Behind Closed Doors

Author: B.A. Paris

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2016
Pages: 304

Rating: Highly Recommend

Synopsis: Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth; she has charm and elegance. He’s a dedicated attorney who has never lost a case; she is a flawless homemaker, a masterful gardener and cook, and dotes on her disabled younger sister. Though they are still newlyweds, they seem to have it all. You might not want to like them, but you do. You’re hopelessly charmed by the ease and comfort of their home, by the graciousness of the dinner parties they throw. You’d like to get to know Grace better.

But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are inseparable.

Some might call this true love. Others might wonder why Grace never answers the phone. Or why she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. Or why she never seems to take anything with her when she leaves the house, not even a pen. Or why there are such high-security metal shutters on all the downstairs windows.

Some might wonder what’s really going on once the dinner party is over, and the front door has closed.

Review: Let's just put this in the category of "could not put down." It was that good. The plot, the characters, the author's writing style. All of it was on point and fabulously disturbing.

From the outset it's no secret that something is very off with this couple, and the author patiently lets the story twist and unfold, drawing the reader in page by page, chapter by chapter.

This novel has been compared to Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, which kills me. Why do those have to be the standard of psychological thrillers? At any rate, the book hangover is upon me. The next three or four books I try to read are going to let me down, if I can get into them at all. Good books are a blessing and a curse.