I See You: The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller

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in the tradition of psychological suspense, paranoia grows throughout the novel, and suspicion is cast on many people close to zoe, increasing her anxiety and leaving her with no one to trust. many red herrings, many tense situations, much atmospheric dread. I See You it's a great thriller which makes you think twice about who's watching you when you don't know. Who's snapping a picture when you are not looking. I'll just say this... you think you know someone....but DAMN............ and DAMN...... (I watch the ID channel... Investigation Discovery which is basically a crime/thriller tv channel for those of you that don't know.... and this really reminded me of something that you would see on there). Other women begin appearing in the same ad, a different one every day, and Zoe realizes they’ve become the victims of increasingly violent crimes—including murder. With the help of a determined cop, she uncovers the ad’s twisted purpose…A discovery that turns her paranoia into full-blown panic. Zoe is sure that someone close to her has set her up as the next target.

I found the cover and title of this book to be appealing and very fitting which draws you right into this sinister tale of how women are being targeted, watched, and followed while commuting to and from work on the London Underground. I liked Kelly. She reminded me a bit of Havers in Elizabeth George's Linley and Havers series -- well meaning and smart, but often overly eager. Several viewpoints tell the story, the narrative is so well flowing and immersive you’ll be in it all the way – leading into a hold your breath and pray finale where everything comes together in a great big glorious reading rush. I'm starting to develop a thing for murder/crime thrillers. Like a good thing. I don't read them very often, but when I do, I always end up obsessed with the crime and unable to put the book down. Well, that is unless the book is super boring, and I can't stand any of the characters, which was how I felt with Jo Nesbo's "The Snowman" (I can't believe they made that book into a film!) - but I digress. If you’re a regular train commuter then after reading I See You, you can probably add another emotion to the existing ones (boredom, frustration, etc).The author’s meticulous detail to investigative accuracy and talent in weaving a thrilling tale set her work apart from others in the field. Meanwhile, Kelly Swift’s police career is stagnating, after a serious error left her languishing in the Neighbourhood Policing Team. Determined to help Zoe – and resurrect her career – can Kelly uncover the connection between an advert and a murder before Zoe becomes another victim of a very modern stalker? What’s it like? There is a really diverse group of characters in ‘I See You’. Firstly, seemingly down to earth mom, Zoe, whose increasingly paranoid behaviour is so well crafted that you wonder how much of what is happening is just in her mind. Then you have her two children; Justin, who has never quite got his life together and works in a café with their neighbour Melissa, and Katie, an aspiring actress who seems oblivious to the dangers around her. There is Zoe’s partner, Simon, who seems perfect on the surface and yet seems to be hiding something, and then Zoe’s ex, Matt, who seems unable to really let Zoe go. A] deliciously creepy tale of urban paranoia.”—Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10

Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. A] well-crafted blend of calculated malevolence, cunning plot twists, and redemption that will appeal to fans of Sophie Hannah, Ruth Rendell, and Ruth Ware.”— Booklist (starred review)

Book Summary

Zoe Walker is a victim of routine, as so many of us are, taking the same commute daily to and from work. She sees a photo in the classified section of a newspaper while on the train and recognizes the picture to be her own, even though she can’t place exactly when it was taken. As the novel proceeds Zoe is increasingly sure that she is in harm’s way and reports her suspicions to the police and her family and friends. Here begins my disbelief in the character. Although she suspects danger, she doesn’t do anything to change her routine or protect herself.

I Let You Go was so freaking amazing that I knew I wanted to read Clare's next book. I couldn't wait to get my hands on it! Very powerful story, chilling, and gripping, like her debut author a book so powerful it stays in your head, are you being watched?

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Zoe hasn’t had the easiest start with relationships, having been married and divorced with two teenaged children and now living with Simon, a man whom she has brought in to live with her and her and her kids. Considering all that she has gone through she still comes across to me as being naive and trusting. I SEE YOU is told in three different alternating points of view between Zoe Walker, PC Kelly Swift, and the stalker. PC Kelly Swift was told in the third person and sometimes I found her to be a little confusing when she would be recounting some incidents from her past. this is a fun thriller, but it requires the reader to accept its premise without questioning its logic, and to suspend disbelief like a mofo. if you can do that, you'll have a good time. if you cannot, this is not the book for you.

But has it ever occurred to you – even once – that perhaps it is we ourselves who are being minutely observed? And not with the innocent, idle curiosity that motivates our own secret scrutiny, but with psychotic, intense focus. Zoe, our first person narrator, is much more chaotic. Deeply unsettled by the photo, she searches for links between the series of women pictured and any crimes they may have fallen victim to, before deciding to leave the investigating to the experts and hunker down at home to wait for the police to arrest whoever’s responsible. Unfortunately, Zoe’s failed to realise that she’s starring in a psychological thriller, so the answers may be closer to home than she expects… Maybe you're all better at guessing who culprits are, but I'm SO happy I didn't figure it out. That killer twist in the last chapter made it all worthwhile. I loved Zoe as our protagonist, and really felt for her as she struggled to decide how much she should and shouldn’t tell her children and long term boyfriend about what’s been going on. Partly, she doesn’t want them to think she’s overreacting, and partly she doesn’t want to worry them. Other women begin appearing in the same ad, a different one every day, and Zoe realizes they've become the victims of increasingly violent crimes—including rape and murder. With the help of a determined cop, she uncovers the ad's twisted purpose...a discovery that turns her paranoia into full-blown panic. For now Zoe is sure that someone close to her has set her up as the next target.Your protagonist, Zoe, is tired, underpaid, works way too hard and looks after two demanding grown-up children. Why does she let her partner Simon get away with not even paying any rent?