Book review: Behind Her Eyes

This latest keep-’em-guessing thriller, by award-winning adult and YA author Sarah Pinborough, is already being billed as this year’s must-read for fans of the genre.

Sarah Pinborough

HarperCollins, £12.99; ebook, £7.99

DID The Girl On The Train have you hooked? Still talking about Gone Girl?

Like its predecessors, it ticks those crucial criteria boxes: The action revolves around a deceit-riddled relationship and all is not as it seems — not that you’re sure who’s the victim/baddie or what’s really going on.

In this case, housewife Adele and her psychiatrist husband David look like they have a perfect life and marriage. But beautiful Adele is clearly hiding something. And why does David seem more troubled than many of his patients?

There’s a good 200 pages of build-up before the thriller-ness really kicks in, but you’ll plough through it, as Pinborough’s writing is easy to follow.

That said, you will NOT guess the twist in store. Oh, you’ll think you’re onto it (I was certain I’d figured it out), but I guarantee you’ll only be halfway there.