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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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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 20/02/2016 13:16

I've downloaded it so I'll give it a go and let you know what I think.

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OhYouLuckyDuck · 20/02/2016 09:49

I've just finished it. It's worth reading. I'd be interested to see what you think of the ending if you read it.

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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 20/02/2016 00:14

I haven't started that yet LuckyDuck. Let us know if it gets any better!

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Feenie · 19/02/2016 23:41

Long.time since I read it so don't remember if it was like that for me.

OhYouLuckyDuck · 19/02/2016 19:24

I've just started How to be a good wife, I'm not finding it so easy to get into.

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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 19/02/2016 17:00

I enjoyed the widow, I haven't read anything that's similar but the ending was weird from what I remember, it didn't make me regret reading it though.

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Panicmode1 · 19/02/2016 16:39

I read it last night - I thought it was ok but there were lots of holes. I agree with the poster upthread who found her giving up her job and agreeing to live somewhere she'd never seen very odd.....but for a debut novel and something to read during the small hours whilst suffering from insomnia, it was good!

Feenie · 19/02/2016 15:22

Was just in Waterstones looking at The Widow, which looked promising. Anyone read it?

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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 19/02/2016 13:49

Not that it never had a handle! Sorry for all the typos!

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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 19/02/2016 13:49

I think the police thought the door handle was taken away specifically so he could commit suicide in there nit that bit never had a handle.

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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 19/02/2016 13:48

Seeing not seeking!

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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 19/02/2016 13:47

Feenie, the kind worth killing is excellent!

The paintings were explained away as he went down to that room before appearing in court to sort of psyche himself up to win seeking the damage that the men he's fighting against have caused.

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Sallystyle · 19/02/2016 13:23

I think that was after he died?

OhYouLuckyDuck · 19/02/2016 13:07

I got the impression at the end that the helpful friend had seen them?

Sallystyle · 19/02/2016 13:04

Nobody seemed to question why he had a room full of pictures of tortured women which didn't have a door handle on the inside.

No one else saw them, did they?

It was all pretty implausible sure, but I enjoyed it for what it was.

Feenie · 19/02/2016 11:19

I've downloaded The Kind Worth Killing from your list Smile

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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 19/02/2016 01:01

You're all making me think about it too much now I'm "lalala"-ing ;)

I've got both of those Feenie, I can't wait to read them!

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Feenie · 18/02/2016 23:31

Ooh, and The Poison Tree

Feenie · 18/02/2016 23:31

Lots of good books in your link,OP - How to Be a Good Wife is the best I think.

Feenie · 18/02/2016 23:19

I read this tonight in one sitting. At one point I got so fed up at how far fetched it all was that I went to read all the reviews on Amazon. I did want to know what happened, so I read until the end, and I was gripped, but still think the whole concept was beyond belief really. 'What Have I Done' as others have mentioned was much more believable.

There's a guy on Amazon touting is own book in reply to every one star review of this book, it's quite funny stalkery.

ImperialBlether · 18/02/2016 12:42

Nobody seemed to question why he had a room full of pictures of tortured women which didn't have a door handle on the inside. It's not exactly normal, is it? And she flung a few pairs of knickers around to make it look like she slept in the main bedroom. Hmmm. I don't think you'd have to be Poirot to figure it out.

Also as someone said, what are these tablets that you can buy over the counter, which you can't taste in a glass of whisky and which can be kept in the toe of a shoe and which make a big bloke comatose? The first thing the police would look for would be the packages - not there.

everydayinMK · 18/02/2016 10:06

I did wonder at one point if the girl with the mental impairment was just the alter-ego of the abused wife? Like a split personality kind of thing? Because she just seemed to disappear towards the end of the story for me. I also wondered how on earth you'd be able to get away with killing someone when there would surely be traces of sleeping tablets everywhere and locked doors and DNA and your passport would show when you left the country and they'd be able to date the length of time the tablets had been in his gut? All those things made it seem a bit of a weak ending.

LunaLovebad · 17/02/2016 21:34

I wanted to love this book but I didn't. I found it implausible, full of cliches and very contrived. It was like the author had read up on the Relationships section on here and wrote down everything she needed to include in a domestic abuse situation and then shoehorned those scenarios into the story. I thought it was a good idea for a story but not very well executed. "What Have I Done" by Amanda Prowse was much better, it just all seemed plausible and realistic whereas this one didn't.

OhYouLuckyDuck · 17/02/2016 21:00

That's what made it work for me, I could really identify with her. Maybe the difference is that I could identify with her doing nothing.

ImperialBlether · 17/02/2016 19:39

Re overthinking, I'm not sure! I think this sort of book only works if you absolutely identify with the heroine. You have to think "Oh god, that's what I'd do" and in this book I just didn't feel that.