This book presents such a unique perspective of the serial killer genre! We learn about Aidan as a man, a father and a serial killer not from his perspective, but from Emily, the woman who’s falling in love with him, Cecilia, his daughter, ‘Rachel’, the woman who has been held captive for five years, and the nine victims who didn’t survive their encounters with him. His ability to blend in and hide in plain sight while a leading a normal life adds a level of overall creepiness to the story. This was an engrossing, well done debut!

Ms. Michallon has written quite the page turner here! Told from the point of view of his captive and his other victims as well, we find that Aidan is not all he appears to be…
To the community he is a recently widowed man with a daughter to raise, to his captive he is some to be very afraid of.
Suspenseful and relentless, this book will keep your attention. I highly recommend.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me this ARC.

Thanks to Knopf for the copy of this book!

I really enjoyed this thriller, told from multiple POVs of the tenant (in second parts on), the daughter, a woman in town, and the murder victims. Clémence Michallon’s writing was wonderful and I really appreciated her unique style in this story.

The Quiet Tenant stands out because it’s so creepy and realistic. Our serial killer is an upstanding citizen, beloved by his small town who is completely unaware that he’s holding a girl hostage or has a murder streak. The dynamic of scenes with him and his tenant versus him interacting with people in town are genius. This is really well done and a great read for thriller lovers!

This book was so good, I could not put it down. The ending was excellent and the lead up was perfect! Heart pounding and real life, The Quiet Tenant is an amazing read.

”Rule number one of staying alive in the shed: He always wins. For five years, you have made sure of it.”…”Rule number one of staying alive outside the shed: You don’t run unless you’re sure.”

I am….impressed. This is a story that hooks you from the very beginning. It’s a story that, while you’re reading it, you might question your own brain as to why you’re reading such a dark, twisted story. This is a DEBUT novel from Clémence Michallon with well balanced multiple POV and great writing, and that for me takes it from a 4 star to a 5.

A serial killer, who can keep a woman in his backyard shed, while living life with his wife and daughter in a normal town, beloved by neighbors? A seamless transition to bring that woman into his home and allow her to build a relationship with his daughter, while still wholly controlling her physically and psychologically? This is the type of character that really makes you question everyone you know….

This is a read you won’t want to miss this summer. Be aware, it’s a story that takes time to build and may not be a speed page turner or have a giant dramatic twist at the end, but you will FEEL the characters, and be absorbed in their thoughts. You’ll want them to get out…you’ll want them to be saved.

A special thank you to @netgalley and @aaknopf for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. If this is what came out of Clémence Michallon’s début, I can’t wait to see what she writes next!! Snag this one on June 20, 2023 (or maybe as early as June 13th, if we’re lucky!)

This book was very suspenseful and had me wondering how it would turn out in the end. This is the story of Rachel, Emily and Cecilia and their relationship with Aiden, a recently widowed man who, it turns out, is a serial killer. Only Rachel truly knows who he is. I liked that Rachel decided after 5 years to find a way to get free to save not only herself, but also Cecilia, Aiden’s daughter. In the midst of this, Emily, a restaurant owner, develops a romantic interest in Aiden, not knowing what she might be in for. The opportunities for Rachel to escape and her decisions about them leave the reader hoping for her eventual escape and when that might happen. I thought Emily’s character at first was weak, putting all her spare time into hoping that Aiden would like her and want a relationship her. Her curiosity about what might actually be going on in Aiden’s life and trying to figure it out changed my opinion of her by the end. Her need for closure about it all by visiting Rachel afterwards was interesting and a side to Emily’s character that I didn’t expect. This book is a thriller that will keep you in anticipation to the very end.

Aiden Thomas has a dark secret which he is hiding from his 13 year old daughter, Cecilia. He has Rachel imprisoned in the backyard shed. He is a kidnapper and serial killer. When Aiden's wife dies, they have to move after Rachel has been held for five years in the shed. When Emily, a local restaurant owner develops a crush on the handsome widower, she finds herself drawn into Rachel and Cecilia's orbit dangerously coming close to discovering Aiden's secret. This book explores the psychological impact of Aiden's crimes on the women in his life and the strength to fight back. This book is an astute study of trauma, survival and the dynamic of power. It is an electrifying debut from Clemence Michallon. If you like suspense with your mysteries, then you will love this book. I'm hoping Clemence writes another book soon.

✨Book Reviw✨
The Qiuet Tenant by Clémence Michallon
4/5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
PUB DATE: June 20, 2023

Thank you to @netgalley for my advanced copy of this read for my honest review.

First, this book is quite different from what I’m used to reading as far as the writing style goes but enjoyable. I feel that’s what gave it such a thrill. Mind ending and psychological!

I loved multiple point of views and how the chapters were different characters.

It’s crazy to think how this even happens in the real world. It’s just so sad. How someone appears to have it all together but then can live a double life that way - have a whole family and then flip a switch and be so sinister.

The ending is also so different which to me leaves you thinking about the book even after it’s over.

This was a quick read for me but get ready for a thrill!

This book was so suspenseful. It had me stressssed at some points. I wish that the ending could’ve been better, and it feels like it could’ve been shorter, but I was reading so fast to find out what happened. I think some people may find this too detailed, but I appreciated being able to feel first-hand what the kidnapped woman felt and all of the issues that came along with it.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a chance to read and review this thriller prior to its June release date!

This book had me SWEATING! My heart was racing and I felt anxious and on the edge for the last 80% of the story.

This book was so interesting, the entire premise of it. Each of the main characters POV chapters were a different title of “the woman and..” to go off of events in that specific chapter. And her POV was in second person which I thought was interesting as it was the only one that was.

It didn’t end on a twist. It ended well and tied it all together. The entire book was a twist honestly. I was hooked from the first chapter and couldn’t wait to see what happened next. Definitely an impressive debut and I look forward to what this author delivers next!

Thank you netgalley for the arc. I really enjoyed this. Aiden gave me chills. This had me hooked from the very beginning. Loved it.

Aidan Thomas is beloved in his town. But he has a secret - he is a serial killer and still actively has one victim he’s kept in the woods. This is told from the perspectives of that victim and a future potential victim.

I wanted to like this one, but I don’t think it delivered. I think changing each chapter title from “woman _” to reflect whatever the narrator was doing was too complicated. I also don’t really get why we needed Emily’s perspective. Maybe to give us the sense the town loved this guy? I wish there had been more investigation. I was expecting more of that and uncovering his secrets rather than more of an escape novel, which is what this was.

I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Short synopsis: “You” are imprisoned in a backyard shed, and have been for years fighting for your life and doing just about anything to survive.

My thoughts: I’m going to keep this short because I feel like it’s best to go in almost completely blind.

This is the most unique thriller I’ve read, with one of the points of you being YOU. The intent is to make this completely believable and real to the reader and the author fully delivered!

I think adding in the other points of view, l “Emily” and the other women that have crossed the path of your captor just amplified this story!

I did see a couple plot holes, or things that I felt could have been amplified to increase the reading experience as a whole. But all in all a great bingable thriller!

Read if you love:
- Unique immersive writing style
- Lifelike stories
- Bingeworthy thrillers
- Multiple POV, one of those being “YOU”

My favorite thing about the book was the way it was constantly changing directions. The main characters had choices throughout the book that had the ability to change their fate. These choices kept the story fasted and the reader guessing.

This was creepy AF, and I’m here for it. What a strong thriller debut novel!

Short Synopsis:
Everybody in town sees Aidan as a good family man. He works hard. He loves his family. He helps out the community. But he has a secret victim. Or 10. With one of those victims being kept a prisoner in his shed for the past five years…

My Thoughts:
This was such a page turner. Michallon did such an amazing job of the juxtaposition of the POV’s. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time hoping Rachel escaped and Aidan faced justice.

I will say the ending was a bit anti-climatic after so much build up. I was expecting more. BUT it’s a solid thriller that I’d absolutely recommend and looking forward to more books by Michallon!

Read if You Like:
🏠 Fast-paced thrillers
🏠 Serial killer stories
🏠 Double Lives
🏠 Multiple POVs
🏠 Dark books

This book was a very quick read. It grabs you and pulls you in at the very beginning and keeps your attention throughout the whole book. The three narrators are the one being held captive, the new love interest and the daughter. The author did a fantastic job of giving them all a thorough backstory and wrapped everything up nicely at the end. I highly recommend this!

Holy smokes! What an intense, psychological read. Dark and extremely sinister. When normal people have dark, sick secrets and hide them from their family and their town, you never know what’s going to happen. The Quiet Tenant is a scary, but enjoyable read!
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

I'm never sure if NetGalley would prefer no feedback over negative feedback. But, even though I tried three different times to read this one, the language and graphic sex were just too much. I do feel that potential readers like to hear warnings like that. I wish there were a rating system for books, like there is for movies.

Interesting thriller told by four characters - a serial killer, his girlfriend, his daughter and “ the quiet tenant”. It took awhile the get the hang of this book but it was certainly worth it.

I was intrigued by the premise of The Quiet Tenant but overall it fell a little flat for me. I found it to be a bit repetitive and slow moving at times without much suspense at all. I also found the ending to be a bit lackluster.