Greenwich Park

This was an amazing thriller that kept me on my toes the whole time. The author’s depiction of the characters was spot on and the plot had me breathless! A great read!

I found this a very dark read, you never know what is around the corner. It is full of twists and the characters are all believable, but what really happened to Rachel, I read it in a sitting, I just couldn't not. I feel as though this book is going to be a huge hit. A psychological thriller at it's best. The ending was sublime.

I started the book hearing from so many people posting on Twitter so I fort it must be a good read I was not disappointed how much do you really trust someone you just met enouth to let them into your home your life an let them live every day of your on going pregnancy ? How much do you really know about the person you go to sleep with at night? Or even your own family infact is your friendship really as close as you fort question everyone!

My thoughts about this brilliantly written, gripping debut thriller, was just mindblowing. Debut Author Katherine Faulkner, not only writes a fantastic nail biting story, but the characters she has written is truly amazing. Katherine Faulkner’s Greenwich Park, reveals dark secrets, that will blow you away. What I liked about the story was, when lead character Helen, who is a wife,a mother to be, and sister, meets her worst nightmare Rachel, was fantastic, who is the character. Rachel wants to know everything about Helen’s life, was excellent, Author Katherine Faulkner does a great job with its story and characters that keeps you guessing what will happen next, bravo what a debut. A fast moving thriller, that reveals dark secrets, that will blow you away. Highly Recommended. I would like to say thank you to Author Katherine Faulkner, Publisher’s Raven Books, and netgalley, for giving me a chance to read and review, this outstanding debut thriller, that reveals dark secrets and real motivations,obsession that takes you on a rollocoster ride. 💥💥💥💥💥⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Greenwich Park is Katherine Faulkner's much anticipated debut novel. It focuses on three siblings and their partners, told primarily, from the point of view of Helen who meets Rachel at an ante natal class. Rachel insinuates herself into the lives of wealthy but lonely Helen and her family and friends. This is a very superior psychological thriller, beautifully written, perfectly plotted, twisty, well paced and with excellent characterisation. I loved it and would highly recommend.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a digital ARC.

This was a bit of a slow burner which suddenly when woosh!  The book is written from the points of view of Helen, Selena and Katie.  It follows Helen's pregnancy and the associated events.  It starts with Helen attending her local NCT class and is annoyed that her husband and sister-in-law(who is also pregnant) haven't turned up.  Whilst there she meets a single mother to be called Rachel.  From that point forward Rachel seems to be everywhere that she is and wheedles her way into Helen's life.
This is cleverly written in that the reader is given several clues which lead one way, but the truth is in another direction.
A very good read, especially for a debut.

From the outside their lives are perfect. Helen Is married to Daniel. Her brother Rory is married to Siena. They meet at university and have a great time. Life moves on and now both the women are pregnant. They live close to each other in an upmarket neighbourhood and the men work together. Helen idolises Siena and is always  trying to emulate her. Self esteem is low and having had miscarriages she is emotionally vulnerable. At her first ante natal class she meets the rather loud and uncouth Rachel. Rachel persists in becoming her friend even though the lonely Helen isn't to sure about it. It culminates in Rachel moving in for a couple of weeks after she had a violent altercation and is scared. The reader of this fast paced novel is under no illusion that she is after something but what? Helen starts unravelling parts of the mystery though it isn't what she expects.

This is a fabulous debut from Katherine Faulkner. I quickly became hooked on the story and interested to read how it would all resolve. The story of two couples - Helen and Daniel, and Rory and Serena, and the mysterious girl, Rachel, who becomes entangled in their lives, there are enough plot twists to keep it interesting right until the very last page. Just when you think you've solved it, another curved ball is thrown in! I highly recommend that you read this - and don't rush it.
I think this will be one of the top books of 2021.

This is the BEST thriller I’ve read in years. So many characters entwined with each other and you’re never sure how it’s going to end.
The main characters are full of depth and believable so you sympathise and blame as the story goes on

This is a book you can't put down. Half way through I thought I had predicted the ending but no - the surprises kept on happening.  My only quibble is that I am not keen on explanations given in letter form. The last chapter was  very clever.

An excellent suspenseful story that keeps you locked in throughout. This story is told though the eyes of three of the main characters - Helen, Serena and Katie. Helen is married to Daniel, and one of Helen's brothers, Rory, is married to Serena whilst the other brother, Charlie, is in a relationship with Katie. The plot is good and the characters are strong. Helen meets Rachel, who is very extrovert and a bit sinister and she appears to have an unhealthy desire to become overly familiar with Helen and the other main characters in the story. Highly recommended. Many thanks to Netgalley and Bloomsbury Publishing for my advanced copy.

this book made me want to shout out loud at the characters for not seeing that Rachel was beyond creepy!
A brilliant dark and twisted thriller, Greenwich park starts off fairly sedately with some good character introductions and a hint at their backstories and friendly interactions and then suddenly the pace rockets and both the characters and the story take off at a tremendous rate.
Edge of the seat stuff and an amazing debut- I look forward to more from Katherine in the hopefully not too distat future.

Wow! This book is so full of cunning characters and twists, it’s a really wonderful read! As soon as I’d finished this I immediately checked if the author had written any other books; if they had I’d have bought them straight away! I was hooked right from the first page to the last, and I loved the ending!

Loved this from the very start..... couldn't put it down- absolutely gripping. 
All seems pretty normal to start with Helen who is pregnant goes along to her local ante natal class, Daniel her husband doesn't make it, neither does her brother and sister in law... there she meets and reluctantly befriends Rachel....and the story rolls from there....lots of chance meetings with Rachel, then Rachel turning up at Helen and Daniels house and from there, there is a roller coaster ride of intrigue, secrets and tension! A really great read..lots of suspense and you won't be disappointed with the conclusion. A deftly woven tale....a great debut novel. Will be looking forward to Katherine Faulkner's next offering.

This is Katherine Faulkner’s first book, and the story drew me in from the very first page.  Helen seems to have the perfect life, with a hard-working, successful husband, great lifestyle and good friends.   However, when she meets Rachel at her anti-natal class, she begins to invade her life, and seems to be everywhere.   This is a gripping story and as it unfolds, you know you are in for a thrilling read.
It soon becomes obvious that Rachael is not all she seems; she doesn’t fit in with Helen’s lifestyle,  has an uncaring attitude, and seems to anticipate her every move.  Daniel (Helen’s husband) is obsessed with working long hours and re-modelling their home.  But you begin to wonder whether he has secrets.
There are no chapters in the book, passages are marked with dates as Helen’s pregnancy progresses.  Viewpoints are given from several characters’ perspectives, which gives a more rounded picture.  Is Helen all she seems to be?  Are Daniel, Charlie or Rory (Helen’s brothers) hiding secrets?  All these elements combine to make an absorbing well plotted thriller, with enough twists and turns to keep you interested.  The story is a gripping roller-coaster ride especially as it comes to its unexpected ending.  You didn’t see that coming.
Highly recommended, I can’t wait to read Katherine Faulkner’s next book.

I really wasn't sure if I would like this book when I first started reading it. It is very dark and you have to virtually wade through the building tension as the story unfolds.  By the end I thought it was excellent and I can say that the author pulls off an unusual and intriguing tale. It is amazing to think this is a debut novel. It is accomplished and classy. 
Thank you to the author, her publishers and @NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review Greenwich Park. I am looking forward to seeing what Katherine Faulkner writes next.

You won't be able to put this book down, at least I wasn't. Set in London, the story is centered around two families, Helen and her husband, Daniel, and Helen's brother and his wife, Serena. Both women are pregnant, and these families seem to live the perfect life with their perfect houses in Greenwich, London. Then there is Charlie, the youngest brother of Helen and Rory, and his girlfriend Katie, a journalist.

Then Rachel comes into the picture, who seems to have nothing in common with Helen, but despite this they see each other often, after first meeting at an antenatal class. 

And then secrets start to surface, something happened when all 4 of them were at University in Cambridge, but exactly what? And why does Rachel seem obsessed with Helen? Will Katie find out exactly what happened? 

A must ready.

Thank you Netgalley and Bloomsbury for my ARC in exchange of a honest review.

One of the last books I'll read in 2020 and shooting straight into my top ten of the year, Greenwich Park is one slick and sick, twisty and twisted suckerpunch of a treat.

The charmed, glossy lives of a gaggle of Greenwich residents - young, beautiful and wealthy - is torn asunder when pregnant Rachel arrives on the scene. Inveigling herself into the life of pregnant Helena, something soon seems to be amiss - why is she here? What does she want?

Oh, there's so much nastiness here, and not everything is as it seems - although Katherine Faulkner does a very good job of convincing us that it is, before hitting us with one stomach-lurching reveal to the contrary after another. The tangled intrigues of the four friends - Helena and Daniel, Helena's brother Rory and also-pregnant wife Serena - is masterfully drawn. Meeting at Cambridge university, all punts and golden summers, they now mingle and reminisce in the fairy-light twinkling gardens of their multi million pound mansions. But as summer turns to winter, so their friendship slowly, tantalisingly begins to show itself in its true colours, and it's a claustrophobic, secrets-and-lies riddled thing. Trying to work out quite where the brash, bright Rachel fits into it all proved utterly impossible - the clues are there, but the reader doesn't realise until the truth is uncovered. Now that's some deft plotting.

Greenwich Park is incredibly elegant, intelligent and lyrical, breathlessly gripping and utterly compelling. And it has one of the finest final sentences I've read in a long while - it's an overused plaudit but here really is a twist you won't see coming (and that's after a whole bunch of others). Incredibly, this is a debut - I can't wait to see what Faulkner does next.

My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book is full of intrigue and  mystery.  I enjoyed it immensely and I think the average reader will as well.  The perfect book to curl up with on a rainy day.

This was my first read of 2021 and what a way to start. I love to discover a new author and the blurb for this book really appealed to me. Just the name drew me in originally having lived just outside Greenwich when I was doing my degree 20 years ago. I loved all the references to the park, the pubs, the market etc as it reminded me of some great years of my life. 
Helen is expecting her first child with husband Daniel after years of trying to have a sucessful pregnancy. Even better her sister in law and brother are expecting at the same time. The four have grown up so so closely since all all meeting at university so this is sure to be a brilliant period of their lives. Enter Rachel, who Helen meets at her first antenatal class. She is expecting her first baby alone and latches onto Helen from the first day. Sonn Rachel is appearing everywhere and her story doesn't quite add up. I read this book in three days and was totally gripped. Just brilliant. Five stars all the way from me.

Greenwich Park is an absolutely perfect thriller! Masterfully plotted and with such palpable, page-turning suspense. I couldn’t put it down. A gripping must-read with brilliant, shocking twists.

Thanks netgalley and Katherine Faulkner for this great read.
On starting this book I thought it was not going to be good, but I was wrong.
A family with secrets, 
Secrets and lies prove in this book they catch up with you eventually, even after fifteen years.
Yes great read, look forward to another book by this author.

When Helen is forced to take early maternity leave due to previous pregnancy complications she finds herself feeling lost and lonely as all her friends are busy with work and life. She decides to attend a local NCT class but when her brother and his pregnant wife do not arrive or her husband she's left feeling vulnerable and alone. The only other alone pregnant woman is Rachel, loud and brash and not her usual type of person at all. Rachel then seems to be everywhere when Helen is out shopping, reading in the park or catching up with friends. Is it really a coincidence that they keep randomly bumping into each other? It's not long before Rachel is involved in Helen and her siblings lives.
I read this book in one sitting as it was really pacy and intense. There were times when I found Helen annoying for being so apathetic but she was a great character and it helped move the story along that she was so trusting. I loved that the setting was local to where I live so the descriptions were very familiar and made it all the more creepy. A fantastic edge of the seat read. There were times when I doubted all of the characters within the novel, there were lots of unexpected twists and turns throughout.
Thank you to netgalley for a preview copy of this book in return for an honest review.

Well crafted, thoroughly enjoyable  psychological thriller, that kept me reading into the night.
Helen meets Rachel at antenatal classes.  It soon becomes clear that Rachel has targetted Helen and her close family - but why? Is it their money/lifestyle, their family business that she is after?  Is she really pregnant?  How did Helen's parents die?  
Well written and highly recommended.  I look forward to reading more from Katherine Faulkner.

Such a clever, brilliant and twisty thriller. So engrossing. It also made me very nostalgic for beautiful Greenwich.

This debut novel by Katherine Faulkner may be set in Greenwich, a very distinct part of London, but its characters are drawn so convincingly that you may recognise traits of people you are familiar with. Chapters alternate between the perspectives of six characters, which could be rather confusing, were it not for Faulkner’s superior writing talents and the fact that you quickly find out the six characters are related: Helen is married to Daniel, her brothers are Charlie and Rory, and Serena and Kate are her brothers’ partners. Helen and Serena are both expecting, but their impeccable, aspirational lives are thrown into disarray when another pregnant woman called Rachel inveigles herself into kind, vulnerable Helen’s life. This arrival sets in chain a motion of events and disclosures that Katie, who is a journalist, tries to investigate. It would be easy to focus only on the superb characterisations and many twists and turns but a big starring part in this novel also goes to Greenwich Park, which Faulkner evokes beautifully. An amazing debut from a new writer to watch out for – I cannot wait to see what Faulkner writes next. Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC in return for this honest and unbiased review.

I loved Greenwich Park, I was so desperate to find out what was happening that I devoured it in one go. Mainly we follow Helen who is heavily pregnant, but we also see the story progressing through the other characters eyes. When Helen makes a new friend while at her antenatal classes, why does she then see her wherever she goes, and when she turns up at Helens door in need of a place to stay, Why does Helen feel like things aren’t right? This was such a good read!

I enjoy reading thrillers about women with so-called 'perfect' lives and this one certainly didn't disappoint. Helen is the pregnant woman who seemingly has it all. Rachel is the woman at the ante-natal class who wants to be Helen's friend - but why?? This book exposes dark secrets and has lots of twists and turns to keep you turning the pages.