My warning regards this book: it starts slowly and chugs along gently for quite a while.; I didn't warm to any of the characters in the first part of the story and especially wanted to give Hattie a good shake and tell her to grow up. But I recommend you stick with it because all of a sudden, things take off at quite a pace and don't let up.
Finding herself single again and living back at her parents' home, Hattie engages in a string of blind dates with internet matches and enjoys far too much alcohol than is good for her. Then one evening, the train she regularly travels home on grinds to an emergency stop and the unwritten rule of London commuting is broken, forcing a small group of the passengers to actually engage with one another. They exchange names and vague details about themselves and somehow manage to create a Whatsapp group to keep in touch with each other.
The group is extremely diverse in their ages and occupations, but one of the group catches Hattie's eye and sets her heart racing: Casper Merriweather. Despite his dashing good looks, he's not popular with all of the group. The mousy Bridget avoids speaking to him, and the more mature Julian - a judge, no less - is particularly wary of him, and warns Hattie to be careful.
Then another incident on their commute, this time much closer to home, pulls their group apart as quickly as it formed. None of the group knows who to trust any more, and they all avoid that regular journey, each stating various excuses for not being on the train. The author cleverly plants seeds of doubt about each of the group in that first section of the book - the part that seems slow is actually the part where the reader forms a lot of opinions about each passenger, without realising it at the time.
The latter part of the book rattles along at a fair old pace - I don't want to say any more about the plot or characters here as you need to let the bombshells drop as the writer intends in order to get the full effect. I was jumping around on my seat at certain points, willing different characters either to take action or dodge situations and I always feel a book has hit its mark when it evokes such strong feelings in me.
Thank you, Alison James, for a fantastic rollercoaster of a ride on the 1853 - any doubts I had at the start were truly blown away by the end of the book, and I will be recommending this to anyone wanting an edge of the seat read.

[3.75 stars]

Hattie – a nearly 30 year old woman – travels on the 18:53 train home from London every night. She always sits in the same carriage and sees the same people. One night the train stops for a longer period of time due to a medical emergency and the people in carriage 3 get to know each other and create a WhatsApp group for future travels. The group includes Julian (a barrister), Casper (a man Hattie has eyes for and is working at a leading auction house), Carmen (a University employee), and Bridget (a quiet, mousy looking woman).
A few weeks later one of them suddenly drops dead on the train, which changes everything.

We mostly follow Hattie who is struggling with the direction her life is taking. She is dependent on alcohol, parties, and romantic relations. She goes out all the time, drinks whenever and wherever, has one-night-stands whenever someone on the app is up to her standards. This results in the reader being frustrated at this characters arc as it takes a long time for Hattie to catch up to / realise things that are happening to her and around her. But by the end of the story you feel for her and have seen her grown immensely.

Around the time you find out of who died you start following along the narrative of two other characters that have not been introduced. One of them was easily guessable as to who it was, but the other took me a bit longer to realise. Once you figure out who is who it’s not hard to guess how these two characters will clash with the passengers of carriage 3.

Some of the twists were a bit predictable, but that doesn’t take away from the suspense and the actual mystery. The story is told in multiple point of views which gives the reader the advantage of reading about details the other characters have yet to learn. I wouldn’t necessarily classify this book as thriller, besides maybe the last 25%. The ending was definitely satisfactory!

Thank you NetGalley, Bookouture, and Alison James for an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Hattie travels in the 18:53 train everyday. She meets some strangers and they all form a close friendship. They text back and forth and meet at bars to drink. Some even start to date each other. One shows up dead while on the train. Was one of them responsible? This book was pretty good and I liked most of the characters. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this early release.

Hattie Sewell's life is a mess. She is a party girl, loves getting drunk and lives with her parents after she lost her job and her boyfriend . She rides the same boring 18.53 train home from her temporary job every night. But all of that changes when one night when a passenger in the train is murdered and it's pretty obvious that one of the fellow commuters is the killer

The Woman in Carriage 3 by Allison James is a whodunit thriller . A little slow in the middle it picks up pace later and with some twists and turns along the way, some of which I wasn’t expecting made it an interesting read

I would like to thank Bookouture & NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review

OK I’m not sure what to write on this one still. I don’t know if it is best described as taking a little while to reach it’s purpose as a book or maybe the author intentionally started out one way and then twisted in another direction. But at each new part of the book, the turn drew me into the story a little more.

This is definitely a slow burn mystery. Who is the woman? What happened to Julian? and then my questions progress but I am always trying to be spoiler free, so you’ll have to read for yourself to learn the rest. I really didn’t like the main character Hattie, but I was wondering if she would redeem herself at some point. Actually other than Julian and Louis, I found all the characters a little less than I would like. But that is getting to be a new trend, I think. Unlikable or unworthy characters, that fall into these situations and the mystery or suspense around them.

This is really focused on the characters more so than the circumstance and daring you to identify and unravel the mystery. A unique premise and foundation. I flipped back and forth between the book and audiobook and found both to be entertaining. Jan Cramer brought the story to life through her narration.

For readers who like the who as much as the what/why and enjoy a slow burn, this will be an entertaining read.

This starts off as a slow burn but it’s easy to become lost in the pages of this one. This is interesting, intriguing and completely full of mystery.

This is twisty and gripping. I really became invested in this one. Hattie is a great main character, she’s had her setbacks but is quite likeable and realistic.

I loved how filled with suspense this is. The twists and turns really keep you guessing from the beginning. I found myself completely unable to predict where this one was going.

This is a book I devoured in one sitting. I was completely unwilling to put this down. A definite recommendation from me.

🌟🌟🌟🌟

Brilliant book that I managed to read in a day! Based upon a group of commuters who strike up an unexpected friendship, art deals, forgery, murder this book has it all! Really enjoyed it and will look for more books from this author

3.5 ✨
I enjoyed the easy nature of this book. It was straight-forward and an easy read. I enjoyed the London and around setting and it reminded me of my time taking the train when I lived there. I enjoyed that it went beyond just a who-dunnit on a train to encompass a larger mystery. The character Hattie was such a mess at first but she grew on me as the story went along. While called a ‘gripping psychological thriller’, I found the twists easy to predict; I wouldn’t call it a psychological thriller it was certainly an entertaining read.

I loved this fast-paced thriller and if you have ever commuted on the train, you will identify with the characters in this story – brought together by a death one day. I have to say that I did not really like the protagonist. I found her self-centered and somewhat hedonistic with some serious personal issues, but I grew to like her by the ending.

Highly recommended! Thanks for my e-copy and for making me part of the tour!

Here’s the scoop:

An ordinary journey. A shocking secret. And the perfect murder…

Breathlessly, I rush into carriage 3 just as the train doors slam behind me. It’s the same train I get home every night – the 18.53 – and I always sit in the same seat, with the same people. Each journey is fairly uneventful. Except this one…

A passenger drops dead and shockwaves ripple through the train. The lights go out and we’re left waiting in darkness, trapped until further notice. Is it an accident, or something more sinister?

The unwritten rule is you don’t talk to your fellow commuters, but the group of people huddled around me all seem like nice, normal people. I just hope they don’t notice my dishevelled hair or smell the alcohol on my breath. Because my life is far from perfect and there are things I’ve done I’m not proud of.

But as we all get to know each other, I wonder if I can really trust them? Or are they all hiding dangerous secrets…

Was someone in carriage 3 involved in the passenger’s death? And if so, how far will they go to stop the rest of us finding the truth?

Hattie, now approaching thirty, is back living with her parents, she is bored with her job, given to casual hook-ups & drinking far too much. She travels home on the 18.53 train & sees the same faces but it is an unwritten rule of commuting- you don't talk! However when a medical event causes a delay a group of them begin chatting. They share drinks, set up a 'WhatsApp' group & sometimes go for a drink afterwards. . Hattie has fallen the charms of the dashing Casper Merriweather. One of them dies on the train & it does not appear from natural causes & suspicion is cast over the group.

I really likes the premise of this book. It looked like it could be an interesting tale with the various characters involved, but then we have Hattie. I honestly wanted to shake her till her teeth rattled & yell. "You're nearly thirty not thirteen!!" I was engaged enough to read till the end which meant it got a 3* rounded up from 2.5*. Thanks to Netgalley for giving me the chance to read & review this book.

The Woman in Carriage 3 by Alison James and Narrated by: Jan Cramer was a very and excellent book and I just love the way Alison writes all her books.....I am a fan of her. However, the narrator Jan Cramer I did not like, she was fake, too posh and did not do this book justice, she was boring!. I ended up closing the app and opening my kindle and reading the book in my garden,

Just an ordinary journey. That she takes every day...........the 18:53 train home.

Hattie travels on the 18:53 train home every night. Nothing changes, she sits in the same seat, in the same carriage, and sees the same people. The only rule is you that you don’t talk to your fellow passengers, but Hattie has been watching them, all of them every evening whilst sitting on this train! for months just to distract herself from her own troubles.

Then one night the commuter suddenly drops dead. There's been a terrible accident that changes everything.

In the aftershock of the tragic death, the group of strangers huddled around the two tables in carriage 3 and strike up a conversation. With all boundaries shattered, connections are made and Hattie becomes tangled up in the lives of her fellow passengers as they travel to and from London every day. She doesn't want to be tangled up in their lives but it just happened! Hattie has no idea what she’s letting herself in for. They are all just ordinary people on her ordinary journey but they all have dangerous secrets.
Then another commuter is killed, Hattie suspects someone in carriage 3 is responsible!!

But, who can she trust?

Is the truth closer to home and more dangerous than she could have guessed?

Is she safe or the next person to be killed!!!

WoW this book is so good, Shame about the audiobook!

I do recommend the book though!

Big Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for providing me with a digital ARC of The Woman in Carriage 3 by Alison James for review.

The Woman In Carriage 3 is a decent read that I enjoyed.
Hattie is nearly thirty, temping and has moved back in with her parents after splitting up with her boyfriend. Her life seems to be full of hangovers and dodgy dates until she meets the perfect one on a chance meeting on a train. The train is stopped on the tracks due to a medical emergency and she gets chatting with the others in the carriage and they form a WhatsApp group so they can save seats etc if they are all on the same train. One of the members is Casper and that who ticks the boxes for Hattie but he’s not as chatty as the rest and she’s not sure he likes her. As the book advances it comes to light that there are a lot of secrets being withheld and when one of them dies on the train who can be trusted?
This was at the beginning a slow read it just seemed to consist of Hattie drinking and having a hangover the next day, over and over again. Getting past that is worth it as the book hassonegreat twists and the ending was decent.
I would like to thank Netgalley and Bookouture for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.

Hattie takes the same 18.53 train home every night, but when an incident leaves the individual travellers to question what happened, they create a strange relationship and create a WhatsApp group together. It isn’t long before Hattie is involved with one of her other travellers but soon discovers he has secrets of his own.

James writes a multiple point-of-view page-turner full of twists to have you questioning the characters as well as what happened. I found the begging a little slow, however, this novel did pick up and I couldn’t put it down.
I did guess part of this narrative, however, this did not put me off and was a great read that I would recommend.

WOW - this thriller ended up going NOWHERE near where I thought it would. This quickly ramped up into an international art theft drama that I did not see coming after reading the title and description of this. What seemed like an innocent meeting of people on a subway car quickly develops into something more sinister and calculated. This was fast moving, intriguing, and very dramatic. I was very happy with the ending and thought it was so fitting for each of the characters. I was pleasantly surprised with how twisty and turny this was. The main character was so naive that I thought I would hate her but I ended up really liking her by the end. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Review for 'The Woman In Carriage 3' by Alison James.


Read and reviewed via NetGalley for Alison James, Bookouture publishers and Bookouture anonymous


Publication date 22nd May 2023.


This is the fifth book I have read by this author. I have previously read Alison's 'Her Sister's Child' , The Exile (with James Patterson), 'The New Couple' and 'The Guilty Wife' which I highly recommend.


I was originally drawn to this book by its beautiful eye catching cover and its intriguing synopsis and title. The synopsis stated that this book is 'An absolutely addictive psychological thriller that will keep you up late into the night. If you love Behind Closed Doors, Gone Girl and The Perfect Couple, you’ll be gripped.' I am a fan of 'Gone Girl' so am looking forward to seeing if this lives up to this statement. I am also a huge fan of Alison and if this is half as good as 'Her Sister's Child', 'The Exile', 'The New Couple' and 'The Guilty Wife' it is sure to be an epic read. I must admit I was also biased due to the publisher being Bookouture. I have yet to read a book published by Bookouture that I haven't enjoyed. Hopefully this won't be the first... Watch this space! (Written before I started reading the book).


This novel consists of a prologue, 43 chapters and an epilogue and is spread over 4 parts. The chapters are short to medium in length so easy to read 'just one more chapter' before bed...OK, I know yeah right, but still just in case!


This book is based in London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. The bonus for me of books that are partly or fully based in the UK is that I live in the UK and have sometimes visited places mentioned in the book which makes it easier to picture.


This book is written in third person perspective and the main protagonists are Hattie Sewell, Julian Cobbold, Neil Waller and Lewis Handley. The benefits of third person perspective with multiple protagonists are that it let's you see the bigger picture of what's going on and you get to know more characters more, what they are thinking and what they are doing. It feels like you get to see the whole picture and not miss out in anything.


LOVE, LOVE, LOVED THIS FAST PACED PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER!!!


WOW!!! If you are looking for a psychological thriller filled with twists then this is the book for you. It starts of as a slow burn and then builds up into a fast paced, intriguing, page turning psychological thriller that will have you hooked. I just could not put it down and ended up reading it in one sitting!! It is absolutely ram packed with secrets, lies, romance, deceit crime and so much more. This book takes us on a locked room mystery and I absolutely love a good old locked door mystery as it makes the suspect list so much shorter and sometimes even harder because of that reason!! Hatty is a complete party animal who always takes the same train and sits in the same carriage. After an incident on the train one day leading it to come to a standstill she gets to know her regular commuters sharing the carriage. Hattie discovers their names are Julian, Carmen, Lewis, Bridget and Casper and they all start chatting and even set up a WhatsApp group to keep in touch. Hattie becomes attracted to Casper and it doesn't take long before they are meeting up off the train and becoming closer although Hattie finds out he is married but that he wants to leave his wife. Things start looking up for Hattie until one member from their carriage drops dead and things start taking a turn for the worse!! Will Casper leave his wife? Is Julian who he says he is? How much of what Carmen says is true? Who can be believed and who is hiding secrets from the rest of the group? To find out just grab your copy today and get stuck in to this rollercoaster train ride of a lifetime!! I'm not going to go into the storyline any more as I'm worried ill give something away and I don't want to spoil it for future readers. I do want to say a HUGE WELL done to Alice on the plot which is absolutely unique as well as intriguing. I love the idea of strangers meeting on a train which leads to murder, secrets and everything you have rammed into this gritty thriller. I was able to picture everything perfectly thanks to Alice's vivid descriptions and evocative writing skills and she created the scenery perfectly. The fact this book is written from so many perspectives gives us a huge insight into what is going on but still doesn't give too much away to guess who is behind it all which I was not expecting at all so a HUGE well done to Alison!! Jan's amazing narrative skills added to Alison's fantastic story telling ensures you are really sucked into the storyline from the start to the very end and I cannot wait to get stuck into more books written or narrated by these amazingly talented people!!

It is set over multiple time lines. When books show what has happened in the past and what is happening in the present I find it really helps the reader (if it is well done) understand why things are happening and what has lead to the present activities and decisions. It also shows the bigger picture

Clear your schedules and get ready for a rollercoaster ride of drama!!

This is one of the few books that I have listened 100% on Audiobook. If I listen to a book on audiobook I usually also read the physical book between but I listened to the whole book and I was impressed! I must say a HUGE congratulations to the narrator Jan Cramer who did a great job bringing this story to life. I would listen to it in the car and while walking at any opportunity and Jan did a fantastic job on both male and female characters voices!!! I'm not only looking forward to reading more books by Alison but also to listening to more books narrated by Jan!

The characters were well realistic, well defined and jumped out of the pages. Jan's voice and Alison's descriptions really brought them to life. One of the things that shocked me the most is that I actually really didn't like the majority of them!!! Now when this normally happens I just cannot get into the book but Alison has managed to cram a fantastic book full of unlikeable characters while ensuring the reader still loves the storyline!!! It is very rare for me to find a book like that so yet again I have to say a huge well done to Alison!! The main character is Hattie and OMG there were so many times I wanted to shout at her, and in fact I did a few times gaining some very funny looks!!! I just found her to be so pathetic at times as well as irresponsible and so disregard to her parents!!! I just felt like she acted like a spoilt brat at times and I just really didn't click with her at all!! I can't say much at all without ruining it for others but there was a great mix and every single one of them had a unique if unlikeable personality. Regardless of how I felt about them they were perfect characters for this fantastic page turner!!!

Well done Alison on another successful psychological thriller and here's to many more 🍷🍹 🥃!!

Make sure you read to the very end of the book to read the prologue and first chapter of Alison''s 'The Man She Married' which promises to be just as addictive as this book and is one I'm definitely looking forward to reading myself!!

Overall a unique psychological thriller that will have you up until 2am finishing it!!!



Genres covered in this novel include Women's Psychological Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Literary Fiction, Suspense Thriller, Psychological Literary Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Noir Fiction, Womens Psychological Thriller, Mystery ,Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction, Psychological Suspense and Thriller amongst others.


I would recommend this book to the fans of the above as well as fans of 'Gone Girl' , 'The Girl on The Train', 'Behind Closed Doors', 'The Wife Between Us', Liane Moriarty, 'Our House' , 'The Woman in the Window', 'The Housemaid', Lisa Jewell and anyone looking for an explosive thriller filled with bombshells you won't see coming!!

330 pages/8 hours 1 minute.

This book is just £1.99 to purchase on kindle, free with kindle unlimited, £8.99 in paperback and £16 for the audiobook (at time of review) via Amazon which I think is an absolute bargain for this book!!!

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Intrigued by the idea of a perfect murder (and we all know there is no such thing), I readily agreed to read and review The Woman in Carriage 3 by Alison James. I quickly settled in to read about ordinary people meeting on a train and whose lives would alter when a passenger died during their commute.  

The Woman in Carriage 3 introduces readers to twenty-nine-year-old Harriett aka Hattie, whose life is a train wreck. She’s always drunk, can’t hold down a job, lives with her parent and engages in casual sex with strangers. She travels on carriage 3 on the 18:35 train every evening. Hattie and the other passengers in carriage 3 are strangers. However, when a passenger suddenly dies, they bonded over the tragedy and soon began exchanging messages in a WhatsApp group. The growing friendship between this group of people from carriage 3 appears to be going well. Then one of them died while on the train. At first, it appeared to be death by natural causes, but then further investigation revealed murder. Who did it and why?

The story started out slow and gradually built up, keeping the reader wondering when Hattie would come to her senses. Although advertised as an addictive thriller, the story did not thrill me in the least. However, it made curious me to see if Hattie would finally get her life together and recognise she was being played. 

It wasn’t hard to see where the story was going in terms of the mystery. After all, the suspect list was quite short. Also, my radar went up immediately with the appearance of two of the characters. I theorized these two were up to no good. Throughout the story, they proved my theory. James introduce an odd red herring, which unfortunately did not work as intended, as it was blatantly obvious as to whom the perpetrators were.

Although not the thriller I hoped The Woman in Carriage 3 would be, and despite the predictability, I still enjoyed the story. After all, I read it in less than a day.

I was gripped by this story from the start and even though it starts out at a slower pace I found that I couldn't put it down until the end. Hattie catches the train every day and soon there is a tragic death on the train. I loved the character development, they are a interesting bunch but I didn't like any of them however that did not take away my enjoyment of the storyline. Although it is predictable it's still very mysterious and thrilling. The main character Hattie annoyed me but at the same time I couldn't help but feel sorry for her. A gripping and unbelievable physcological thriller. If you liked Girl on the Train than you will love The Woman in Carriage 3.

Thirty-year-old Hattie has been living a hum-drum life. Commuting daily on the 18:53 train has always been uneventful and quiet. That all changes when one of the passengers dies on the train. Until his death, everyone riding was in their own world. Now, they are talking to one another. Considering the victim died while the train was in motion, one of them must be the killer, and Hattie and the others begin to form a strange bond. They even form a WhatsApp group and chat while not commuting.

Interestingly, this latest book by Alison James has four narrators. Besides Hattie being the main narrator, there are Julian, Louis and Neil. In addition, there are other regular riders on the train, including Casper, a man that Harriet finds herself drawn to. As I listened to the narration of this audiobook, I thought the narrator did an excellent job with the changing points of view and characters. Although quite a bit of the story took place off train, Hattie’s messy life was made abundantly clear. Between binge drinking and one night stands, her life was rather like a runaway train.

Even with a few twists, some might guess the killer, as the list of suspects is quite short. Even so, this book was an intriguing read made even better with the excellent narration by Jan Kramer. With even pacing, this engaging read kept my attention throughout.

Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.

learn everything she thought was one-way turns out to be totally different. I love books by Alison James but what is it with this new thing where they had the most unlikable main characters. In this book we meet Hattie she was out all weekend partying sleeping with random men and now she’s catching the bus home at her normal time she usually goes home from work while she sitting on the bus with her raccoon eyes and greasy hair she is looking at all the regulars she catches the bus with who she recognizes little does she know but due to a medical emergency this will be the day we’re not only she recognizes them but becomes friends with them there’s Julian, Carmen, Lewis Bridget and finally Casper. Hattie cannot take her eyes off of Casper she finds herself extremely attracted to him and sees him also looking at her. After they spend time getting to know each other waiting for the train to start up again Julian says they should all join a WhatsApp group since I see each other every day that way they could save each other seats ET see everyone thinks this is a great idea when they arrive at Hattie’s stop Julian who is an older man who is married with a daughter, ask Hattie if she would like a ride home and she excepts. This will become something that they do whenever they get off together. Through the WhatsApp group they start getting together for drinks and then Carmen invite everyone to her home for dinner but best of all Casper Messages Hattie privately and before she knows that they’re having an affair. It’s an affair because Casper tells her he is married but he has a big acquisition at his job as an art dealer and if it goes through the way he wants it to he’s going to leave his wife and take Hattie and move away. She couldn’t be happier but when one of their train group drops dead while in route Hattie is very upset something that initially look like natural causes turns out to be murder it will shake her life and change everything she thought she knew about her friends from the train. This was a really good book I really liked it but I didn’t feel like she was a character I wanted to root for she was reckless irresponsible disrespectful to her parents and although she did do some kind things it wasn’t enough to put me on team Hubby😍 it wasn’t enough to put me on team Hattie. No having said that let me say this is a steller Book Tours Great Thriller if you can deal with the main character being unlikable then you’ll enjoy this as much as I did I read it all in one sitting despite how long it is because I didn’t want to put the book down a really great book which great books is what I’ve come to expect from Alison James and she seems to continuously deliver. She keeps the twist coming and the ending is totally original and an awesome OMG moment! I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher but I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

Guess who? This was like Cluedo, but in book form.

Hattie strikes up new friendships and a WhatsApp group chat, with some of the commuters she sees everyday in carriage 3 on the 18:53 train journey home from work.

When one of them dies unexpectedly one night on the journey home, things change. Hattie has her suspicions that it's someone in their carriage clique. They're all seemingly ordinary people, but each of them is harboring their own deadly secret.

The Woman In Carriage 3 is a character driven thriller, written very much in the style of Paula Hawkins, Girl On The Train, which was another favourite of mine.

Moderately paced, compelling and addictive.

Many thanks to Bookouture for my tour spot.

Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐