Book Review: I Am Watching You

I Am Watching You

by: Teresa Driscoll

Publication Date: October 1, 2017
Finished on: September 14, 2017
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

I received a free finished copy of I Am Watching You from the publisher (Amazon) in exchange for my honest review.  All opinions expressed below are my own.

Synopsis:
On the train, Ella Longfield watches two teenaged girls flirt with two young men.  She thinks nothing of it, until she hears the men confess that they were just released from prison and the bags they are carrying are their belongings.  In spite of this, the four continue talking and flirting.  Ella considers attempting trying to break up the couples, but something stops her.  The next day, she find out that one of the girls, beautiful and beloved Anna, is missing.  Anna never met her friend back at their shared hotel room that night.  Both men are also missing.

It is now one year after Anna's disappearance.  Ella still feels extreme guilt about that day and her lack of action.  Now she starts receiving threatening letters.  After an anniversary appeal, the police find new clues as to what may have happened to Anna.  But who is watching Ella?  And are these events related?

My review:
Over the past few months, I have been loving suspenseful reads and I Am Watching You is no exception!  This was a fast read with some well-developed characters.  I had many theories throughout the novel about what may have happened and who was to blame, but I will admit that I was pleasantly surprised when the author revealed the truth.  I am often disappointed when I can guess the plot twists, so it was fun to keep guessing until close to the end.

This was the first novel I've read by Teresa Driscoll, but upon perusing her website, I see that she has another suspense titled The Friend, which will release in March 2018.  I am already looking forward to it and know I will need to read and review it!

I highly recommend I Am Watching You to lovers of psychological suspense and for fans of such titles as Emma in the Night or Good Me Bad Me.  Teresa Driscoll transports the reader into the English coast (where I'm visiting next week) and throws you into the middle of a missing persons case.  I definitely enjoyed the ride!