The Couple at No. 9 by Claire Douglas, book review

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The Couple at No. 9 by Claire Douglas

The Blurb

BODIES FOUND UNDER PATIO

When pregnant Saffron Cutler moves into 9 Skelton Place with boyfriend Tom and sets about renovations, the last thing she expects is builders uncovering a body. Two bodies, in fact.

POLICE INVESTIGATE

Forensics indicate the bodies have been buried at least thirty years, which leads the police to question the cottage’s former owner – Saffy’s grandmother, Rose.

OWNER QUESTIONED

Rose’s Alzheimer’s means her memory is increasingly confused. She can’t help the police – but it is clear she remembers something.

A KILLER AT LARGE?

As Rose’s fragmented memories resurface, and the police dig ever deeper, Saffy fears she and the cottage are being watched . . .

What happened thirty years ago?
What part did her grandmother play?
And is Saffy now in danger? . . .
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My Review of the Couple at No 9 by Claire Douglas

I really enjoyed this book, it was full of excitement from the beginning. The characters where well fleshed out and the descriptions brought the book alive without being too lengthy.

The chapters are divided by which character you are focusing on but it’s not over complicated. I listened on audio book so there were different voices which helped.

The main characters are Saffy and her mum Lorna. And another character is introduced as Theo. They are all in the present time, but Rose, Lorna’s mum and Saffy’s grandmother has dementia so her story is presented in the past, when Lorna was a toddler.

We begin with the bodies found in the garden of Saffy’s cottage that she shares with her husband Tom. The cottage belonged to her grandmother, Rose, who was in a care home with dementia, but she hadn’t lived there for many years.

The story unfolds with lots of twists and turns both in the present time and in the past. There are some dark themes in the story as we slowly begin to find out the truth about the bodies and what happened.

It was one of those stories that you just had to keep reading (or in my case listening) to, it was great at keeping you guessing and making you want to find out more.

I will definitely read some more of Claire Douglas, this was a good thriller, not too over the top with a satisfying conclusion.