French keeps the suspense at a low boil before ramping things up for a page-turning, mind-boggling finish that will keep readers guessing until the very end.

Great book! First time to read this author though I’ve heard great things for a while. Different style of writing. The protagonist goes back & forth over the incident the book is centered on while not addressing what happened until the very end. I wouldn’t like all stories to be written this way but it was exceptional in this book. Very skillful. The story was good, but, again, how it was told & bit by bit revealed, really kept me enthralled. Fabulous! Will definitely try other books by Ms French.

It took me a bit to get into the book because of the before and after but once I got it I couldn’t put it down! I ended up enjoying the before and after. I thought this was well written and a great read. I loved the last part of the wedding and how the book ended!

This book didn't hold my interest. I didn't like the main character, and the conversation with another person regarding the coverup in the first pages just didn't ring true. Dead give away, of what I suspected, and later confirmed when I jumped to the end of the book to find out "who did it". Too bad, because I really liked the Frieda Klein series, but this just didn't have the same "magic" as that series.
Thanks for the sneak peek, netgalley.

This book was a slow read but overall not bad.

The story goes between the past and present, mainly diving into the life of Bonnie. Bonnie hesitantly agrees to put a small band together for her friends wedding. Soon you find out there has been a murder and Bonnie seems to be the one who killed this person, a person who is in the band, a person she may of had a fling with but why did she kill him? She drags her friend, Sonia, into helping her get rid of of the body and it all seems to spiral out of control from there.

This book is about someone that was killed. The book keeps going back and forth between past and present. I did not love this book. I did not like the characters. It was not a quick read for me as I didn’t really care what was going on. Unfortunately, this book was not for me.

I'm going to be honest, I hated this book for the first 3/4 of it. If I were a person to not a finish a book, it would have happened with this one.
Bonnie, the main character, drove me crazy. Actually there really weren't any characters I liked.
The storyline wasn't boring but I got so annoyed with Bonnie and her bad decisions and lack of thinking things through that it made me not care as much as I could have about what was going on.
The last fourth of the book Bonnie's personality didn't change but a few things happened that I wasn't expecting that made me have to know what happened next. The momentum of the book went up and that was enough to make me ignore Bonnie and the rest of the characters faults.
This book also left me wanting just three more sentences to see what happened next. The last sentence was so good!
The ending made this book for me, which is why I have to finish a book.
Thank you Netgally for giving me this book for a honest opinion.

I’m not sure what’s going on in my mind about this book. Admittedly it’s the first book I’ve ever read by the author, but based on this work, it will likely be my last.

It was a bit of a messy plot from the start, and honestly I couldn’t find one single character to relate to in it. The murder plot fell flat and in the end it was more of a drama between friends than a mystery. Very odd book.

What price do lies demand? When you think you know your friends but you all become twisted up in a lie when you each think the other did it.

The Other Side of The Door really didn't do it for me.

This is another book in my multitude of examples of when perspective/time-shifting doesn't work. It felt a little bit unnecessary and just a way for the author to make sure that we weren't bored throughout the middle and end... which didn't work for me.

Almost could just work better as a friend group drama without any murder, I was severely bored by the plot. I actually did enjoy the writing, it was relatable and easy to read. But, the plot was really lacking in almost all aspects, especially just being a thriller and lacking a good protagonist.

This is a case where I just don't think it's some of the author's best work. I'm sure there are other Nicci French books that I'd enjoy but this one isn't something I'd recommend.

I had never read this author before, but had seen some buzz around this title, which made me request it. I started it with high hopes as I enjoy the thriller genre. From the very beginning, I noted that it felt "dated" - "CD players" -really?? but I pressed on, through confusing chapters that jumped back and forth from "before" and "after", and I found the character Bonnie rather flat. But it was the "dated" aspect that kept pulling me out of the book. At about the half-way point, I quit reading & checked on the book - that was when I found that this is REALLY a 10 year old book called "Complict", which is just being re-sold under a new name!! Then I just felt kinda tricked, and it all made sense. I think if an author wants to update and re-sell an old story, they should at least take the time to "update" it a bit - tech & music and the like, at the very least. Will not be recommending. Thank you to NetGalley & the publisher for the ARC

This book is a renaming of a book that was released previously. The book was confusing to get into, as it went into past and present but the stories did not seem to relate. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this book and would not recommend.

The Other Side of the Door – Nicci French

I love the Nicci French team (husband and wife) and have read every one of their standalone thrillers. They have been at the top of my fave author list for years.

I enjoyed The Other Side of the Door very much, with some caveats. One of the main attractions for me about their writing style is that they portray the day to day life of the protagonists in such a realistic, simple, minute by minute way, so that you can actually envision their lifestyle, their relationships and follow their thought processes. I find it mesmerizing to be inside someone else's life in such a detailed manner.

That being said, I had a couple of issues with this book. Some of the characters were very flashed out and there was no mistaking them with other characters in the book. Whereas, on the opposite side of the spectrum, other characters were not so distinct and I had a difficult time remembering who they were. The time flashes were not always clear and merged into each other in such a way that I was not sure if I was in the present or the past in some instances.

I also am not sure that I understood the ending.

But I love Nicci French so much, that I will always be first in line to read any of their standalones and absolutely was thrilled to be reading and reviewing this one.

The plot involves a murder and the aftermath and what led up to this event. I don’t like spoilers so will not spoil it for you.

I recommend it and hope you become a big fan also. This is a rerelease and it has also been published under the name COMPLICIT.

This book has been out for several years, under the title Complicit. I am not sure why it was changed, or maybe they changed the story a bit. Regardless, this one comes out April 2021! I liked how the story was told from a before and after perspective. I also enjoyed the story line because it was a bit unique. Each character found themselves trying to protect the other while covering up their involvement in their friends murder. This is a quick read that gives a little twist. I was disappointed in the twist though because I cannot usually guess what’s going to happen but this one I had figured out about 3/4 the way through. I also did not feel like I could connect with any of the characters and found the main character Bonnie a bit annoying.
I received this eARC free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoy Nicci French's writing because it always leaves you guessing but if you really pay attention she drops the clues that will allow you to figure it out. My problem is I am so enthralled with the reading that I totally miss the clues and am surprised with the "who dun it" when it is revealed. In this book once I got used to the before and afters and could recognize the characters it was a great read and fast paced which kept me reading to the end. Friends all come together and try to protect each other because they all think the other one committed the murder of the outsider who has become part of the group only nobody is talking about it except to pretend surprise that he has been murdered. Each of them has a different relationship with him and some more reasons than others to see him harmed or at the very least no longer a part of the group. As always another great read from Nicci French.

What a fun read this was! So many twists. Present: When Bonnie arrives at her sometimes boyfriend's apartment (which she arranged for him) she finds his dead body lying on the floor. But does she call for help??? No, she cleans up and hides the corpse. Past: Bonnie is a music teacher, and a friend has asked her to get a band together to play at said friend's wedding. Reluctantly, she agrees, and then Hayden, a talented musician with a nasty disposition but good looks, joins the group. Back and forth we go in the story, and figuring out what is really happening is the fun part. Doesn't everybody lie?? It seems so.

This book had me turning the oages faster and faster. Once the story gets going wirh all the twists and turns , you are completely engrossed. The characters are engaging and interesting. This us a thrill ride waiting to happen

Nicci French is one of my favorite Thriller writers. And this is one wild ride of a thriller. At the beginning of the book, we witness a woman Bonnie Graham has killed a man- a good looking musician Hayden who tells her himself that she doesn't want to get him involved with him, that he destroys the things he loves. Now calls her best friend Sonia to help her get rid of the body. Sonia does come reluctantly to help her. But this is net just the start of this book. What I like most about this book is its told from different POVs including the victim's, and it goes back and forth from before and after on what happens. It seems at first to be a typical murder mystery, but it has so many twists and turns it is much more that. Just when you think you have it all figured out, you may find out you're wrong. I highly recommend this thriller! Thanks to the author and Net Galley and the publisher Harper-Collins for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

Imagine if Nicci Gerrard and Sean French had written Genesis:
After: What is this you have done?
Before: God created the heaven and the earth
After: The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
Before: God said let there be light

The chapters were this choppy and frustrating. There was no time to connect to the characters or the story. Flashbacks should give you time to get to fully immerse yourself in the story so that when it switches to present you are stunned but invested in finding out more. Some of the past/present situations were so unnecessary and ludicrous, I said as much out loud. About 30% in I became so frustrated that I began to skim pages just to be done with it. After the 50% mark my skimming became more abbreviated and I went to the end of the story and worked backwards to solve the mystery and put my misery of this book to rest.

The "big reveal" was anticlimactic. I still had no sympathy for any character and was at the point I wanted everyone to go to jail. The book ends with a cliffhanger and I will likely not read anything by this author duo again. Thank you to NetGalley, William Morrow and Custom House for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I have come to rely on Nicci French when I need a quick, easy, twisty thriller. I was under the impression that I wasn’t a fan of Ms. French’s for a long time and I am happy to have discovered I was mistaken.