This is such an interesting thriller. It was really hard to guess who the perpetrator might be, and I actually found myself siding with Ben's theory at one point, because nothing else actually made sense. The ending was a little convoluted though - there was a lot of back-and-forth that could have been condensed into a bit less as it just didn't add that much to the story. The first half of the book at least was pretty gripping though and I did enjoy seeing who the real culprit was. I have a feeling there might be a sequel to this at some point so I'll be keeping an eye out!

A brilliant story surrounding stalking and social media. Really enjoyed reading this.

Thanks for the advanced copy.

This is the first book I have read by this author and I was very impressed. I was engrossed in Copycat from the start. The concept of having. Facebook profile of which you had no knowledge of plus discovering recent pictures of your life events and your family and friends posted there. A thrilling , nail biting read as Sarah and her husband Ben try to fathom what is going on and who, is doing it. I had my suspicions as to who the culprit was but I was wrong. There are several twists and turns with several characters possible suspects. A thrilling can't put it down read!

A promising start, with intriguing premise. However, it turned out completely ridiculous. One dimensional wooden characters, obvious twists, unrealistic plot... I skimmed the last 25 percent, as it became almost unbearably cringing.
Many thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC of this book in return for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this writer's previous novel and was really excited to be approved for this new book. I loved the premise and it started off so promisingly. I had absolutely no idea who was behind the events which were happening. As soon as the big reveal occurred, I'm afraid the story went downhill for me. I found the explanations all quite implausible and any enjoyment I'd had through reading this book suddenly ceased and I just wanted to wrap it up.

It was a shame as the book showed such promise from the beginning and just lost any credibility for me when it became too fanciful.

I'd split my thoughts on the book into two main parts. Firstly, what worked well.... Great premise. Very topical in this day and age with constant debate over online privacy, stalkers, etc. so will hook quite a few in with that. The characters were easy to buy into , where they fitted into the overall picture, their individual personalities, etc.

What I wasn't so much a fan of - (trying to do this without spoilers) I struggled to get on board after the reveal, with the antagonists motivations, and kept asking myself "Why now, after all this time" - the original driver for their actions I can understand, but the ones that finally sparked them into action seemed to pale by comparison. So in summary, a well written book, nicely paced, but that fell short of delivering a real killer ending for me.

When Sarah Havenant receives a friend request from an old school friend she's puzzled to be asked which Facebook profile she uses. She only has one and yet there's it is - a whole profile detailing her everyday life, with pictures she's never seen. Pictures taken of her husband, her children and in her house. At first she thinks its some sort of misguided and sick prank but soon her online copycat begins an insidious campaign against Sarah that threatens her sanity and her family's safety.

So somehow on a busy Sunday afternoon/evening whilst cooking dinner, preparing school and work bags and all the other Sunday malarkey mom's deal with I managed to read this book - once I started reading I was hooked. Somehow the author has managed to make a reasonably unlikeable character quite sympathetic. Sarah is a bit of a pain, frankly if I knew anyone like her I'd give them a good shake. But as her life begins to implode her determination to prove someone is out to get her and that she's not losing her mind is compelling to read and it's easy to sympathise - most of the time. I thoroughly enjoyed this book but I did find the ending a bit weak and rushed. For that reason for me this is a four star novel.

I received this novel from Netgalley for an unbiased review.

Addictive thriller - very current with focus on social media. I did want to scream at the book at times, couldn't quite believe that none of her family would trust her!

I really enjoyed this book. Having read one of the author’s previous books I was pleased to get Copycat to review.

The story starts with a friend request on Facebook, but with the request comes a question, which profile is yours?! You look and see that there is another profile in your name with photos of you and your children. Photos inside your house.

If that wasn’t creepy enough other things start happening, things that make you and your husband wonder what is true and what isn’t. Suspiscion falls on everyone and nowhere is safe.

Although I guessed who was behind everything the book was still enjoyable and engaging, especially as you found out about two thirds through and there was plenty still to be found out.

I’d recommend this to fans of thrillers.

Sarah Havenant is content with her life and when an old friend contacts her to say they are moving back to the area she finds herself in a quandary when asked which Facebook profile is hers as Rachel (the friend) was confused. Sarah only has one page but there it is, another with so many of her private details on she can't help but wonder how and why someone would do that? This is just the beginning of Sarah's nightmare as her life begins spiralling out of control, will she ever get to the bottom of who and why seems to hate her so much?
Thank you to NetGalley for my copy of the book.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟STARS
OMG!!!! I bloody loved Copycat By Alex Lake. It was one of those books that when you pick it up it's practically impossible to put back down.
And this is what actually happened to me, decided to read the first couple chapters at midnight to get a feel for it and Wham!!! that was it, I finished in the early hours of the morning, couldn't put it down, it was such addictive reading. a real page-turner.
So the story is about Sarah Havenant a doctor married to Ben, British and a lawyer living in Maine with their three adorable children, the picture-perfect life.
So Sarah gets a friend request from a girl she used to go to school with and she asks Sarah which is her real facebook profile.
Transpires there is another Sarah Havenant using pictures of her children, her husband and from her own house seriously weird and scary.
As events escalate it turns out this is only the start as Sarah's whole world implodes, people around her including her husband start to doubt her sanity.
Sarah and Ben's marriage buckle's under the strain and poor Sarah has no idea who to trust and where to turn when even her own husband is doubting her.
So this is the sort of Psychological mindtwist I adore and Copycat kept me guessing throughout.
I had absolutely no idea who was stalking Sarah and only just guessed right before the shocking reveal.
And to say I was gobsmacked is an understatement, what a conclusion.
sorry for the vagueness I'm trying to keep this spoiler-free.
I would definitely recommend this to my fellow psychological thriller lovers, this one is super fast, its excellently written and the story just flows brilliantly, with never a dull minute to be had here.
Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for providing me with an arc of Copycat By Alex Lake, this is my own honest unbiased opinion.

OK, it was all my own fault … I liked the sound of the social media angle to this story. So I was distinctly underwhelmed when it turned out to be yet another serving of domestic noir.

Sarah Havenant is a doctor in small-town Maine. She’s married to Ben, an English lawyer, and they have three children. It’s all very normal until she gets a friends request on Facebook from someone she was at school with. Rachel Lake has moved back to the area – and wants to know why Sarah has two Facebook pages.

It all gets stranger from there. That other Facebook page – which Sarah knows nothing about – has photos of the children and others taken inside the house. And someone has been waiting for Sarah to find that page.

The book’s main problem is that there’s not much of a sense of menace early on, despite what’s happening to Sarah. Then there’s a clunking big reveal halfway through, which I saw coming over the hill from a mile off, and the race for the line turns into a plod.

The snag, too, is that none of the characters really convince, and the baddy’s motive is on the thin side as well – and they might as well be twirling a pantomime moustache. There’s very little to make you care about Sarah and her family. And I’m getting increasingly bored with writers toying with mental health issues as a clumsy plot device and doing nothing useful with it.

One of the pleasures of good crime fiction is being transported to other parts of the world. Author Alex Lake is apparently from the UK and now lives in north-eastern US. But the book lacks any sense of location, and could have been set in any coastal town anywhere in the world. There’s no American feel to it – and I have a feeling that a native speaker, so to speak, would pick holes in the use of US English. There’s no rhythm to the speech – and again, could be English spoken in a number of parts of the world.

It’s really only the sinister use of social media, which will have you paranoidly changing all your passwords, that sets this book aside from the host of others on this increasingly lukewarm side of the genre.

A riveting read that has the reader intrigued and terrified as the story unfolds. Maybe because I read a lot, I did guess who was the perpetrator long before the big reveal. At times I read with bated breath, but I did think that some sections were drawn out a bit, whereas the last few days were tied up very quickly.An uneasy but worthy read.

Gripping holiday read. Very creepy, frighteningly possible thriller about what happens when technology is turned against us for dark purposes! I raced through this, and although you start to sense the culprit at a certain point, the ending is so twisted and extreme that you can't possibly fully see it coming. My only criticisms would be that the culprit's motivations are quite poorly explicated - they could definitely have been given a better, more convincing back story and the ending overall feels pretty rushed.

Neat little thriller concerning stalking via social media.. That basic premise makes it sound a really modern and modish American variant on Scandi noir, but the truth is, this is an old fashioned whodunit. Competently put together, but the problem is that the lack of viable suspects makes it fairly straightforward to guess the identity of the cyber stalker.
Nevertheless a diverting read that will keep most people entertained and, up to a point, intrigued.

Thanks to Net Galley & HarperCollins UK for an ARC of this book in exchange for a review. Wow! The pages literally turn themselves in this fast pace psychological thriller.
Sarah is unsettled to learn she has a fake Facebook profile which includes pictures of her, her husband Ben and their 3 children.
Next an Amazon package arrives for her, books she didn’t order, they have however been ordered through her Amazon account and who but her would know her password.
Then a note to her husband Ben, Sarah is adamant she did not write it. She is scared, it seems someone is impersonating her, targeting her .
She has her suspicions who it could be, all she needs is proof.
Ben begins to think that Sarah is mentally unwell and is behind all the odd occurrences. Yet another strange note arrives addressed to him from Sarah, Sarah herself is determined to prove she is not writing these letters and hires a handwriting expert.
Things escalate when Sarah gets a phone call at work to say her friend Jean needs uher to collect her children, Sarah asks Ben to get them and when he gets home he finds another letter from Sarah asking him to leave for a few days with the children and give her space to work out what is happening to her and yet again the story picks up pace.
If you enjoy a psychological thriller then this is a must read,,,

I enjoyed this book. But I feel it had 'something" missing. It seemed to all flow a bit too easy for me as I figured out the plot right from the start.

A scary stalker using modern technology to frighten her victim. A massive twist and scary ending.

This just twists the knife deeper on every page turn. Very believable makes you think who your friends are!

I was hooked from the start. Well constructed an baffling plot.
I really enjoyed the way the character detail unfolded and I ticked off suspects until it became clear, finally, who the stalker was. The pages turned faster as I approached the climax.
This book captivated me and kept me excited throughout.
Good job!