This is my third JP Delaney read and I think it’s my favourite so far.  It’s a few years old now but I’m trying to read his entire backlist because seriously, this guy is insanely good, and this book was insanely good, with emphasis on the word insane – lol.

The master of psychological thrillers, JP Delaney has written one messed up crazy story here.  I think what freaked me out the most was just how easily something as frightening as this could happen.  He is a master at developing characters, you understand them so fully and feel so completely what they feel that it’s as if everything is happening right in front of you, you don’t have to imagine it, you are literally immersed in the story.

Enter the world of One Folgate Street.  An award winning home designed by the mysterious architect Edward Monkford.  After losing his wife and child, he believes in simplicity, in a minimalistic lifestyle.  Everything he owns can fit into one small bag.  This lifestyle carries over into the house he has built, and anyone who wishes to take on the lease and live is this beautifully sleek dwelling with its clean lines, and stone surroundings must be willing to follow the rules, no exceptions made.  For all its beauty though, the house has a deadly past and choosing to live there is not for the faint hearted.

The book alternates superbly between the two main characters, Emma, the girl before, and Jane, the girl now.  We move between the past as we witness the unravelling of Emma, and the present day as we follow Jane trying to piece together the house’s history.  What were the circumstances of Emma’s death, was it really an accident?  What secrets was this house holding?

Oh there is so much more I want to say, so many things about this story I want to talk about, but going into this one blind is was made it sooooo good.  The twists and turns kept me riveted.  I never knew which way the story would bend and what fresh secrets the house would spill.

This is an absolute must read for any psychological thriller fans out there, you won’t be disappointed.

*****