I just could not put this down and finished it in one day.
The story flows well with some real twists.
A enjoyable read.

A book surrounded by a great deal of justifiable hype. It starts slowly but the suspense builds until I found it difficult to put down. Short chapters used to effect. Dr Anna Fox, a psychologist is a tortured soul who has become an agoraphobic who disregards hr o toes advice messing with hr medication and addiction to alcohol. Her life for the last few months revolves round people watching in her Street , supporting others via the web, watching Black and whit movies and playing chess. She also has conversations with her absent husband and daughter. She believes she sees a murder take place in a House across the street and it is around this the tale revolves. Can you believe all that you see? Is everyone who they say they are. The book tackles mental health problems and problems with alcohol. An enjoyable book that gets under your skin.

This book was fantastic, and had me hooked from the start. From page one I had the feeling that not everything was as it seemed.. And boy was I right!

Clever, absorbing, noir psychological drama with a fascinating main character and a beautifully constructed plot that holds you enthralled.

This type of psychological thriller really gets you in the mindset of Anna's psyche without throwing everything at you at once.

Unsure at the start of book but when I got into it I enjoyed it. Recommended.

Housebound through agoraphobic Anna has only a few people that she shares face to face contact with and a few online services for company. She extends her social group a little by playing voyeur to the comings and goings on the street that she live is through the zoom lens of her camera. It is through this that she sees a neighbour murdered. Or did she?

The book seemed to begin rather slowly but persevere through the introductory chapters and you see this slow start serves a purpose, showing the mundane slow passage of time that precedes the extraordinary sequence of events to follow. The story certainly speeds up as after several suggested conclusions are shattered it reaches it unexpected climax.

The sub story about how Anna became agoraphobic keeps teasing the reader throughout and is a bombshell in itself. Pay close attention to the story since every time you think you have worked out what is real and what is suspect, a new twist dashes your theories.,

Very reminiscent of Hitchcock and Rear Window in particular. If you like a psychological thriller, you will lap up this story.

An intriguing tale of a woman who suffers from agoraphobia, spending her life hermetically sealed in her dark apartment, with a life largely composed of seeing what her neighbours are up to. One day she witnesses what she imagines is a murder of the occupant across the street. Her experience following that grim sight causes ripples in her life which are hard to imagine despite there being many clues along the way. It’s a mystery best looked back on, if as a reader (like me) you missed the opportunity to prematurely unravel the story by spotting the clues.
It was a blessing the book was divided in to daily chapters, otherwise it would have been a bit of a slog. I must confess to being disillusioned early on by the woman upon hearing a scream, being able to pinpoint its direction through closed windows and doors. The story redeems itself later with an injection of pace, culminating in a big finish.

This book is so suspenseful that it's almost stressful to read. A seriously good read that will leave you with a book hangover.

There has been a lot of hype about this book and I was keen to see for myself if it lived up to expectations!
Well once I started reading it I was immediately hooked and didn’t want to put the book down as it was that compelling!
Told in the first person it is the story of Dr Anna Fox, an agoraphobic psychologist who lives in a large house in a New York suburb. She spends her time spying on her neighbours through her window and watching old black and white movies on her tv. She also takes part in an online chat room with others who are fearful of leaving their homes and is happy to give advice using her expert knowledge.
Separated from her husband and young daughter Anna is frightened to leave the house, speaking to her family on the phone and receiving home visits from her therapist and physiotherapist.
Obsessed with old films, Anna particularly likes the Hitchcock thrillers like Rear Window and when one day she witnesses what she thinks is a murder when looking across the park to her neighbour’s house she reports it to the police.
However, Anna drinks a lot, she takes numerous pills and can barely function in her depressed state. No one believes that she has seen a murder and in fact some of the time she is not sure if she believes it herself. No body is found and her neighbours deny all knowledge.
This is a great read and I raced through it barely coming up for breath! There are several major plot twists one of which I did guess really early on but this did not detract from the story.
As well as being a great noir thriller this is also an examination of family relationships and the debilitating effect guilt can have on a person’s life.
The descriptions of Anna’s spiralling depression and agoraphobia are excellent and I really felt I was able to get inside her head.
This is perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn- Gone Girl and Paula Hawkin’s The Girl On The Train.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for my arc in exchange for an honest review.

The opening of The Woman in the Window has a pleasing dissonance. The narrator is watching her neighbours through a camera lens, describing them in a cool ironic voice. The set-up is reminiscent of a classic movie but you gradually realise the references are sharply contemporary.

Anna is an agoraphobic, living alone in her affluent New York home. When she isn’t observing her neighbours or engaging in various online forums she is watching her favourite black-and-white films.

She becomes particularly fixated on the neighbours who move in across the road. On first impression they seem a happy family. Then she believes she witnesses a crime in their home. Her condition, her medication, the alcohol she is not supposed to drink, all mean that no one, including Anna herself, is sure that her account can be believed.

This is very stylish, clever and intriguing book. What I liked about it most was that distinctive narrative voice. There are a number of satisfying twists. Some of them I saw coming (that’s not necessarily a bad thing as it allows me to feel smug) but others were genuinely shocking.

I was fascinated by Anna and by her story and although I’m not a big movie fan I did pick up many of the cinematic references. (Some of them are spelt out in the narration – I think devotees of the genre might feel cheated of their opportunity to feel smug.)

My only reservation is that it is a very long book. Those Hollywood classics are very spare and fast-paced, and I think the book should have mirrored that structure. If it were a hundred pages shorter I would have loved it even more.

I was caught up in this thriller right from the beginning. We learn that Dr Anna Fox hasn't been outside for 10 months. We see her current life of observing her neighbours through a camera lens from her window. We see a woman who drinks merlot all day long. We know her husband and daughter are not living with her but speak to her most days. And then we meet the mysterious Jane Russell who has moved into the street with her husband and teenage son, Ethan. Anna befriends the son, who visits her regularly. Anna is also pleased when Ethan's mother Jane comes to visit and is very friendly with her. But what is going on in the Russell house across the street? Anna witnesses a crime, but nobody believes her. Strange things are happening in Anna's house. And still nobody believes her. Is her mysterious lodger behind any of this? I don't want to give any of the outcomes away. Although I could see some of what was happening I truly did not anticipate the ending. All I can say is WOW! This really was a psychological thriller of the first degree.

A book that’s had big hype I was so forward to reading this .. and whilst it kept my interest ,unfortunately for me, it didn’t live up to its hype ,A great storyline of a woman suffering from agoraphobia alone in her world who witnesses a crime this could have been a better read than it was . A little too drawn out and repetitive for me . However all in all a decent read and I can see it making a good movie which I will want to see . My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read.

This blew me away. If you’re a film noir/Hitchcock fan, just read this. I promise you won’t be disappointed. At first I was a little unsure about the first person prose and I found it hard to get into but once the story got going it was amazing.

I absolutely loved this. Really connected with the emotional side to this book. I did guess the twists but it didn’t detract from my enjoyment.

The atmosphere in this book is spot on. Claustrophobic, dark and with a backdrop of black and white Hitchcock films, it doesn't get much better than this.
Anna is fantastic as the central character. Her loosening grip on reality, her alcoholism and laissez-faire attitude to her prescriptions, her solitude and her agoraphobia made her the perfect unreliable narrator. Did she really see a crime being committed or did she imagine what she claims she saw?
Throw in a slightly creepy lodger, absent husband and daughter and Anna's habit of spying on her neighbours and this is a recipe for a most delicious thriller.
Thanks go to the publishers and netgalley for the advanced copy in return for an honest review.

I was pretty sure from the blurb that I would enjoy this book. What I wasn't so sure about was if the book would stand out from the rest as the market is fairly saturated with psychological thrillers with a twist. I found the main character quite intriguing although for some reason I had pictured her as older than her late thirties. I found myself being sucked into her life, limited as it was by agoraphobia. I was very pleased with myself when about half way through I spotted the twist. I wasn't so self-congratulatory by the end as the twist was turned on its head and I was proved wrong. This just goes to show that there is still room for well written thrillers and I love being proved wrong. This book will have you guessing and just when you've worked it out, it will throw in another twist. Very enjoyable and cleverly done.

Not read any other works by this author. This was definitely a gripping read with good, descriptive prose, a decent enough plot, and interesting insights into the human psyche.

I liked the many references to old classic black and white movies, of which I am also a fan.

I did guess some of the plot - but not the very final twist, so that's a bonus (I hate it when I've guessed the whole thing!).

All in all a good, entertaining read in the noir category.

My thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for an ARC in return for my honest review.

This was a pleasure to read. Gripping and pacey and easily digestible, I devoured it quickly despite it's length. The agoraphobia was a great touch, and the protagonist is wonderful.

There are a lot of psychological thrillers around at the moment and as I began to read this one I did wonder what was going to be different - would I just work out what had happened.

I gave myself a pat on the back as I thought I had this book all sewn up - I had guessed the big reveal. Except that there were then more reveals, and more and I began to not know whether to believe what I was reading or not.

As a first book I think this is just a genius plot. Anna plays old movies on a loop and at times the dialogue from those movies becomes intermixed with real life - or does it? Anna doesn't leave the house and the depth of writing about Anna's agoraphobic condition was outstanding and thought provoking. There were twists and turns which left me reeling as I had to re evaluate continually towards the end of the book what was happening.

I would love to say more - but it would really give the game away. So I'm giving this book 5 out of 5 stars and my thanks to Netgalley for a copy of the book to review.

Just started this book and now I can’t put it down and have lost about 12 hours sleep!! It is amazing debut novel.. if only I could write this would be the kind of book I would be writing, the theme, the writing, the characters are amazing please everyone check this out and waste sleep like me cause it really is worth it.

The Woman In The Window is journalist A.J. Finn’s debut thriller and has received glorious acclaim having topped the New York Times Bestseller list in its first week. And it’s no wonder that Fox have bought the film rights, as this has all the makings of a major film. With its powerful Hitchcockian suspense, this book was a welcome distraction during a 6 hours’ wait for an operation and when I was awake enough to resume reading afterwards, helped to take my mind off any ensuing aches and pains!

Dr Anna Fox is a child psychologist, who is grappling with PTSD and suffering from agoraphobia to the extent that she has been house bound for the past 10 months. Prisoner in her own home in New York, she divides her time between drinking wine, popping pills, watching her extensive film noir collection, or spying on her neighbours and documenting their lives. She still cares about her previous child patients and tries to track how they’re doing online incognito. After joining an agoraphobia chat room, she finds herself counselling other sufferers once it becomes known that she’s a psychologist, but is defeated when it comes to following her own sound advice.

Anna is under a psychiatrist and is heavily medicated, but the outlook for any improvement in her condition seems unlikely. As she randomly swallows the pills and knocks back an endless stream of wine, she goes through each day with her mind in a fog. She is separated from her husband, Ed and 8 year old daughter, Olivia, whom she speaks to every day. We don’t know what the history is - is it because she’s an alcoholic, or had an affair? What happened that reduced a once confident and successful woman to this sad state of affairs? Some trauma has been hinted at, but we are forced to put our questions on hold as the plot takes over...

New neighbours move into number 207 across the street from Anna - Alastair and Jane Russell and their 16 year old son, Ethan. All three independently visit her and she particularly likes Jane and Ethan, but has reason to be wary of Alastair. As she trains her Nikon D5500 with its Opteka zoom lens on their house, she suddenly finds herself a witness to something so shocking that she can hardly believe her eyes. But if what Anna saw really happened, why will no one else substantiate it and what will it take for someone like her - doped up, unwashed and a drunk, who can’t even leave her house, to convince the police of what she saw?

Incredibly suspenseful, the reader is embroiled in a plot as sticky as treacle, so be prepared to discard what you think is happening, and do prepare yourself for a fraught and charged climax! An absolute treat to read and a remarkable new talent, who’s in a league of his own. Sit back and enjoy! I can’t wait to read more by A.J. Finn.

Many thanks to Netgalley, Harper Collins UK and A.J. Finn for the opportunity to read The Woman In The Window in return for an honest review.