This was once again a truly 'unputdownable' book for me.
This author has been one of the ones I eagerly follow all over Social Media anticipating her every new release.

I would have written my review sooner however, I've a lot taking up my time at the moment and decided to write this later, so although I say I am eager to read it, yes I did, right away, but slower at presenting my thoughts on it.

Holly.

She has lived away from her home town for a while now.
I loved reading why she left and what her life was like where she went to. I'm thinking, sometimes we make decisions that seem for the best and then years later reflect, were they they right decisions though and what did I gain from that.

The life she led.

David.

He was a fascinating character to me. If anyone knows or watches the soap Coronation Street, he reminded me of Roy the owner of the cafe. Seemingly stilted in speech, unattached to people, and devoid of emotions. Slow of speech and thought, I almost had him in a mans cardigan with a clipboard doing his job in the carpark he attends to.

Still rivers run deep.

I also thought underneath all of that he had an acute awareness of people.

Everyone knew David as "not quite right".

Cora

She lives next door to David and his Mother.
David is now 40, but Cora has known him from a young lad who did little jobs for her, and still does.

Cora took Holly into her home when she had nowhere else to go, they are not related. You will read how that evolves once you pick up this book.

David was my main character who amused me in this story, not as in 'laughing' but intrigued me, I wanted to get inside his head and see what made him tick.

Holly became quite rooted within the story too, when she started working that brought out a new side to her.

Holly and David made a connection, a sort of friendship and although I felt that David wanted more Holly was only aware of him as a 'friend'.

At every turn of the page, someone was watching.
Just who it was for sure I had no idea, but it was creepy.

I had ideas, never proven, never 100% sure.

Someone somewhere had secrets that much I did know.

I would pick up this authors books eagerly whatever I am doing.
I am a huge fan.

My thanks to Bookoutour for my copy

Oh my goodness, what an ending! I really enjoyed this book, found it so easy to read and get engrossed in. The twists at the end were great.
I’ll definitely read more from this author again.

Another brilliant story from K L Slater. I was hooked from the very first page and had no idea how it would end. Amazing twists. Best book yet from this author.

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read The Visitor by KL SLATER. I have read all Slater's books and I am amazed how you can think one thing is going to happen and then you are turned around totally.
Cora is an older woman who lives on her own - that is until she meets a young woman, Holly, who moves in with her. Cora thinks of her not as a visitor, but as a guest. A neighbor, David, has his own secrets. He watches from his window, and he notices Holly. David lives a solitary life with his mother - he watches and waits. Everyone has their own secrets - each chapter takes you into the main character's story line.
Holly fits into Cora's life but she has a past and it haunts her - she has her goals and as the story unfolds you find out exactly what happened to Holly.
This story is told in several voices - Holly, David, and Cora - how each character perceives each situation and how they interlock is very engaging. I didn't see the end coming....wow.
Slater has a habit of hooking you and this book is no different. Very good - RECOMMEND.

"You can never know what goes on behind closed doors. Or can you?

Holly never thought she’d move back to her home town, but then something terrible happened. She doesn’t know if she can recover. But she knows she can never tell another soul.

People say her neighbour, David, is “different”. He doesn’t go out much, and never after dark. But in David Holly finds just what she needs: a friend. Someone who’s always there.

No one knows Holly’s secret, or where she lives. She has left the past behind. She is sure of it. So why does she feel as though she’s in terrible danger?"

A truly incurable thriller that keeps you guessing until the very end! I loved every twist and turn and couldn't stop reading because i was dying to know what the big secret was with Holly, David and even Geraldine ! Throughout the book they keep you guessing at to what and who everyone is exactly but the major twist at the end will keep you up late reading to find out the truth!

Such a good read. Read in one day, you won’t want to put this down. Moving between two timescales you keep turning the pages because you are desperate to find out what happened to Holly. What happened to bring her back destitute to her native Nottingham, the place she couldn’t wait to leave?. And what of her odd neighbour David?. Harmless? Deluded? or could there be more to him too?
#TheVisitor#Netgalley

I recieved an ARC from Netgallery

Everyone has a dirty past,some dirty little secret they wish will never spill out.
David and Holly live next door to each other both scared of something or someone.


3 stars

3.5 stars

"Everyone has a secret in their past."

Holly has returned to her hometown after being away for several years. When she was younger she ran away with a friend in hopes of starting a new life. After years away, Holly is back, and she rents a room from a lonely widow named Cora and quickly finds a job and has hopes of building a future.

Cora is happy to have Holly living with her. She is a widow and is lonely living by herself. She is happy to have someone to talk with and look after. Cora also has David, her next-door neighbor, who occasionally does the odd job for her. He is an adult man still living with his Mother. Since David was a child, Cora has always welcomed him over and baked for him and gave him odd jobs to do.

David is quiet observer of the neighborhood and knows almost everyone's comings and goings. David presents as socially awkward and odd. He likes to follow rules and does not like when his life is disrupted by his Mother's "friend" Brian moving in. His interest is piqued when he learns that his neighbor, Cora has taken in a young woman to live with her.

When Holly begins her new job, she quickly learns that her neighbor, David works there as well. Both are lonely and don't have many people to talk with, so they strike up a friendship. As Holly goes about her days, she begins to feel as if she is being watched - just who is that shadowy figure she has been seeing in the garden? What secrets does she harbor? What secrets do the other characters in this book have?

The Visitor is a psychological thriller that does have a twist or two. Initially I was not sure how I felt about this book. It is one that I wanted to sit and think about upon finishing the book. As I was able to think about the plot, I began to appreciate the Author's ability to "reveal" secrets and drop little bombs along the way.

I found this book to be a very fast read due to the pacing and events happening in most of the characters’ lives. I enjoy when characters have secrets and watching their secrets unfold is very interesting and adds to the suspense in this novel. This is not your typical "page turner" which is why I needed to sit and think about the story-line upon finishing the book. The action will not have you on the edge of your seat, and yet there is the mystery as to why Holly is back in town, what occurred while she was away, who (if anyone) is watching her and lastly what is her secret?

This is a book which sneaks up on the reader and taps one on the shoulder to let the reader know it is not down revealing its secrets yet. Just wait! There is more to come. I really enjoy when a book can surprise me. I thought I had this book figured out early on and after a couple of twists and turns realized, the Author had a couple of tricks up her sleeve!

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book has it all,mystery,suspence lots of characters with secrets to keep from the reader definatly a page turner kept me on the edge of my seat till the end,which is a mindblower.
Love to read more of the autors books.

This is the 5th novel I have read by author K.L. Slater and have found them all very entertaining and extremely well written. This psychological thriller was no different and was so very close to getting a 5 star rating off me. The book was instantly readable and in fact I hadn't planned to read it this weekend but once started I couldn't put it down. Excellent characters, full of suspense and so well paced it is a must read for anyone who like psychological thrillers.

Holly is the 'visitor' having left Nottingham 10 years ago, believing she would never return. But following a bad experience in Manchester she has returned and is staying with Cora. David is 40 years old and lives at home with his mother and will not go out after dark, following an incident that no one will mention. He works part time as a car park attendant but spends his afternoons watching the people on the street, keeping a close eye on their lives under the self appointed neighbourhood watch tag.
Holly and David strike up an odd friendship, both hoping that they can make fresh start. But both have dark secrets that they would like to keep hidden and trouble seems to be the likely outcome.

This really is an excellent read and I highly recommend it.

I would like to thank Net Galley and Bookouture for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

I found ‘The Visitor’ an excellent read. This is the fourth book I have read by this author and I have enjoyed all of them. This did not disappoint.

Holly returns to her hometown of Nottingham after spending ten years in Manchester. She is broke and has nowhere to live. She meets Cora, who offers her a roof over her head and food in return for a companion. Holly wants to get her life back on track so she seeks employment. The reader is aware that she wants money to look for Evan.

Next door to Cora lives David, who is more aware and clever than people give him credit for as he is suffering from a disorder and tends to be ignored or picked on by many.

The story flows between Holly in the present day living and working Nottingham and her ordeal from living in Manchester interspersed with a narrative from David. Cleverly plotted and a great ending. Loved it

An excellent read and highly recommended. Thanks to NetGalley, Bookouture and KL Slater for the ARC in return for my honest review.

Omg! Slater is amazing! She is such a talented writer! Up to the very last page you will be shocked! Her cast of characters are so real!!!! Such a memorable book! Holly had such an unfortunate upbringing! You will cheer for her when her friend Markus offers her a great opportunity to work in Manchester for
Anrich family! You won't BELIEVE what the family has in store for her and how her time there will change her life forever! Is it a coincidence that she finds Cora? Cora find her sobbing in the post office and offers her a place to stay. David, Cora's neighbor,
An already troubled person befriends Holly. The end will have you gasping in disbelief! Whoa!!!!! 10 Stars!

I just love everything this author writes! This was another slow burner with well written characters and a setting the scene without unnecessary waffle and heavy prose.

Loved it!

First, thank you, Netgalley, for allowing me to read this as an ARC.
The Visitor is billed as an "unputdownable psychological thriller," which is why I wanted to read it. Truth be known, I put it down. Several times.
While the storyline and plot ARE intricately woven, and the author doles out "clues" to what's happened - and what happened in the past - well, I never connected with the characters on an emotional basis and most of them were just plain creepy.
Holly returns to her home town after a 10 year absence. She has a goal she needs to accomplish and this is the motivating action behind everything that she does and that happens in the present story. Her present story is interspersed with what happened to her during those 10 years she was "away."
David is the 40year old guy who lives next door to where Holly is currently staying. David is, well, he's just plain creepy. But there's a reason, and the author explains this well throughout the tale.
Holly is staying with Cora, an elderly stranger who takes her in.
All three of their lives, the choices they have made in life, and the things that happen to them all revolve around one thing: secrets.
This story - for me - had the potential to be a 5 star book. Well written, with great insights into behavior, and a plot that made sense ( when so many don't!) But I just couldn't connect with the characters on any level and that's why I'm rating it 4 stars.

KL Slater is such an amazing author! She knocked it out of park again with The Visitor! It’s such a chilling, gripping thriller with jarring twists! If you love thrillers as much as I do, this is absolute MUST READ!!

Oh WOW !!! Another brilliant story from K L Slater. I was hooked from the very first page and had no idea how it would end. Never in my wildest dreams would I have guessed the ending. !! Amazing twists. Best book yet from this author.

Quickly becoming one of my favourite authors. Good characterisation. Quite a lot of suspense

I have read previous books by K.L.Slater so knew I was in for a good read and ‘The Visitor’ did not disappoint
What I loved about this book is that the story built and built and you never knew the full story of the characters or what had brought them together until the final few chapters, so there is a story that you get involved with but all the time the ‘other’ story is building and you are fed tantalising hints and ‘almosts’ as the author builds and builds BOTH stories....It is very cleverly and brilliantly done and had me guessing various scenarios throughout
The writing flows from the first line and the characters are wonderfully brought to life.... interesting, dark and complex characters that I loved reading about
The stories continues building to a tense finale and you feel you have invested your time well and read a really, really good book
Stalking, obsession, greed and past-terrible events all mix to make a book you will find hard to have a break from and wont settle until you find out the truth....the terrible truth
Awesome book 10/10 5 stars

Another fantastic book by KL Slater, her books are just amazing, the minute you see the book cover you know you have to read it, The Visitor was an un-putdownable, addictive read, straight from the beginning you are drawn in by the characters and have a sense of gloom and lots of secrets, my favourite character was David, such a nice person inside but you just had a feeling about him, and was there another side to him? well done K L Slater you have smashed it again!!.

In some ways, this book was soooo good! In others, not so much. I loved that everyone had a secret, all of the characters are hiding something and you want to keep turning the pages to find out what, why, when...
I didn't like that everything wraps up in the last couple of chapters. All of a sudden, everyone's secrets are revealed and it just seemed so fast, at least for me.
While reading, I changed my mind so many times about whether a character was up to no good or not. I was interested to read all of Holly's story, I really wanted to know what had happened in the ten years she had been gone. And David! Was he really just a misunderstood, weird guy next door or was he something more sinister?
This novel was a bit choppy for me also, Holly's POV switches from present to past and back with no warning and sometimes I had to go back to figure it out. The same thing happens with David's POV. While I still wanted to keep reading, I just found it a bit offputting at times.