Nightwatching
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Spring 2024 Jimmy Fallon Book Club Winner DISCOVER THE THRILLER KEEPING EVERYONE AWAKE 'The most gripping thriller I have ever read' GILLIAN McALLISTER 'Like nothing I've read before. I wolfed it down in two sittings, it's amazing' LISA JEWELL 'As tender as it is terrifying' ABIGAIL DEAL 'You won't be able to look away' SHARI LAPENA 'Heart-thumping and mesmerizing' ASHLEY AUDRAIN 'One of the best thrillers I've ever read' JENNIE GODFREY WASHINGTON POST FEBRUARY 2024 PICK TODAY SHOW 'Books we can't wait to read in 2024' ---- There was someone in the house. Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother tucks her son back into bed in the middle of the night. Then she hears a noise - old houses are always making some kind of noise. But this sound is disturbingly familiar: it's the tread of footsteps, unusually heavy and slow, coming up the stairs... In that split second, she has three choices. Should she hide? Should she run? Or should she fight? ---- NIGHTWATCHING is the unmissable thriller of the year: 'Terrifying and unputdownable' KARIN SLAUGHTER 'Absolutely, breathtakingly superb' SOPHIE HANNAH 'A scalpel-sharp thriller' NIKKI SMITH 'I couldn't put it down' ALAFAIR BURKE 'Eerily atmospheric, pulse-pounding and unputdownable' SARAH PEKKANEN 'One of the most haunting, gripping novels I've read in a long time' KATIE GUTIERREZ 'I am trying to think of a book that has grabbed me by the throat more quickly' LINWOOD BARCLAY
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Mystery thriller about a mother, who, one night when she's home alone with her two young children, sees an intruder in her house. Desperate, she and her children escape into an hidden room.
The beginning was already extremely tense, the author using great imagery and words to convey the tension and danger, the heart pounding threat of being preyed upon. A little before the midway of the book, the plot goes into a direction I didn't expected (or expected later on) but I didn't mind it at all. I felt it was really interesting afterwards to see chapters with a slower pace, still underlined by tension but with a sort of surreal quality added to it that mirrored the main character's situation. The last chapters restarted the frantic tension and danger, and the ending was really satisfying for me.
The style felt very lush and intricate with a sort of litfic quality in the writing that I absolutely loved.
I also really liked the main character, her resilience and courage. Throughout the novel we see flashbacks of her life, her thoughts and feelings on what is happening to her; the author perfectly exploring themes of motherhood, family, gaslighting, mental health, survival.
Overall a stunning debut novel, a real page turning thriller with gorgeous prose, I'm looking forward to read more by Tracy Sierra.