‘No secret is safe in this brand new twisty thriller from Andrea Mara‘
– Someone in the Attic (Publisher Quote)
[ About Someone in the Attic ]
Home alone? Think again…
Anya is enjoying a relaxing bath when she hears a noise in the roof. Through the open bathroom door, she sees the attic hatch swing open, and a masked figure drops to the floor. Thirty seconds later, Anya is dead.
Across town, Anya’s old school friend, Julia, sees an online video of a masked figure climbing out of an attic. She suddenly realises why the footage is eerily familiar. It was filmed inside her house.
Why would a stranger target Julia? Unless of course, it’s not a stranger at all…
No secret is safe in this brand new twisty thriller from Andrea Mara.
[ My Review ]
Someone in the Attic by Andrea Mara published with Bantam June 6th and is described as a ‘gripping new psychological thriller’. This is Andrea Mara’s 7th novel, following on from the very successful No.1 Sunday Times bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club No One Saw a Thing.
The book opens up with Anya as she contemplates on life while relaxing in the bathtub with a glass of wine. We are witnessing Anya’s final moments. A masked intruder enters her home via the attic and within thirty seconds Anya is dead. Anya was meant to be meeting up with her two old school friends, Julia and Eleanor but is a no-show. Julia, recently returned from the States, is re-establishing herself in Dublin, following the successful sale of her business in America. Her marriage has broken up but she has a very amicable relationship with Gabe, now her ex, and also father of her two children, Luca and Isla. Eleanor has also established herself as a successful businesswoman in Dublin and is set up as Julia’s wing woman as the plot progresses.
Julia moved into a very prosperous development in Dublin, a place where bad things don’t happen, with its gated community offering safety and security. With ‘The Loft’ stunt gone viral across the world, as a warped source of entertainment, Isla is confused when she sees some very strange videos that appear to be from inside their own home. Julia is initially shocked but considers it a possible prank, someone messing with video manipulation. But why?
Andrea Mara has very much developed her own style, with her novels based around settings and scenarios that seem familiar and everyday. She slowly introduces individual elements that increase the tension and add a developing sense of malevolence and disharmony to scenes. Most of us have an attic and in most cases it’s the darkest part of our homes that we rarely step into. Imagine the scenario of a presence in your home, a shadowy untouchable feeling that persists, yet you are unable to pinpoint the exact source.
Andrea Mara’s style reminds me of Alfred Hitchcock’s with its tight plotting and tension building, that shock element that made the viewer gasp. In Someone in The Attic, we know that this masked figure is dangerous. We know there is a killer out there. We just don’t know why? Highlighting the perils of social media platforms and its invasive nature, Andrea Mara has created another sure-fire bestseller with a very disconcerting premise, leaving every reader with a real urge to padlock their attic from the outside!
[ Bio ]
Andrea Mara is a No.1 Sunday Times, Irish Times and Kindle bestselling author. Her books have sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide, and four of them have been shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year. No One Saw a Thing was a Richard and Judy Bookclub Pick, sold more than 100,000 copies in thirteen weeks, and was No.1 in the UK, Irish and Kindle charts. She lives in Dublin, Ireland, with her husband and three children.
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