I would like to thank NetGalley, Penguin UK - Michael Joseph for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.moreĬome a Little Closer is another cracker of a psychological thriller from Karen Perry and it is genuinely one of the most taut, tense and utterly chilling books I've read this year. The characters are multilayered and the story is well written. We are slowly fed the story but it will keep you hooked until we get to the conclusion. Anton is not the only person who has secrets. The story is told from Anton, Hilary and Leah's point of view. Bit Leah does not know that Anton killed her. Anton is fixated by Leah, she looks like his wife did. They used to live in the basement flat that Leah and Jake are in. Leah makes friends with Anton, he's their upstairs neighbour. The neighbours are not happy to see him back. Jake has a seven year old son who will stay with them some weekends. The owners son, Mark is renting it out on behalf of his father, Anton. Nineteen years later, Leah and Jake move into the basement flat of the same house that the little boy has come from. Hilary an A neighbourhood had gathered in a park when a young boy wanders over, covered in blood, asking for help. Thank you to Netgalley for my copy in exchange for a review.moreĪ neighbourhood had gathered in a park when a young boy wanders over, covered in blood, asking for help. Karen Perry has delivered another 1st class psychological thriller. It was a chilling read that gave me goosebumps as I found it to be eerie and creepy without being predictable.ġ0 out of 10 from me loved the twist at the end.
I loved this book, I was gripped from the first page and read it practically in one siting. This story is told from 3 people’s perspectives, Hilary, Anton and Leah. Leah and Anton become friends and share their secrets, is it just a coincidence that she looks like Charlotte the wife he was accused of killing!! Leah and Jake move into the basement of number 14, the house belongings to Anton who has recently returned to the area often years of being away, we soon find out where he has been!!
What a beginning!! A boy appears in the park covered in blood saying “Help Me” you had me hooked from there on!! Whenever there is a new Karen Perry book it feels like Christmas and my birthday in one go and I have to start the book immediately!! What a beginning!! A boy appears in the park covered in blood saying “Help Me” you had me hooked from there on!! Leah and Jake move into the basement of number 14, the house belongings to Anton who has recently returned to the area often years of being away, we soon find out where he has been!! Leah and Anton become friends and share their secrets, is it just a coin Whenever there is a new Karen Perry book it feels like Christmas and my birthday in one go and I have to start the book immediately!! Is Leah his redemption? Or is she befriending a killer intent on luring her closer and closer?. A wife who looked a little bit like Leah. Leah has no idea that nineteen years before, Anton was convicted of killing his wife. He's a sympathetic ear when Jake can't be, and even though others on the street seem strangely hostile towards him, Leah soon comes to rely on Anton and their secret conversations in the night. Until she meets her upstairs neighbour, Anton, who has recently moved back in after a long absence from the street. As insomnia sets in, the walls of their new basement flat feel as if they're closing in around her. It should be the happiest summer of her life, but she can't help feeling lonely with Jake's attention divided between her, his ex-wife and his young son. Until she meets her upstairs neighbour, Anton, who has recently moved back in after a long absence from t Leah is in love.