May 22, 2015

The Girl on the Train

Author: Paula Hawkins
Genre: Thriller
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2015
Pages: 336
Rating: Highly Recommended

Synopsis: Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?
Compulsively readable, The Girl on the Train is an emotionally immersive, Hitchcockian thriller and an electrifying debut.
Review: I love a good psychological thriller. I'd love to get inside this author's head and figure out how one writes such an engrossing and twisted novel. 

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