Review: The Girls Next Door by Mel Sherratt

The Girls Next Door by Mel Sherratt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Girls Next Door is a gripping thriller packed with realistic characters,plenty of twists and short chapters that are not padded out with usless information that added nothing to the story.The chapters end in ways that cause the reader to have a bad dose of just one more chapter syndrome.

I loved doc Martin wearing Detective Eden Berrisford and her team,I loved the banter between them and way that Eden`s boss Sean treated her with respect and they had a close working relationship.There was none of the backstabbing and character undermining that you get in a lot of police procedural thrillers.

The story is told in alternating chapters by a number of different characters in the third person,it would have been helpful if the chapters had been headed so you knew who the chapter that you were reading was about but the story was easy to follow and flowed along nicely.I thought I had worked out who was behind the kidnapping but I was wrong which was a pleasant surprise.I know you are not supposed to feel sympathy for someone who has committed a terrible crime but sometimes when you find out about the circumstances leading up to the event it is hard not too.

I haven't read any other books by Mel Sherratt and I really enjoyed reading this one and look forward to reading more of her books in the future especially if they involve Eden and her team.

Many thanks to Bookouture for a arc of this book via netgalley in exchange for a honest review