I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
If you haven’t already I highly recommend you read the authors previous novel Fifteen Words. The Watcher follows directly on and it would give you some background to the characters.
Fifteen Words was the story about Max being held prisoner, The Watcher is a story about how life and Max himself have changed since his release.
Max is a torn man, he’s struggling to come to terms with what happened to him when he was a prisoner and this really made me feel for the man, I don’t imagine being a POW is something you would ever come to terms with.
His relationship with his wife is stretched to breaking, the love they had for each other just isn’t what it once was, so much has changed.
For me this tale was really about Max’s daughter Netta, I loved her. She’s a young girl who’s grown up in an adult world and she hears and sees more than people know.
While the family are trying to come to terms with their own demons a murder occurs that has the police snooping around and the author keeps you on edge until the last moment to reveal all.
I really enjoyed how the ending was written when you see the events play out from different perspectives, this really kept the suspense going.
There’s some good twists in the tale, nicely written and followed on well from the previous novel. The characters might be the same but this tale had that little bit extra with a whodunit thrown in. It was a change in direction from what I expected but it worked well and I was hooked.
Going back to Max, there is a lot of development for him during the story and emotions are very raw for him and I liked how this was explored. Not easy to read at times as he’s a beaten man with what looks like no way to build himself back up.. just when he needs someone the most he and Netta finally bond and it was a pleasure to read.
Overall I loved it, the unexpected events in the book really kept me on my toes and had me sucked in from page 1. We are left with a little cliff-hanger so I do hope we see more of Max and his family to see how things play out.
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L Stotfold
Loved Fifteen Words and The Watcher is in many ways ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2017