BOOK REVIEW STAY HOME BY AVA PIERCE

LOCKED DOORS DON’T KEEP SECRETS SAFE

LOCK YOUR DOORS
Caitlin has been having an affair for nearly a year when the country enters lock down. Suddenly, seeing her lover, Daniel, without alerting her husband becomes almost impossible. When she does manage to sneak to his home, she finds him lying in a pool of his own blood, dead.

STAY HOME
Ali is a just-about-functioning alcoholic, recently let go, and feeling rather lonely. Each day she goes to her local shop to buy her permitted two bottles of wine, leaving food parcels for neighbours on her way home. While keeping an eye on what they are up to, of course.

STAY SAFE
Caitlin can’t tell a soul about what she has discovered for risk of losing her family. Little does she know that Ali has noticed her coming and going, and that she will be drawing her own conclusions.
As Caitlin delves into the life of the man who said he loved her, she finds that maybe she didn’t really know him at all. But if she wants to avoid suspicion, she needs to keep digging until they find Daniel’s killer. Because the doors may be locked, but everyone’s secrets are starting to leak out . . .

Firstly a big thank you to the publishers for my copy to review on netgalley.

What a culturally relevant topic to be embedded into a thriller. Very cleverly crafted.

A affair goes wrong and the fallout is massive especially in lockdown where everyone is home…

Twisty and unpredictable this is a compelling and exciting book.

Who can be trusted? Is all as it seems?

A great debut for 2020.

Published 31st December