APPLE TREE YARD - amazing - ace thriller for lovers of Gone Girl etc

[EliotNess]

but far more cerebral and not so bloody annoying at the end

I really recommend it - I was gripped

[EliotNess]

www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-Tree-Yard-Louise-Doughty/dp/0571297889?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[MrsTwgtwf]

Thanks - I like Doughty.

[EliotNess]

i had never read hers before

you wil LOVE this - I read it in 48 hours

[DamnDeDoubtance]

Just put it on my kindle.

[EliotNess]

I bet you're reading it now.

[Clawdy]

i agree,gripping and compulsive,though the court scenes were a bit drawn-out. And I did find myself puzzling over the scene in the crypt! Is it really possible to pull your knickers and tights down on one side only??

[LadyMilfordHaven]

pervert ;)
I thought it was ace - I liked the court thing and the fact that her utter honesty was based on her sexual history - not a thing a man would have to do

[Dunlurking]

Finally bought this as kindle price v good atm - £1.39...

[LadyMilfordHaven]

Ooh

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Dp is reading it now. He says it needs some serious editing / proof-reading. Doubt I'll bother - I found Gone Girl unreadable.

I need books though!

[LadyMilfordHaven]

Oh I'm sure he knows best. Being a man and all ;)

[LadyMilfordHaven]

When you get to the end you realise a lot is relevant. Plus I think it resonates with women

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Oh he knows nowt - he likes Ian McEwan. :)

[NellVarnish]

Just finished it on your recommendation - couldn't put it down - he was a shit though.

Never tried Louise Doughty before - any other recommendations of hers?

I'm reading Human Remains by Elizabeth Haynes at the mo but need something lined up for when I finish.

[Clawdy]

Two books with really good twists and clever plotting - Until You're Mine by Samantha Heyes, and The Burning Air by Erin Kelly.

[Sallystyle]

Just d/l it :)

[AnonYonimousBird]

For £1.39, I'm going to download for a future read. Thanks for the rec.

[Mrsrobertduvall]

I am reading it at the moment and am loving it.

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Dp finished it yesterday. He reckons that the 2nd half was better than the first, and that it was better than 'Gone Girl' but that a lot of it wasn't terribly credible.

[magimedi]

I've just finished it & was a bit underwhelmed. It could have done with being at least a third shorter & I didn't find Yvonne very credible.

Won't say more as don't want to spoil.

[LadyMilfordHaven]

i thought the ending was a tad drawn out, yes

[louloutheshamed]

I just finished this and loved it. Thought it was very cleverly structured. Haven't read Gone Girl so can't compare but it did remind me of Alice Sebold's Lucky in the way the trial was covered in so much detail. I found it fascinating how everything was 'upside
Down' (without wanting to give too much away!)

Am now about to start Denise Mina's The red road....

[BaconAndAvocado]

Love the look of this book but am loathe to pay £8 for it!

Off to the library!

[whatwoulddexterdo]

Right have just finished this and don't understand why everyone says it is an upside down book, ca anyone enlighten me?
Thanks

[louloutheshamed]

spoiler

I think upside down is on reference
To the trial. If it had been a rape
Trial then George behaving monstrously would have worked
In her favour, whereas in a murder trial it worked against her as a motive. She makes the point that as
Someone accused of
Murder she was treated he same as the victim in a rape trial would have been. I was shocked at what the character Kevin said about the defence lawyers in a rape trial-
All the dirt Digging etc.