The Woman in the Window: A Novel
By Midas / February 20, 2018 / 3 Comments / Audio Books
“Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing.” (Gillian Flynn)
“Unputdownable.” (Stephen King)
“A dark, twisty confection.” (Ruth Ware)
“Absolutely gripping.” (Louise Penny)
For listeners of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of the decade’s most anticipated debuts, to be published in 36 languages around the world and already in development as a major film from Fox: A twisty, powerful Hitchcockian thriller about an agoraphobic woman who believes she witnessed a crime in a neighboring house.
It isn’t paranoia if it’s really happening….
Anna Fox lives alone – a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times…and spying on her neighbors.
Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, mother, their teenaged son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldn’t, her world begins to crumble. And its shocking secrets are laid bare.
What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is in control? In this diabolically gripping thriller, no one – and nothing – is what it seems.
Twisty and powerful, ingenious and moving, The Woman in the Window is a smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense that recalls the best of Hitchcock.
Bonus: Includes an interview with author A. J. Finn.
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Predictable over-hyped mystery I heard that this novel was the breakout debut novel of 2018, written under a gender-neutral pseudonym by a male editor of thrillers at a major publishing house. It was, reviewers said, steeped in film noir, well written, fast paced, original, and a love letter to classic Hitchcock films. It has, of course, already been optioned as a film, probably starring Reese Witherspoon.SIGH.I read thrillers regularly, and have read all of the classic mysteries (including every Agatha Christie…
Twisty, suspenseful. An homage to Hitchcock that delivers Right in the midst of things, it starts. In media res, it’s called, as Dr. Anna Fox, a psychologist, is peering through her camera at the neighbors in 212, stuck in her agoraphobic world in her $3,000,000 house. We know that she talks to her almost-ex-husband, Ed, and young daughter, Olivia, on the phone pretty frequently, and she shares her voyeuristic adventures. She also plays chess online and is part of a forum to help other agoraphobics. She goes by the name thedoctorisin.Anna…
3.5 stars This is a dark, atmospheric thriller that in the first 40% of the book had me completely captivated. Anna Fox is absolutely fascinating and rather humorous. She is unreliable and she is, of course, an alcoholic. You can’t have a psychological thriller these days with a sober person, can you? It would certainly break formula, but I digress.The reason this book ended up being 3.5 stars for me is because it is simply too long. The first 40% or so, I was completely enraptured, couldn’t…