I gobbled this book up in a few days and I really think that’s the best way to read it. It moves sometimes at breakneck speed (like a train, hawh hawh) and keeps you guessing until near the end.

To give a vague outline of the plot, it is told through the eyes of three women: Rachel, Anna and Megan. Rachel is an alcoholic who travels on the train to London every day looking into people’s houses and gardens from the track (got to admit, I do that too… minus the alcohol). She gets to know one house and its occupants really well, and one day sees something she can’t ignore. Then one of the women goes missing…. Duh duh duhhhhhhh. Obviously there’s a lot more to it than that, but I don’t want to give it away!

There was a lot of hype about this book and, whilst the writing isn’t amazing, the plot is full of twists and surprises and guessing. Arguably fancy adjectives and long words may have slowed the story down unnecessarily. It reads very well and gives enough for you to be gripped and to be able to picture the scenes.

It’s a thriller so obviously some bits are violent so if you don’t like books like that then this won’t be for you. However, I really enjoyed it and would read it again, even knowing the conclusion. Quite interested to see the movie version… though may regret it, like after seeing the film version of Gone Girl….