read from this author, but it will certainly not be my last. This one ticks all of my boxes for a satisfyingly immersive thriller.

Lena has just moved to Mandalay Close following a breakup with her cheating boyfriend. The reception on the street is less than welcoming, however, with a series of poison pen letters being sent to each of the neighbours, threatening to reveal their darkest secrets, the implication being that Lena is the sender. As things continue to escalate on the Close, Lena wonders what she has done to make enemies so quickly. Naturally, Lena has secrets of her own to protect, but there is definitely something sinister brewing very close to home.

I dove right into this one and barely came up for air as I tried to slot the pieces into place. I look forward to whatever comes next from the talented Ms Ryan. 4.5 stars

Many thanks to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for an ARC.