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Behind Closed Doors - B A Paris

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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 14/02/2016 15:01

HHas anyone read this? I stayed awake to read it, it was so gripping! I literally didn't put it down! It's 99p on Google play books I think, not sure about elsewhere and I definitely recommend it.

It's about a couple who's friends and family think are perfect, he's a lawyer who helps abused women, she's the perfect cook and homemaker. They're always together....... they're ALWAYS together. It's disturbing and chilling but it's the best book I've read in a while.

Any recommendations for anything based on my love of this are welcome!

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Deathraystare · 15/08/2017 12:36

DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings - Yes I enjoyed behind closed dooors. Enjoyed the widow too but still wanted to shake her till her teeth rattled!

Cheesymonster · 25/07/2017 06:37

Just finished the Breakdown and loved that too.

bigtastyplease · 15/07/2017 00:00

Great book !

catlover1987 · 12/07/2017 13:44

Sorry to reignite an old thread but I've just finished this book and was desperate to talk about it! It is one of the best books I've read in a long time. Normally when I read stories like this, I think they're totally implausible but every time I tried to think of a way for Grace to get out of her situation, I just couldn't - Jack had an answer for everything and the claustrophobia just made it so creepy. Any more recommendations for similar books much appreciated.

PunkrockerGirl · 16/04/2017 21:43

Loved it, couldn't put it down.
"The Breakdown" - couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Imo it was okish, but nothing as good as Behind Closed Doors.

madasamarchhare · 16/04/2017 21:36

B A Paris had released another book since called The Breakdown. Also a very good read well worth reading. Clare Macintosh is a similar writer. She has written 2 very good books may be worth a read.

ButterflyOfFreedom · 16/04/2017 09:21

Finished this last night- I really enjoyed it & got through it pretty quickly (always a good sign for me!).
I can see some 'faults' in some of the detail of the plot but I liked it for what it was.

I might look into some of the other books people have suggested on here now too...
And I'm not sure it's been mentioned but I've been recommended 'Before I go to sleep' which is meant to be a good read too...

PregnantAndEngaged · 27/04/2016 13:26

Just finished this book. It was fantastic. I feel irritated at points because I'm not a fan of antagonists, but obviously that is kinda the point lol. I loved how simplistic the ending was, it got you thinking because clearly Esther had worked out he was abusive and that the red room with the horrible images was intended for Millie.

My blood ran cold when he said there is no housekeeper on holiday. I just thought omg, what's he done to Molly.

EverybodyHatesATourist · 23/03/2016 12:28

And how come she didn't have any friends? Imagine saying, "Oh I'm marrying this man I know nothing about and I'm selling my house and we're spending the money on furniture!" The friend would've slapped her around the face until she saw sense!

Can you imagine what AnyFucker would have said if she'd posted this on the Relationships board?

SmokingGun · 14/03/2016 21:19

If anyone has read Stranger Child by Rachel Abbot (very good if you haven't read it), there's now a short story out to follow it up called Nowhere Child.

LadyTrevelyan · 13/03/2016 23:05

Just finished Behind Closed Doors today and I loved it. Just bought, after reading this, The Kind Worth Killing.

I have loved reading most of the books mentioned but, while I remember enjoying them, I rarely remember plot lines. However, while reading the book I am totally into it. A bit like Jackie Collins but with more blood.

Happy reading :).

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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 28/02/2016 19:02

I enjoyed that one too!

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Cheesymonster · 28/02/2016 12:12

Now reading The Kind Worth Killing

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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 27/02/2016 19:43

I agree it's definitely a quick and easy read but also gripping. I hope the authors next book is as good!

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whatamidoinghereanyway · 26/02/2016 18:44

Just finished this and it is one of throes books I shouldn't have enjoyed but really did, and I galloped through it! Would recommend for a quick, easy, gripping read. Loved how the story flowed and past and present joined up at the end and how the author managed to explain something so implausible from a victims point of view.

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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 22/02/2016 16:11

I love little house and magpies! Magpies actually really stuck with me because I live in a flat Grin

I'll have a look for cuckoo and paula daily books though her name rings a bell so I'm sure I've read some!

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Cheesymonster · 22/02/2016 15:16

I was going to suggest Magpies, loved that.

AndYourBirdCanSing · 22/02/2016 00:04

Love the little house and the poison tree.

Try 'Cuckoo' by Julia Crouch. Also look at Paula Daly and 'Magpies' by Mark Edwards is good

Sallystyle · 21/02/2016 22:29

Sorry.. The Little House

Sallystyle · 21/02/2016 22:29

Give Philippa Gregory's Little House a go.

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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 21/02/2016 21:17

I've read before we met but I can't remember much about it so I might re read!

I agree Luna, I didn't like any of the characters either! Into the darkest corner is great!

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LunaLovebad · 21/02/2016 19:20

I read The Widow a few weeks ago. I liked it, though it was one of those books where I didn't really like any of the characters.

On the basis of recommendations above I've just finished In The Darkest Corner, which was absolutely brilliant. Totalling chilling, and kept me gripped right to the end. I didn't want it to finish.

I also wondered why we never got an answer about what he'd been doing in Thailand. the author made so much of it, then never explained it. Annoying.

Cheesymonster · 21/02/2016 18:02

Thanks for the recommendations in your link OP. I just finished Before We Met and enjoyed it.

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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 21/02/2016 13:11

He was paying prostitutes money to be 'allowed' to beat/torture them rather than sex.

I'll add I let you go to my list!

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SmokingGun · 21/02/2016 02:11

Just finished it and I really liked it. Glad there was no really shocking twist as normally you can see those a mile off (other than in I Let You Go, which genuinely made me go Shock).

Only thing I was left wondering about is what he was getting up to in Thailand? He said you can pay for things their that you can't get here? At that point I either thought he was gay (which was addressed in the book) or a paedophile and that's why he wanted Millie so much. But then that doesn't fit with the rest of the book?