A deserted train station: A man waits. A woman watches.

In the middle of the night Sarah is waiting for the train when she notices a man standing on the platform. A man who thought he would be alone at this hour. Alone so he could step under the train and end his life without any witnesses. Because he doesn't want any witnesses, Chris tries to get rid of Sarah by offering her money so she can go buy herself a cup of coffee to warm herself up while she waits for her train. She mistakes his offer as an act of kindness and instead of leaving feels drawn to him. She soon realizes that something is not right and stays until finally Chris leaves the train station. After Sarah stops Chris from committing suicide she becomes obsessed with finding out who he is and why he wanted to kill himself.

But there are some secrets that are meant to stay buried…

Our Little Secret was a quick read that was pretty engrossing even though the plot was obvious to me almost from the beginning. In fact it was so obvious that I wondered if it was supposed to be a mystery who the killer was. The book is broken mostly into two points of view, Sarah's and Chris's, with the occasional point of view from Chris's friend Steve thrown in. There are also journal entries from Chris's murdered wife. The mystery is all about who killed Chris's wife and why. As I already said though, I figured it out very early on so there was very little mystery for me in this book. Mostly just how exactly it all happened. The why was pretty easy to predict, almost as easy as who had done it.

I thought Sarah made some incredibly stupid choices at times and that really annoyed me. Sarah was not the best judge of character, especially when it came to men and her younger sister and her fiancé pretty much took on a rather parental type role to try and save her from her stupidity. This irked me a little, but I could also understand why they did this. I did not always feel like Sarah's actions were plausible. Who meets some random person and then becomes that obsessed with them? I guess the whole suicide thing played a big part in it, but still, Sarah just seemed like a glutton for punishment with the ex-boyfriend who she kept going back to in the past, even though he treated her badly. To the way she kept going back to Chris, even when he made it clear he didn't want her there. I really can't say that I cared whether she lived or died at the end of the book, but I won't spoil that here.

Despite not really connecting with Sarah and the lack it mystery I still enjoyed this enough to give it three stars. This is one of those books that does not end happily for everyone, but the end was fitting.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher HQ Digital for giving me a copy of this book.

Our Little Secret is told from Sarah and Chris's perspectives. It's not fast-paced but slowly builds. I figured out the true scenario fairly quickly but the thrill came from watching the other characters come to the realization. The author did a good job of showing the downward spiral of a single event and how it can have a domino effect. None of the characters resonated with me and at times it dragged but this was overall a decent debut.
Thank you Netgalley for this read.

Thank you Netgalley, the Publisher and Darren O'Sullivan for such a strikingly sharp, cryptic and incredibly well-written debut novel that had me on the edge of my seat from first page to last. I had no expectations going into this novel, which is something I aim to do with all of the books I read now. Half of the time, I don't even read the blurb, because it makes for a nice surprise when you begin reading and figure it out for yourself

Brilliant! One of the best books of it's genre this year. Fast paced, twisty, and kept me gripped from the word go. Look forward to reading more from this author in the future.

Interesting book. I found the middle section dragged and was slightly less gripping than the start and end of the book. I would have been interested to hear more about Chris's alter ego and how this developed email. E.g. was it the loss of his mother as often dissociation in this wayear's comes with severe abuse. Interesting concept about how our actions can influence lives of the other.

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for a honest review. Thank you. Book was great and hard to put down.

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity of reading this book as an arc.
I think I must read too many of this genre as I figured out almost immediately what was going on. If you aren't a regular reader of the unreliable narrator/domestic noir genre, then yes this is certainly worth a read, I think I have just got a bit jaded with reading so many. I'm finding it difficult to write a fair review, I'm sure a lot of people will love this but as I said, it didn't hold any surprises for me which is why I felt it dragged a bit.

An exhausting emotional thriller that is well worth the journey!
Chris is ready to end it all. His wife Julia has been tragically murdered. He makes a hasty and fateful decision to take his life to be with her for eternity. He has planned it out for months, down to the last detail. All he has to do is simply step off the train platform as the train approaches. Just one step and no one else will get hurt or affected by his death. Now just minutes away from leaving the pain behind forever, the one factor he could not control. Someone else steps on to the platform – her name is Sarah.
Told from the perspective of the two main characters Chris and Sarah. Both voices equally strong add real depth to the story-line.
The book is shrouded in the mystery of what exactly happened to Julia. Why did she have to die? Why won’t the murderer stop haunting and stalking Chris? The killer's words constantly ringing out as a reminder not to say a word - keep our little secret or your friends and family will be next.
Don't expect a fast paced thriller here. This is a very slow burn of a novel that builds in tension as it progresses. You get pulled in deeper and deeper until you’re completely lost in it. I found myself becoming more enmeshed in the mystery as each chapter fell away. We’re always left in the dark as to Julia's murder, but bit-by- bit everything unfolds right down to the very last sentence! Now that’s an ending! Wow!

Thank you to NetGalley, HarperCollins UK / HQ Digital and Darren O’Sullivan for an ARC to review in exchange for an honest review.

To be posted on Goodreads under Kaceey June 11-12, 2017

Thank you Darren O'Sullivan and Netgalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review.
I have to say that I struggled to get through this book. I worked out the plot early on and found a lot of chapters were really just fluff puffing up the story line. To be honest I found it quite boring, droning on and on, and then WHAM! finished, done.
There are just so many fast paced, on the edge of your seat novels out there that this one just felt very flat to me.

This story was so intriguing I could have easily finished it in one sitting. Chris is a man whose wife was murdered in cold blood. The killer tells him not to say anything and if he does he will go after the other people Chris loves. Chris decides to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train during a non-busy time of the night. His plan is foiled when Sarah, a girl who has a history of bad relationships shows up and goes to save him. The story unravels with Sarah finding, stalking, and then friending Chris. This book was well written and all of the characters were well developed. All of them but one…the killer. This kept the reader guessing who it could be and made for a fast-paced thriller. A fantastic read for fans of suspense and thriller novels.

Thank you to NetGalley, Darren O’Sullivan, and Harper Collins UK for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Excellent book. Great storyline and characters. A real page turner. I would recommend this book.

This is one of the best books I have ever read. It was nail-biting and had me on edge from start to finish. I don't want to reveal any of the storyline, just to say that it is a must buy. I love this Authors style of writing, a well deserved 5* Thanks to Net Galley for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

I'm a sucker for a psychological thriller so when I saw this pop up on Twitter I knew I had to request it!
The premise sounds great. A man waiting to throw himself infront of a train, what led him there? Why is that the only solution?
Sadly, within the first few pages, I had it figured out. I don't know if that's because I read so many of these books or there were subtleties that I picked up on which were indicators of what was to come. Whatever it was, I knew where the book was going in the first 5% of reading.
That being said, it's still a good read. It's fast-paced and there is a decent storyline. Fans of psych thrillers/people new to the genre will devour this one. For me, it didn't blow me away!

A man, ready to end his life, prepare to step in front of a train. A woman believes she is keeping a drunk man from falling to his death. Chris had planned to reunite with his wife in death, but now that Sarah has stopped him, he becomes obsessed with her, just as se becomes determined to uncover all his secrets. The two begin a dangerous game that could lead to an ending neither one of them expected