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    Keep You Close

    By Lucie Whitehouse

    3.5/5

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    About this ebook

    Those who love Girl on the Train, The Good Liar and The Widow will love this thrilling novel from acclaimed author Lucie Whitehouse

    '    It's very very tense, it's quite twisty and there are some really fantastic shockers in it ... I really really loved it ... It's an absolute must' Claire Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go

    'Keep You Close kept me up all night long. I couldn't stop reading until I reached the final, shattering pages.' Amanda Eyre Ward

    They said it was a tragic accident.
    She knows better...

    The brilliant young painter Marianne Glass is found dead in her snow-covered garden, apparently from a fatal fall.

    Rowan Winter, once her closest friend, knows it wasn't an accident.

    Marianne had vertigo, paralysing vertigo.

    She never would have gone that close to the edge…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateMar 10, 2016
    ISBN9781408867310
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    Keep You Close
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    Lucie Whitehouse

    Lucie Whitehouse was born in Gloucestershire in 1975, read Classics at Oxford University and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of The House at Midnight, the TV Book Club pick The Bed I Made and Before We Met, which was a Richard & Judy Summer Book Club pick and an ITV3 Crime Thriller selection. @LWhitehouse5 #KeepYouClose

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    • 4/5
      This is one of those books that is slyly written and then comes together at the end. You may even think it is too slow but trust me, the pay off is there. Whitehouse is a smart writer and she can describe a piece of artwork where you feel like you are standing in front of it, absorbing emotions from the fictional artist. Clues are dropped carefully like breadcrumbs and if you miss one, you lose your way. Pay attention, take your time and enjoy this smart mystery/thriller. Provided by TLC Book Tours and the Publisher
    • 5/5
      When artist, Marianne Glass fell to her death everyone insisted it was a tragic accident. But her closest friend, Rowan Winter, knows it wasn't. She knows she won't rest until she discovers the truth. The questions multiply; is someone breaking into Marianne's house? Who is the man who stands at the window opposite and watches at night? The deeper Rowan goes, the more she is that something was very wrong. But some secrets are best left uncovered.This story grabbed me from page one and didn't let go. I'd recommend this book to anyone who loves mysteries and psycological thrillers.
    • 3/5
      When Rowan Winter receives word that artist Marianne Glass has fallen to her death, she is convinced that her friend’s death is not the tragic accident everyone believes it to be because she knew Marianne suffered from severe vertigo. Although she hasn’t seen Marianne in a decade, she is determined to unravel the mystery of the artist’s death. But secrets lie in the past and bringing them to light could be dangerous . . . . The twisting plot manages a surprise or two despite the lack of suspense and the story is well-written. But a slew of virtually unlikeable characters populate the narrative; angst-ridden Rowan, often given to tortuously introspective contemplations, is particularly vexatious.Astute readers will unravel most of the mystery before the final page, but are likely to find the many sudden jumps into flashbacks to be off-putting.
    • 5/5
      A young ladies (Rowan) best friend (Marianne - an artist) dies in an apparent suicide as it appears that she jumped of a roof. Rowan has been estranged from her friend for several years. So she decides to go back home as she never found her friend suicidal. There are many unexpected twists in this one culminating in an unexpected climax. This would make a wonderful motion picture for people who like The Girl on the Train genre. Well done.
    • 2/5
      I've enjoyed this author's previous books and recommended her work to others who have unfortunately not shared my my opinion.

      This particular story captured my attention early on although this waned from time to time as the timeline flitted back and forth.

      Others have summarised the plot so I needn't repeat the full story here but I would love to know other readers' thoughts as to who the initial murderer really was. There were so many red herrings swimming around that I could really not put just one in the frame.
    • 3/5
      Rowan hasn’t talked to her former best friend Marianne for ten years. When Marianne dies after falling off the roof of her house, Rowan gets back in touch with Marianne’s family. Was Marianne’s death really an accident?Keep You Close reminded me of being in a traffic jam. When I started, the pace was good. In fact, the prologue was gripping and I thought I’d be in for quite a ride. But then it just slowed down. At 25% there was a brief stretch where I thought, here we go, we are moving forward. But it ended just as abruptly and another slow stretch followed. Stop and go. If it hadn’t been for the last 20%, I would have regretted setting out on this journey. Fortunately, that last stretch was worthwhile.This wasn’t a bad book by any means. I think it falls into the category "it’s me, not you”. I didn’t find the characters very relatable. I thought they were mainly pretentious and dull. They were well-drawn characters combined with a solid character-driven plot, but I just found it hard to get invested in any of it.The backstory was too big a part of the entire plot and it failed to hold my attention. However, I can see that this will appeal to a lot of readers, especially because of the twist and the descriptive style of writing. Great if you want to expand your vocabulary.Overall, a solid mystery but it didn’t captivate me.I received a copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thanks, Bloomsbury USA.
    • 3/5
      Actual rating 3.5 starts. It's been a while since a book has kept me up all night reading! Highly recommend this if you're looking for a great psychological thriller and a real page turner
    • 4/5
      3.5 Rowan was once part of the Glass family or as close as she could get without family blood. Best friends with their daughter Marianne, though they hadn't seen nor been close to each other foremen years. When she learns that Marianne has been found dead, after falling off her roof, Rowan doesn't believe it. Marianne had always suffered from severe vertigo. Although this didn't immediately draw me in, I was intrigued enough by the characters and the story to continue reading. The last half of the book pulled me in big time, it was suspenseful, constant revelations and missteps, and turned into a very good thriller. Fooled me too, which is the hallmark of a good story. Some very strange occurrences happen in this book, which keeps the plot moving. Good story. ARC from Netgalley.