I really enjoyed this intense thriller. Penny and Jake are two strong, likeable characters and it was a joy getting to know them and their relationship. I felt it even more when their relationship starts to unravel due to events around them.
Throughout this book it is obvious that something dark is looming and there is a definite edge to the atmosphere, I was hooked as Whitfield reveals just enough to reel you in but then leaves you wanting more and guessing at the revelations to come. There are some plot twists in this, I found them fairly obvious but this was okay as it worked for the plot. I was hooked by this intense, electrifying thriller and I highly recommend it.
Thank you to NetGalley and Headline for an advance copy.

Loved it, this thriller kept me reading with trepidation, honestly on the edge of my seat with this one with every unexpected twist. Right up until the end it has you hooked!!!

I felt that this book was just ok for me. This trope has become popular, however this book just felt like it has been done before and was nothing new to me. I am not a huge fan on books where a conversation with the spouse would have solved most of the questions easily. The new mom could have asked about Pete and cleared up a lot of things. The fear of talking to her spouse about things just adds something that makes the story just seem lazy. Thanks for the ARC, NetGalley.

I really enjoyed this book and read it very quickly , unwilling to put it down. I liked the style of writing…. clear ,concise not overly descriptive ,easy to follow and this led me to being able to devour this book in two sittings. as well as my desire to find out just what was going on. Who were the family at no11 ? Were they as perfect as they seemed? There were a lot of twists and turns to the story and I found I just didn’t know who to believe. A bit of confusion over exactly what was happening at the end but altogether an excellent read.
Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with the opportunity to read this book.

This was a bit slow going at first but once it finally picks up it's and exciting domestic thriller filled with family drama.

When we move house we wonder what our new neighbours will be like.
Penny and Jake thinks this.
When Celia and Pete move across the road, Penny is glad she will have a friend
But Pete and Celia have a secret which will affect everyone in their neighbourhood.

I loved this book.
The story was brilliant and the characters were well drawn and very believable.
It was a thrilling read and I wanted to keep reading, staying up into the early hours.

I would recommend this book to everyone. it is that good.

This book has a really good storyline. I thought that I had figured out how it was going to end but boy, was I wrong. A great read that I highly recommend.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

This thriller takes place in a family friendly neighborhood, and we read about new mum Penny and her struggles after childbirth, and her newfound friendship with her new neighbor Celia. Celia seems like the perfect mum, but then Penny learns that Celia and her husband are hiding a terrible secret that could destroy all of their lives.

Overall this book was a 3 star read for me. I feel like it read much more like a family drama, until the very end of the story when Penny discovers her husband and child missing. I wish there was a bit more suspense earlier on in the book.

Penny and Jake are a typical middle-class couple. They live in a beautiful home in a lovely neighbourhood. Their happiness is completed by the idyllic arrival of a baby boy. However, underneath this perfect exterior, all is not well. Penny is lonely and exhausted. She doesn’t feel a bond with her baby. This is compounded by the fact that nobody around her including Jake, a busy doctor, seems to notice her distress.
Penny’s loneliness leads her to become interested in her neighbours across the road. When she finally meets Celia, she can’t believe her luck. Here is someone who seems to intuitively know how she is feeling and offers her the support and company she is craving.
From the start, Penny does think that Celia is holding back on certain things, then as time goes on she realises that something is really off with the whole family. Unfortunately, Penny doesn’t get to grips with the true extent of the secrets and lies in the family across the road, not how dangerous Celia is going to be.

This is a really good debut novel from this talented author. Up until halfway through, I did find Penny a bit annoying with her constant moaning and whining insecurities, but the author’s excellent writing led me to end up really rooting for her,
My thanks to NetGalley and the author for providing a copy in exchange for an open and honest review.

I enjoyed this thriller but, I didn’t like Penny’s character. She tended to whine a lot which completely got on my nerves. The rest of the story was good and I didn’t guess the ending. My thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.

Penny and Jake are a couple who have recently had their first child, and Penny is fretting a great deal about the fact that she feels she is not bonding well with the baby.

So, when Celia moves into their neighbourhood with her family, Penny is only too happy to have a new friend who has not only successfully raised her children, but is good company as well.

It is only after she has spent some time with Celia that Penny figures out that things are not quite as they seem in Celia's family. What Penny doesn't realise though, is just how dangerous the secrets that Celia is keeping actually are...

This is a good thriller, which gives the reader the gift of some excellent twists, particularly in the last part of the book. I did find Penny's character a little tiresome at times, but that was more than made up for by the way that the writer tied up all the loose ends in a very neat bow at the end of the novel. I love a satisfying conclusion to a complicated story!

Penny and Jake have just had a baby. It should be the happiest time of Penny's life but she's struggling with being a mother. She hasn't really bonded withe the baby and feels Jake isn't doing enough to help. Then a couple move in across the road. Celia has it all sorted, She has two beautiful children, looks fabulous and makes everything seem so easy, leaving Penny feeling more inadequate than ever.. But of course nothing is as it seems.

I was underwhelmed by this book. Penny comes across as a whinger and it's hard to have any sympathy for her. As the story progresses one of the characters becomes totally unhinged leading to a denouement which is quite unbelievable. It's readable enough but it all seemed rather familiar. I think it's me. I'm reading too many books in this genre. So if this sort of thing is new to you, go for it. You might enjoy it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

Penny is struggling with being a new mother she meets a new neighbour who she thinks will be a good friend and possibly someone who can help her with bonding.

It’s an intense book, but it doesn’t boils down to much of an atmosphere, much is predictable and the rest is far fetched.

A miss for me but I think a good book for someone new to the genre.

I.LOVED.IT. I'm quickly discovering that I may not be the fastest reader around (this book came out 6 days ago) but I wanted to get here the minute I finished just to tell you all- Plain and simple, this book needs to be at the top of your list!
An ordinary neighborhood with a new family that are anything but ordinary. A peculiar scenario that keeps building with mystery and suspense that it makes it hard to put down
This is a story that flawlessly weaves the past and the present together giving you insight one minute and then twisting things just enough the next to have you questioning what you Think you know. Are the people you think can trust Really the ones that you should trust?

I was slightly disappointed with this book as very early on I guessed the denouement - but I’m still not sure what triggered that revelation except that I probably read too many psychological thrillers. I admit to skim reading the last 10% as I guessed what was going to happen. Having said that, this is a good book which other less jaded readers will enjoy.

This book follows Penny who is a new mother, struggling to adjust to motherhood and bond with her baby. Her husband, Jake, is supportive but sometimes grows frustrated with her lack of bond with the baby. Around the same time, a new family moves in across the street. A couple called Celia and Pete and their two young children. Penny instantly becomes friends with Celia and feels supported having a friend going through motherhood like her. It soon becomes apparent to Penny though that the family aren’t quite what they seem and they’re keeping secrets, some which could be deadly…

This was a good thriller with a good plot and a few twists. I liked reading about these characters, although sometimes I was frustrated by Penny but I did sympathise with her and was rooting for her by the end. Some of the things didn’t add up for me or left me with questions, but overall this was a good story and the last part of this book was really good and twisty! I’d recommend this to thriller fans!
Thank you so much to Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The Family at Number 11 by Kathryn Whitfield.
Penny and Jake live in a beautiful home in a beautiful neighbourhood with their beautiful baby boy. It's the perfect life. Except that Penny is desperately lonely and can't shake the feeling that she isn't bonding with her baby like she should be.
I did enjoy this book. gripping and twisty. I liked Penny and Jake. I didn't see that coming. Definitely recommend. 5*.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review. I wanted to give this book 3.5 stars but it doesn't allow half stars! This book was a decent mystery and did keep me guessing. For the most part, it held my interest throughout the book. What stops me from rating it higher is some of the plot felt a bit disjointed/disconnected for me. The main character, Penny, who is a new Mom struggling to bond with her baby and get through the first weeks of new motherhood and survive the exhaustion etc. was a bit irritating at times. I mean the entire book's premise was about her as a new mother, but it just seemed to bounce from 'I'm not bonding with my baby" to "I can't leave him for 5 seconds, even with my husband, who happens to be a doctor". There is really no gradual shift from one perspective to the other. She comes across as slightly neurotic and obsessive, but at the same time she also comes off as a sympathetic character because anyone that's had a baby can relate to some of the feelings. But there are parts where it's distracting. Also, the introduction of Penny's best friend Sarah seems rather pointless. Not to mention a scene with Penny's Mom where we find out she has cancer. This is not a spoiler, I promise because her mother is mentioned once or twice only...and other than one mention, we don't read another word about her mother, her cancer, her upcoming treatment. What daughter doesn't follow up to see how her mother is doing after cancer treatment?? It just makes Penny come off as all-consumed by her own issues and life. So if the author wasn't going to weave that relationship challenge into the story, then why bother mentioning it at all? It was lost on me as to why it was in there at all. But, that being said, the book got a bit stronger with the story in the end and had some minor plot twists. The character of Celia (the new and seemingly perfect new neighbour that moved in across the street and befriended Penny) was a bit one-dimensional, but the author made her story arc tie up with a bang! Good writing for the most part...decent story and mystery, but just a few things that stopped me from rating it higher than I did. I always appreciate the amount of effort that must go into writing a mystery/thriller. So many layers to worry about...so I give kudos to the author for mostly pulling it off.

A slow-burn domestic psychological thriller.

Essentially a story about a couple with a new-born. Penny is finding the transition to motherhood hard and is thrilled to befriend the new neighbour, Celia. But things with Celia and her husband Pete, are not as they first appear. They have a secret. A devastating secret that threatens to destroy everything.

Whilst primarily told in the first person by the protagonist, Penny – the story has multiple narrators and is split across various timelines. It remains easy enough to follow and these deviations from the first person really help reveal subtle insights into the other characters - their lives and motivations.

I thought I had the book figured out about half-way through, hoping that I was wrong – I was wrong. Many twists and turns in the latter half that kept me on my toes. It really picks up toward the end with a pretty climactic ending.

Thank you NetGalley and Headline for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

Thank you Headline and NetGalley for an early copy of The Family at Number 11. This was a great debut, it kept me guessing what exactly was going on. A true psychological! The only thing that was a bit far-fetched was the ending, the fighting was a bit unrealistic but otherwise the plot was Awesome. Keep writing Kathryn, can't wait for your next one.