A women and her two small children are at home in their old house late at night, in a raging snowstorm, the children are asleep. The woman hears a sound, she’s on instant alert and realises that they are definitely not in the house alone. What should she do? Run? Hide? Can she alert anyone without giving their location in the large house away?


This is an on the edge of your seat psychological thriller which manages to sustain the tension of what is happening in the house, even while including flashbacks to allow us to discover more about the woman, her husband and his family.


The internal monologues of the woman gave us a deeper understanding into how she was feeling and what she was thinking. At times I thought they were rather long and must admit I skipped ahead a little bit.


Underneath the story there is a blistering commentary about the way some men treat women; the way they query and contradict, belittle a woman’s instincts and reactions to others about whom they feel wary. Not to mention the violence that can be meted out.


For a debut novel I think this is a really accomplished piece of work, it deserves to do well.


Thank you in to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book.

The premise of Nightwatching held me in a vise-like grip. A mother at home late at night with her two sleeping children realises there is someone in her house. What does she do? Can you imagine anything more terrifying?!

I read late into the night to find out what would come after. Full marks for intense, sustained tension. After that I felt the story lagged a bit. Too much overly complex backstory? Too much mental dialogue and self criticism? Hyper sensitivity to male chauvinism? Not sure I warmed to the mother so didn't feel the empathy I would have expected. I couldn't get a good read on her. It felt like harder work than it should be but I did persevere and was glad I did. The direction of travel was very good and the end seemed satisfying.

I really enjoyed this book. It was a great story with great characters and the author has a great writing style. I will definately be looking to read more by this author.

I really loved this book I was not a big fan of the writing style but the story was intense and kept me at the edge of my seat. I highly recommend this for all thriller lovers!
Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read and review this ARC book.

This was tense!

It's every mother's worst nightmare. Alone in the house with small children, no immediate neighbours, cut off by a storm - and there's somebody in the house. That's the premise of this taut thriller. Told in the present, with flashbacks as to how the narrator got to this point, it's written anonymously. I'm not sure we ever find out the protagonist's name, or those of her children, but that doesn't take away from the very real sense of danger that permeates every page.

There were points when I thought this was going to turn into something else, and I suspected a dark twist that was definitely foreshadowed but didn't materialise, I don't know how deliberate either of those red herrings were. Either way this is a fastpaced and enjoyable read but be warned, this is not a book to read when you are alone at night, or indeed at any point! 3.5*

I really struggled to get into this book. I don’t think writing it in the third-person helped me understand the character.

Absolutely brilliant book, had me hooked from the first page. It literally had me sliding further & further under the covers whilst I was reading. A scalpel-sharp incisive exploration of what it means to be a mother & a woman in todays society. Utterly fantastic read.

Omg what a claustrophobic thriller this was I was hooked from the first page until the very last. It was a very creepy suspenseful book with a very realistic storyline. Highly recommend this thriller to everyone. Thanks to netgallery and the publisher for my advanced copy.

Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother tucks her son back into bed in the middle of the night. Then she hears a noise this sound is disturbingly familiar: it's the tread of footsteps, unusually heavy and slow, coming up the stairs...In that split second, she has three choices. Should she hide? Should she run? Or should she fight?

Phenomenal! Gripping and claustrophobic, I was completely hooked. It’s so rare I come across a book I genuinely can’t put down, but NIGHTWATCHING is the perfect blend of creepy, haunting and absolutely thrilling. One to watch!

This absolutely took over my life for the day until I'd got through every last page! It's more than just a thriller, it is just realistic and relatable in terms of a mother's guilt, depression, how people perceive you, how Authority figures judge women and how far a mother will go to fight for her kids! It's so cleverly written and nothing is what it 1st seems. It was so tense and atmospheric and absolutely filled with suspense. Such a good book!

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Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother tucks her son back into bed in the middle of the night. Then she hears a noise - old houses are always making some kind of noise. But this sound is disturbingly familiar: it's the tread of footsteps, unusually heavy and slow, coming up the stairs...In that split second, she has three choices. Should she hide? Should she run? Or should she fight?
Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin UK for giving me an advance copy.

Wow what a book! Thank you to Netgallery and the publisher for this ARC the publication date is the 9th Feb 2024! I loved this book lots of twists and turns which kept me on the edge of my seat throughout my favourite character was the mother as I would always wonder what would happen next.

It’s late, a mother is woken by her young son having night terrors. She’s just got him back to sleep when she hears a noise. A footstep. It’s too heavy to be her daughter sleep walking. Someone must have broken in, she’s too far from her phone, there’s a snowstorm outside and her two children to protect. She has to make her decisions quickly.

I was hooked from the first chilling chapter. A claustrophobic and tense thriller, about a mothers choices when a monster breaks into her home. I was so desperate for the family to be safe that I couldn’t stop reading. Gradually we learn more about the mother and her family and begin to question her reality. An atmospheric story that I would recommend, although maybe don’t read it when you’re home alone like I did!