They All Fall Down

My rating: * * *

Goodreads Description

She knows there’s a killer on the loose. But no-one believes her. Will she be next? Hannah had a normal life – a loving husband, a good job. Until she did something shocking. Now she’s in a psychiatric clinic. It should be a safe place. But patients keep dying. The doctors say it’s suicide. Hannah knows they’re lying. Can she make anyone believe her before the killer strikes again?

My Review

I've read a few of Tammy Cohen's books in the past and I've always enjoyed them. I probably wouldn't rate her as one of my all time favourites, but she often writes gripping and entertaining reads. And so too was it with this one.

Hannah is a patient in a psychiatric clinic. After two other patients die, Hannah is convinced that they have been murdered but no one believes her. And so begins this twisty novel.

Now let me be honest right up front and say that I've found myself in a serious reading slump for the last month or so. I know that I do go through these patches every few years, and so I don't feel specifically stressed about it, but it is something that I should mention as it's possible that this slump negatively affected my enjoyment of this book.

I did largely enjoy this book but I found it longer than it needed to be and not quite as gripping as I would have liked. On a positive note, I liked the different chapters written in the different voices, and I also liked the glance back into the past and into this terrible thing that Hannah did. All this made for some gripping reading at first. From there, I struggled a bit.

Overall though, this is another good, solid psychological thriller. It has a few twists and turns and many people whose opinion I value highly have really loved this one. So don't trust my opinion alone because I'm hard to please at the moment.

My Rating: * * *

Publication Date: August 2017 (South Africa)

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Format: Paperback

Source: Review copy received from the publisher. Many thanks to author, Tammy Cohen and Penguin SA for my copy. It was my pleasure to read and review this title.