The Secret at Number 7 Summary:

The moment I meet Anna at number 7, I immediately like her. But her husband is staring at me with a strange expression on his face. It sends a shiver down my spine. And then a few days later, Anna is gone…

The second I see the moving van, I rush outside. My husband tells me to give our new neighbours space, but I need to know who they are.

When I see Anna, I’m in awe. Despite the chaos of boxes, she is glamorous, with perfect hair and elegant clothes. But her husband, Fraser, makes me nervous. I can’t explain it, but I don’t trust him.

And when my doorbell camera detects movement in the night, I’m instantly awake. Our road is usually deathly quiet. As I watch, I see Fraser lifting a large bag into his car. And now, Anna has disappeared.

Fraser tells everyone she’s away visiting family, but Anna told me she didn’t have any, it’s why she wanted to make friends here. Then I remember the bruises I saw on her arms…

I am convinced Fraser killed his wife.

The police dismiss me, and my husband tells me to leave it, but I can’t. I have to know what happened to her. But when I uncover the secret hidden inside number 7, the truth is more dangerous than I ever imagined. And now I’m not sure I will make it out alive…

A gripping and page-turning thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Packed with twists, this psychological thriller is perfect for fans of Freida McFadden’s The Housemaid, The Girl on the Train and Colleen Hoover’s Verity.

My Review:

To begin with, I’d like to thank Netgalley for supplying and ARC of this book to me. I greatly appreciate it! Netgalley is a platform where you can request ebook and audiobook ARCs, and it is completely free to use! I highly recommend trying it out!

In a nutshell, we are following a woman named Merideth who is a bit on the anxious and paranoid side. She has some past trauma giving her a valid reason to be the way she is, but she also isn’t always taken seriously, which is a problem when she tries to convince her family and friends that her new next-door neighbor killed his wife.

As an avid people watcher, she sees things most others don’t, and she is convinced she saw her neighbor carry away his wife’s lifeless body. She even has the police check into it, but to no avail. She is on her own.

There are many twists and turns in this book, and I did not want to put it down! I listened to the audiobook and I loved it. The story takes place in the UK, so the narrators have the accents, and I love it.

In conclusion:

This is a quick mystery read and very bingeable, so I highly recommend it as a nice spooky season palate cleanser. I would say this is a must-read for mystery/thriller fans!

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