BookTalk: Not the Thrill I Was Hoping For

My latest read was actually an Audible listen.

I’ve realized recently that I’m a sucker for an English thriller featuring a 20- to 30-something woman. Also, I often like books that tell a story in two time periods. So J.P. Delaney’s The Girl Before would seem to be a match for me.

audiobook cover showing a figure silhouetted by a glass door

Two Londoners–Emma (then) and Jane (now)–each rent the same austere house. Each sees it as the solution to her problems. Each follows a path that leads to jeopardy. Also on that path is the same man, a man they find irresistible, a man whose appeal I find incomprehensible.

Read more at Cannonball Read 10.