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Watching You

By: Lisa Jewell
Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
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New York Times and number-one Sunday Times best-selling author and “brilliant storyteller” (Shelf Awareness, starred review) Lisa Jewell weaves another suspenseful thriller about a shocking murder in a picturesque and well-to-do English town, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies.

Melville Heights is one of the nicest neighborhoods in Bristol, England. It’s the sort of place where doctors and lawyers and old-money academics live. It’s not the sort of place where people get stabbed in the back 30 times with a kitchen knife in their own homes.

Someone must have seen something.

Newlywed Joey Mullen, for example, recently returned from four years of working in Ibiza. She and her husband, Alfie, are eager to find a place of their own in her hometown. But Joey finds herself distracted by the man next door, Tom Fitzwilliam. He’s the principal of the local high school, twice her age, and devastatingly attractive. What starts as an innocent infatuation soon escalates into fixation, and before long, Joey can’t keep her eyes off of Tom.

Or the principal’s son, Freddie, who dreams of working as a spy and has been developing his surveillance skills by keeping meticulous logs of the coming and goings in the area. And, as he approaches his 15th birthday, his attention - and his lens - are turning more and more toward the local women.

Or perhaps single mother Frances Tripp, who has long been convinced she is being stalked. Her teenage daughter, Jenna, is worried these delusions are signs of her mother’s deteriorating mental health, particularly now that her paranoia has found a specific target: Tom Fitzwilliam. Frances is determined to keep an eye on him until she can prove he is behind her persecution.

Twenty years earlier, a schoolgirl writes in her diary, charting her doomed obsession with a handsome young English teacher named Mr. Fitzwilliam.

Nobody knows why this horrific murder was committed, but someone in Melville Heights knows who did it. As the community’s fearful eyes turn on each other, the question remains:

Who else is watching?

©2018 Lisa Jewell. Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Penguin Random House UK. (P)2018 Simon & Schuster

Editor's Pick

If you hate nosy neighbors, you’ll love this
"After taxes, my least favorite part of moving to the suburbs is the feeling that everyone is in everyone else’s business. In real life, I steer clear of neighborhood drama—which might be why experiencing it vicariously is such a thrill. Lisa Jewell, author of stunners like And Then She Was Gone and I Found You, confirms things are just as claustrophobic across the pond with the paranoiacally titled Watching You. Set in an upper-crust enclave of Bristol, England, it starts with a mysterious murder and a few tantalizing clues before shifting to various points of view. Through Gabrielle Glaister’s crisp narration, I dove right into all the obsession, scandal, and creepy voyeurism—through my headphones, happily, and away from prying eyes."
Kat J., Audible Editor

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Soooo good!!

Outstanding—I’m crazy picky about my books and loved “The She Was Gone” so decided to give this one a go and enjoyed it even more. Once again the narrator is on point and the characters are interesting and endearing-
Will absolutely be recommending this to my friends and Lisa Jewel is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.
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Another entrant in the psychological suspense mystery
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plot twists with a couple of new twists of pop psychology. I could not have written this, it has so many threads to weave together and it did surprise my toward the end. And the narrator is very good. Buy it for a goos light non-bloody read to pass,the long cold dark winter nights.

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Not a true page-turner

I really enjoyed Then She Was Gone, so my expectations were set high. While this wasn't a bad book, it wasn't tense or particularly suspenseful. On the plus side, the characters were nuanced and there was an unexpected twist. Rating: 3.5 stars rounded up.

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Suspenseful and funny!

Great story. Keeps you guessing! You will fall in love and hate with the well written characters. Lisa jewel writes them so well . Her descriptions are so good that at times you are repulsed by the details she gives! Also had me laughing out loud with her one liners!

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Great writing and narrating

One of my favorites in a while. The performance was superb. Perfect tempo and dramatic reading of the story. Well written story too.

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Good storyline

This book had several plots that never really seemed to overlap. Although it was well written, I felt more could have been done to delve deeper into the storylines for Tom, I believe it was still left muddied.. and also some of the flashback characters from their perspective. Although the story was very well done and there was a satisfying twist in the end.

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okay twists and turns, no character development

Ya know, the usual domestic drama with a big twist. I cared for no one in the book, I think so many books are going for the "big reveal" or plot twist... but where is the juice? Where are the characters? It kept me vaguely entertained.

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Good, but not great.

A good whodunnit, but not especially memorable. I wasn’t desperate to keep going like I was with Jewell’s other books. She spends an inordinate amount of time convincing you that characters are inherently good or bad people, only to flip them in the last chapters to tie it all up in a nice little bow.

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Enjoyable

I wasn’t sure whether to give this book 3 or four stars. But I liked it more and more as I read, or listened, that I upped it to four. There are a lot of different characters and stories but they all seem to connect somehow and made it very interesting. It was a slow reveal without major twists or turns but there were some and I thought it was very well done. Overall an interesting and satisfying read.

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Jewell Packs Meaningful Message in this Woven Gem

Jewell weaves a multivalent tale together that carries urgent themes. Themes of community, family, teens finding themselves, adults coming of age, gender roles & issues, and prevalent issues found in schools today such as teasing and bullying. Most importantly the lasting adverse effects of bullying, and when caught its consequences. Great suspenseful read!

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