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The Therapist by B.A. Paris
4.0
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Audio: Narrator was excellent, lovely voice and the story itself was just really engrossing, and the audio narrator made it nice to listen to despite some of the creepy goings on!

When Alice and Leo move into a new home in London, Alice feels overjoyed. But as she gets to know her neighbours, soon she discovers something terrible - the previous owner of the home was murdered - right in her very bedroom. Something about the murder - and the verdict it was the husband that killed her - doesn't sit right with Alice and she finds herself eyeing up those closest to her with suspicion.

Like all BA Paris books, this served up exactly what I was looking for - a domestic suspense with fast, plotty writing and the type of story that had you jumping from one guess to the next while waiting with bated breath to find out the truth. I really liked this book from start to finish and while I wouldn't say the big 'whodunnit' was a complete gasp shock, I really liked how we got there.

BA Paris is brilliant at just bringing a story together from all angles, and giving you characters you like and distrust all at the same time. Her books are generally always very domestic in setting too and are not full of bodies and blood and gore but a normal setting of a suburban London street with kids playing out the front. And this ramps up the tension more sometimes because it feels like the crimes happening could happen anywhere.

This wasn't one of my favourites of BA Paris but definitely not one of the worst I've read. A good middle of the stack! And I definitely recommend the audiobook.