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Spare Room

By: Dreda Say Mitchell
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
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 Beautiful double room to let to single person. Lisa, a troubled young woman with a past, can’t believe her luck when she finds a beautiful room to rent in a large house. The live-in owners are a kind and welcoming couple. Everything is fine until she finds a suicide note hidden in her room. But when the couple insist this man didn’t exist and that Lisa is their first tenant, Lisa begins to doubt herself. Compelled to uncover the secrets of the man who lived in the room before her, Lisa is alarmed when increasingly disturbing incidents start to happen. Someone doesn’t want Lisa to find out the truth. As the four walls of this house and its secrets begin to close in on Lisa, she descends into a hellish hall of mirrors where she’s not sure what’s real and what’s not as she claws her way towards the truth … This room has already claimed one victim. Is it about to take another?©2019 Dreda Say Mitchell (P)2019 Bolinda Publishing Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

Critic Reviews

‘Breathless from the first word and thrilling to the last.’ (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author)
‘A truly original voice.’ (Peter James, author of the Roy Grace series)
‘Fast-paced and full of twists and turns.’ (Crime Scene)
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This novel has all of the classic women in a psychological thriller tropes.

The protagonist pops some antidepressants and experiences an instant “relief”. That’s not how antidepressants work.
The protagonist rants and raves illogically and the premise of the story is ridiculous. The first “troubling” situation that comes at the hands of the male landlord in the early chapters is just silly, her reaction to what would be a normal gesture for a landlord is so undeveloped that it’s a jolt to find out how the protagonist perceives his advances.

Annoying lack of research by the author

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So many flaws ruined a good plot. Excruciating to listen through this. Won't be returning to this author.

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