When Ella Longfield overhears two attractive young men flirting with teenage girls on a train, she thinks nothing of it-until she realises they are fresh out of prison and her maternal instinct is put on high alert. But just as she's decided to call for help, something stops her. The next day, she wakes up to the news that one of the girls-beautiful, green-eyed Anna Ballard-has disappeared.
A year later, Anna is still missing. Ella is wracked with guilt over what she failed to do, and she's not the only one who can't forget. Someone is sending her threatening letters-letters that make her fear for her life.
Then an anniversary appeal reveals that Anna's friends and family might have something to hide. Anna's best friend, Sarah, hasn't been telling the whole truth about what really happened that night-and her parents have been keeping secrets of their own.
Someone knows where Anna is-and they're not telling. But they are watching Ella.
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[I made a mistake. I know that now]***
(Thomas & Mercer, 1 October 2017, Kindle First)
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This book took three weeks to read. Simply because I'm working through a lot of ARC's and review copies just now so I'm reading 9 books and finishing just one is taking a bit longer than usual.
I thought I Am Watching You was great, it ticks every box for a great, twisty thriller.
I liked the fact each chapter is from a different character's viewpoint such as the witness, the friend or the father. This works really well, allowing the plot to be drip-fed and spiral in different directions. I had no idea what was going on most of the time.
I Am Watching You is a complex thriller, with some many different possible storylines and possibilities about Anna's fate. The novel is packed with misdirection and subterfuge and when the truth about Anna's fate is revealed I was taken by surprise.