Thanks to B P Walter, HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter, One More Chapter, and NetGalley for the ARC. The inhumane conditions led to many families pulling their relatives out of the institutes, preferring they suffered in the safety of their home, rather than in a ‘prison’. Some suffering with mild illnesses were included in society, but at the humour of others, seen as ‘village idiots.

Here they meet the Fitzpatrick's from across the street, Robert and Janet, along with their children, Mimi and Jonathan. As much a thriller as a chilling exploration of grief, The Woman on the Pier is one of B P Walter's finest-and most shocking-novels yet' A. Nukiyasu’s coded message was understood by Fuggo, but he decided to play along to protect his wife and avenge her best friend’s death. There’s suspicion which changes to fear with suspense, tension, lies and strange behaviour that is hard to make sense off which gives the escalating confrontations a full head of steam.

I had a couple of false starts before I actually got into reading it, and in the end, it was only an okay read for me.

Thank you to HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter, and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.THE AUTHOR: Born and raised in Essex, Walter studied Film and English at the University of Southampton before taking an MA in Film and Cultural Management.

She has no idea why she’s here but slowly her memory comes back and she starts remembering what happened at her neighbor’s house! However, it’s a book that I read in a trice and whenever I put it down couldn’t wait to get back to it, so that tells me something. Danny spends months being very moody and depressed and Stephanie wants to know why, even after he dies, especially after he dies.

As I said before I enjoyed Danny's and Jonathan's storyline but Stephanie, her husband along with the neighbors seemed very one dimensional.

Also the topics of secrets and lies within a family and feeing an outsider as a teenager and exploring who you are and all those uncertainties. Dark and twisted, The Dinner Guest is a captivating, atmospheric story of secrets and lies set within the world of old-school London money. She hopes they will allow her into their home so she can confront Jonathan, demanding to know what happened to make Danny so miserable. Well, in 1839 it is said that Brontë visited the medieval manor, marvelling at the ‘stately and elegant, gloomy and haunting’ house (the novel’s description). The parts I mostly enjoyed: Danny’s POV, his blooming, complex relationship with Jonathan and their puberty, self exploration!It becomes clear very quickly that Stephanie does not trust her neighbours and feels they hold they answers to some much needed questions she has. Norton Conyers, the stately manor that Thornfield Hall is based on, was filled with rumours of a mad woman who lived in the attic — which is where Brontë found her inspiration. As Stephanie begins to unravel the mysteries, the neighbor's family also begins to behave more sinisterly and weirdly. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Stephanie and Pete are pleased when neighbors, Janet and Richard welcome them to the neighborhood as their son, Danny becomes friendly with Jonathan (but has a crush on daughter Mimi.