Today is my spot on ‘Under Her Roof’ blog tour, organised by Kelly Lacey of Love Books Tours.
You can read the book’s synopsis, my thoughts, and author’s bio below.
Synopsis
It seems too good to be true…
When struggling writer Sebastian finds a room to let in a palatial Hampstead residence he cannot believe his luck. The rent is ridiculously cheap and he immediately feels a connection with his beautiful widowed landlady, Adriana.
It is.
Things take a dark turn when he finds out what happened to the last lodger. Could this be why the house is a fortress of security, and why Adriana seems so fragile? Adriana doesn’t want to talk about the death and sadness that seem to follow her wherever she goes and Sebastian has secrets of his own.
Now someone is watching their every move and there is nowhere to hide.
This house of light becomes a dark nightmare as the threat ramps up – what does the watcher want? And how far will they go to get it?
A gripping, twisty thriller perfect for fans of B.A. Paris, Shari Lapena and Lucy Foley. If you were hooked by Netflix series You or The Watcher then you will love this.
My Review
My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Seb is an aspiring writer, currently staying at his friend’s cramped flat in London.
He is searching for a place of his own and he stumbles upon an advert for a house in an affluent part of London. The rent is very cheap, but soon it transpires that Seb would be a lodger, renting a room and sometimes doing an odd job for the landlord.
However, the landlord is actually a landlady: a widowed and beautiful Adriana, who lost her husband to a heart attack.
Adriana has a feeling that someone is constantly watching her and turns her house into a security-tight fortress. Rightly so, as she is hiding a shocking secret.
What she doesn’t know is that Seb has a few secrets tucked up his sleeve, too.
I just love A.A. Chaudhuri. Her psychological thrillers always deliver!
This book was written from the points of view of Seb, Adriana, and the Watcher (as I called him!).
I really enjoyed the plot and the twists and turns that took place. I thought I knew who the Watcher was, but I was deeply mistaken. Never in a million years I’d have guessed the ending.
I definitely recommend this book – I read it in two sittings.
Thank you to Hera Books for the e-ARC and Kelly Lacey of Love Books Tours for my spot on the tour.
Purchase links: https://amzn.eu/d/1cXoc36 (Kindle)
https://amzn.eu/d/4b3rWQJ (paperback)
About the Author
A.A. Chaudhuri is a former City lawyer turned thriller writer, born and raised in Portsmouth, but who now lives in Surrey with her family. Once a highly ranked British junior tennis player, competing in the national championships and a member of the national squad, she went on to tour the women’s professional satellite circuit as a teenager and achieved a world ranking of 650.
THE SCRIBE and THE ABDUCTION, published by LUME BOOKS in July and December 2019, are her first crime book series, plunging readers into London’s glamorous legal world and featuring series’ heroine, Maddy Kramer, fiction’s first female City lawyer amateur sleuth, who teams up with charismatic DCI Jake Carver to solve a gruesome series of murders and a puzzling abduction. THE SCRIBE and THE ABDUCTION were published as audio books by Isis Audio on 1st January and 1st March 2021, both read by David Thorpe.
She has also contributed an original short story THE ENCOUNTER to crime anthology GIVEN IN EVIDENCE published by LUME BOOKS in May 2020, has written many articles and short stories for The Crime Writers’ Association.
Her first psychological thriller with HERA BOOKS, SHE’S MINE, was published in e-book, paperback and audio in August 2021, the second, THE LOYAL FRIEND, was published in all three formats in June 2022 and published in the USA by Canelo US on 20th June 2023. Her third, THE FINAL PARTY, was published on May 25th 2023. It will be released in audiobook on 1st February 2024.
Her fourth psychological thriller – UNDER HER ROOF – will be released on 13th June 2024.
Besides being an avid reader, she enjoys fitness, films, anything Italian and a good margarita!
All of Alex’s books have achieved bestseller status on Amazon UK, Amazon US, Amazon Australia and Amazon Canada.
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