Before I Let You In

Goodreads Description

Karen is meant to be the one who fixes problems.

It's her job, as a psychiatrist - and it's always been her role as a friend.

But Jessica is different. She should be the patient, the one that Karen helps.

But she knows things about Karen. Her friends, her personal life. Things no patient should know.

And Karen is starting to wonder if she should have let her in . . .

My Review

As far as I'm concerned, it's fairly rare to read a psychological thriller that isn't great. There's something about the twists and turns in the plot, the devious nature of some of the characters and the relationships between them, that just hook the reader. And let's not mention the often shocking twists that we are confronted with in the last pages! And so it was with this one.

This is a powerful story with lots of secrets between the pages. I felt that I knew the characters really well, and the relationship between the three friends seemed very realistic and understandable. There are affairs, difficult family relationships, hurtful backgrounds, wine drinking sessions, sex and lots of every day things that seem very realistic. But without giving anything away, I think it's safe to say that not everything is as it seems, and in true psychological thriller fashion, things start to unravel. It's also clear from the beginning of the book that something bad has happened. The reader is then taken on a nail biting journey to find out what that event was.

Okay, so the only downside for me was that I had, to a large extent, worked things out before the ending. It's always a wonderful shock when your suspicions are totally off and the reveal brings forward something from left field, but in this case, I sort of guessed who the nutter was, and what was going on. That said, this was still a very entertaining read...and I hadn't quite figured out everything. Did I pick it up whenever I could? Yes. Was it an easy read? Yes. Was I taken on a gripping journey? Yes. There's nothing much else to say really...

My Rating: * * * *

Publication Date: August 2016

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Format: Paperback

Source: My own purchased copy.