Watching You - Michael Robotham - not to be read at night if you are alone !!

Just published by Hachette this week.- $36.99

 

Joe O'Loughlin is back with a pulse-stopping new case (an understatement !)

 

Marnie Logan often feels like she's being watched. Nothing she can quite put her finger on –

a whisper of breath on the back of her neck, or a shadow in the corner of her eye – and now her life is frozen. Her husband Daniel has been missing for more than a year. Depressed and increasingly desperate, she seeks the help of clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin.

 Joe is concerned by Marnie's reluctance to talk about the past, but then she discovers a book packed with pictures, interviews with friends, former teachers, old flames and workmates Daniel was preparing for Marnie's birthday. It was supposed to be a celebration of her life. But it's not the story anyone was expecting............

 

I started reading this last night and have spent most of today finishing it. OMG, it is so scary, I couldn't put the book down.

 

Robotham is one of the great contemporary crime/thriller writers; he has visited NZ of course having been here for the Ngaio Marsh Crime Fiction Award a couple of years back. He divides his time between the UK and Australia and has twice won the Ned Kelly Award for best Australian crime fiction title. He was shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger in 2007 and 2008 and was also shortlisted for the inaugural ITV3 Thriller Awards.  

Some other great contemporary writers have also heaped praise on  Him incuding Stephen King, David Baldacci, Val McDermid, Peter James and Linwood Barclay.