Let Me In
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“Claire McGowan at her very best.” ―Peter James
From the bestselling author of What You Did comes the story of a young couple who are about to discover that in a house full of secrets there’s nowhere to hide…
For Helen and George, the remote fixer-upper in Cornwall was supposed to be a dream home, and a way to leave behind the problems they’re both running from. But something about the place feels wrong from day one. And why does Helen have a creeping feeling she’s seen this house before?
Her unease only deepens after renovations begin, when the builders find sinister dolls hidden in the walls. As Helen digs into the house’s past, she discovers that the previous owner was not only rumoured to be a witch; she was also imprisoned for a brutal triple murder thirty years earlier.
When a horrific accident almost ends in tragedy, Helen worries that the house’s secrets are to blame, and as events spiral out of control she discovers George has been lying to her. As the past returns to haunt them, the couple realise they are in terrible danger, and they can’t trust anyone—not even each other. Because Helen hasn’t been entirely honest with him either…
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Additional information
| Publisher | Thomas & Mercer (20 Jun. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 3481 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 310 pages |
by karen
Really enjoyed this book, the concept was well worked out and I liked that you as a reader found out the whole story but the characters themselves did not get to know everything. I can’t say I warmed that much to Helen as a person but the characters all worked well with each other in the context of the story. I liked hearing it all unfold through the different characters and it had me guessing to the end.
by Kindle Customer
I really enjoyed this book. I couldnt put it down. I was gutted when i was finished it. I loved all the twists.
by C Knight
Helen and George are moving to the country. They’re escaping the big smoke, the stresses of Covid and starting afresh is deepest darkest Cornwall. Well it wasn’t meant to tbe deepest darkest Cornwall, it was meant to be remote, village life Cornwall but as the couple settle into their new lives, they find something is amiss…The cornish villagers arent as friendly as they’d have liked and they keep getting told to leave the area! What a warm welcome…..NOT!
I didn’t know what to make of Helen. I get she was a busy doctor in a busy hospital pushed to the max in a pandemic. But moving hundreds of miles away to a house unseen in need of full renovation is madness. Total madness. I couldn’t do it. But then again, I’m not a stressed doctor working at a hospital!
The chapters are long which normally I’m not a fan of; I like to get to the end of a chapter before putting a book down. But McGowan’s chapters are chunks of the story told from one character’s perspective and there were little mini breaks in the character’s narrative which worked for me.
I’d previously started McGowan’s nonfiction book The Vanishing Triangle which at the time wasn’t for me. But I’d heard good things about her fictional thrillers so reading Let Me In was it. I don’t like using the word compelling but this book is that. I devoured in 24 hours. I wanted to know what the deal was with this house and the murders.
The twisted web McGowan had spun around me was just that – twisted, unnerving and totally addictive for me. I may have gone and invested in some more of her fictional offerings and I will return to The Vanishing Triangle in the future. If you like a dark, mysterious and twisted thriller, I don’t think you can go wrong with Let Me In.
by maz
Enjoyed
by grace simkin
Overall an enjoyable story however slightly unbelievable. Not one of Mcgowan’s best in my opinion. Helen and George move into a dilapidated house in the countryside, a house with a past. A house that ties them both together..
by Magnu
On the first few pages I was well into it, type of story that one can’t put down, reading well into the night. Also it’s great material for TV
by Alemap
It is a very well written fiction story that I very much enjoyed reading. I can imagine it making a good tv drama.
by Tammy
It was a good strong storyline at the beginning and pretty much all the way through but right at the end then it seemed to go a bit wayward and unbelievable for me I’m afraid.