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Watching You

by Lisa Jewell Publisher: ATRIA

Critically Recognized

A close-knit town under watch

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Awards & Recognition

  • Author recognition

    Lisa Jewell — #1 Sunday Times bestselling author

    The metadata describes Lisa Jewell as a #1 Sunday Times bestselling author.

  • Critical praise

    Booklist starred review

    Booklist gives the book a starred review and praises the pacing of its twisty plot.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A close-knit town under watch

In a prosperous English town, a woman newly back from four years abroad is staying with her brother while she looks for a home. Her growing fixation on the head teacher next door becomes entangled with the sense that someone is watching her—and with a murder that unsettles the community. The setup brings domestic proximity, secrecy, and suspicion together: neighbors are close enough to observe one another, but that access does not make their motives clear. The story’s central tension rests on the gap between what people see and what they can know, as private obsessions and a public crime intersect.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy suspense set in seemingly settled communities
  • Readers interested in stories involving surveillance, secrets, and suspicion
  • Readers looking for a thriller with a domestic setting

Themes

SurveillanceObsessionSecrecySuspicionCommunity

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Book overview

"Quickly and assuredly, Jewell builds an ecosystem of countervailing suspicions...Tricky, clever, unexpected." --New York Times Book Review "Brace yourself as Jewell stacks up the secrets, then lights a long, slow fuse." --People "A seize-you-by-the-throat thriller and a genuinely moving family drama." --A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window The instant New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the None of This Is True delivers another suspenseful page-turner about a shocking murder in a picturesque and well-to-do English town, perfect "for fans of Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train, and Luckiest Girl Alive" (Library Journal).You're back home after four years working abroad, new husband in tow. You're keen to find a place of your own. But for now, you're crashing in your big brother's spare room. That's when you meet the man next door. He's the head teacher at the local school. Twice your age. Extraordinarily attractive. You find yourself watching him. All the time. But you never dreamed that your innocent crush might become a deadly obsession. Or that someone is watching you. In Lisa Jewell's latest "bone-chilling suspense" (People), no one is who they seem--and everyone has something to hide. Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn and Ruth Ware, Watching You will keep you guessing as "Jewell teases out her twisty plot at just the right pace" (Booklist, starred review) until the startling revelations on the very last page.
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