Detective Liz Field is investigating a crime where a respected psychologist has been found stabbed and a second victim, one of his former patients, has also suffered a similar fate. As the killer starts to escalate, Field is in a race against time to try and solve the case.

I enjoy discovering new authors and this sounded like an interesting plot so I wanted to give it a try. This ended up being a strongly written, compelling police procedural and you wouldn’t think it was a debut! The story focuses on serious issues and is done in a powerful, clever way, while being very in depth. I found the different types of OCD fascinating and have come away having learnt a lot and made me open my mind more around this subject.

The characters were well written and I enjoyed that they had their own flaws which made them feel more authentic. I am looking forward to reading more books in this series (hopefully). This is one I will be recommending, especially someone looking for a unique, well written police procedural. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this copy in return for an honest review.

A gripping page turner that I couldn’t put down! Loved the plot and the idea of the OCD storyline.
A great first novel from Hannah

More then interesting debut covering OCD and how extreme it can get and affect sufferers,all set within a murder mystery/ police procedural
I did enjoy it and although felt at times the dialogue could have been a bit quicker at times this was a minor thing
Good characters
Will read the next in the series and look forward to how it progresses
Very good debut

Gripping, mysterious, twist filled and hard to put down, No Safe Place is a stunning debut novel by Hannah Brennan! What a great start to a new series featuring Detective Liz Field. This book hit all the right marks for an engaging and thrilling mystery series! No Safe Place has interesting and intriguing characters, suspense, a great mystery, great investigation/police procedural, twists and tension!

Detective Liz Field has her hands full in No Safe Place. She is called in to investigate the vicious stabbing of a man who has been left for dead. Then a woman is murdered on a residential street. When she learns that the man was a child psychologist and the female victim was his patient years ago, this book takes off! Detective Field has a past that she would like to keep - you guessed it - in the past!

As I mentioned, this was an enjoyable debut novel which moved at a very nice pace! I am not a fan of slow books, and this book kept me turning the pages and doing my own super sleuthing to try and figure out whodunit. I enjoyed how the author incorporated OCD into the storyline and even reveals her own OCD diagnosis in the author's note.

Overall, an enjoyable and gripping police procedural which grabbed my attention from the very beginning and had me turning the pages and enjoying the investigation. I will be on the lookout for the next book in the series!

A great debut and a great introduction to a new Police Procedural series! The story was gripping and emotional and filled with twists. This had absolutely everything you want from a police procedural book (and I’ve read a lot of them!) and I can’t wait to read the next one

No Safe Place by Hannah Brennan is a great crime thriller debut.
I liked how it kept my interest and stayed at a very good pace throughout.
The suspense increased and I was fully invested and didn’t want it to end.
The author did such a great job with the characters keeping them engaging and entertaining through it all.
Such an entertaining story!

Expertly written and researched with complex and well developed characters, I thought No Safe Space was sensational.

This book was so well researched! I was fascinated by the police procedural details and the authors knowledge of OCD and mental heath conditions. It was so authentically written and these details and the understanding of mental health conditions made it such a powerful story.

I loved the main character Field. She is strong, wise and layered. I loved Callum and Lily’s relationship and thought they were perfectly flawed if that makes sense!

The story and characters were so well developed and I could really visualise the story, so much so it felt like watching a crime police drama like Happy Valley or Vera.

The ending made me actually sob, it was so powerful and moving and I did not figure out who the killer was!

Hannah Brennan is an exceptional writer and I cannot wait to read what she writes next!

No Safe Place is the first novel in the Detective Liz Field series. It’s a police procedural that grabbed my attention from the synopsis and didn’t let me down. A child psychologist is stabbed and left for dead then a young woman is stabbed in the middle of the night. The connection? She was his patient but that was years ago, so why are they being targeted now? Liz and her team must find the perpetrator before the case is given to another team and before there is a third victim. Well written, it will keep you guessing to the end. Thank you to NetGalley, Avon Books UK and the author for the chance to review.

Firstly a big thank you for the opportunity to read and review this fantastic debut .
This is set where I grew up and in my local areas now which always enhances the reading experience for me .
I loved this book and am glad the author already has book 2 lined up.
The protagonist is great and relatable as a working mum who’s very headstrong and determined !
The storyline is intriguing and captivating.
It’s a compelling and addictive read that will have you racing through it to discover the truth .
Packed with tension and an array of interesting characters this is a twisty read.

Just finished No Safe Place by Hannah Brennan and wow… this one pulled me in fast. It kicks off with a psychologist getting brutally attacked, and it turns out he used to run a study on five teens with OCD. Now, years later, those same kids are adults—and someone’s coming after them.

What I really liked was how the story is told from different people’s perspectives. Sometimes that can get confusing, but here it actually makes everything come together better. You get these little glimpses into each character’s head, and it keeps you guessing who’s hiding what. It also builds this slow, creeping tension where you’re not sure who you can trust—if anyone.

The main detective, DCI Liz Field, is dealing with her own baggage, and as the case goes on, you realize it’s hitting way too close to home for her. That added a whole extra layer to everything. It’s not just about solving the case—it’s about dealing with the stuff we try to bury and pretend isn’t there.

If you're into crime stories that are dark, a little emotional, and full of twists, definitely give this one a try. It's unsettling in the best way.

A solid debut from Hannah Brennan, an enjoyable read but not particularly gripping for me.
I found this quite a quick read, helped by short chapters with alternating points of view, and the start was strong enough to draw me in, but I think it needed a bit more depth. Field isn't a particularly likeable character, I'm not sure I'd want to read more in a series featuring her, and I would have liked more of a background into her son and their relationship.
I appreciate the authors idea to spread awareness and change public perception on OCD based her own experiences, and I did learn more about different manifestations of OCD from the other characters as they were given a little background.
There are a few twists and a couple of events to throw you off track, and I didn't see the reveal until it happened, but it didn't really offer anything different to any other police investigation story.

I LOVED this wonderful debut. Taut, tense and thrilling, NO SAFE PLACE draws you in with the wonderful procedural detail and stunning characters, and won't let you go until the twisty end.

We follow DCI Liz Field as she investigates a series of murders that seem linked to an old OCD clinical trial that involved five young teenagers. I love the way the author brings us unto the world, sitting in the humanity and the procedure of the police as they investigate which heightens the tension and the stakes of the story as it grounds itself in reality. I love, love, love the complex and grey relationship of Callum and Lily and I enjoyed learning about their own varied and different experiences with OCD. The authenticity of the depiction of OCD, brought on my the authors own lived experiences, really shone through, adding depth to the story and its characters.

I raced through this and I can't wait to read more in the series.

No Safe Place is an impressive and emotionally grounded debut that blends the tight pacing of a police procedural with the psychological complexity of a character-driven thriller. From the opening scene—a brutal stabbing on a quiet residential street—the novel wastes no time pulling the reader into a web of past trauma, buried secrets, and unresolved guilt.

At the heart of the investigation is DCI Liz Field, a refreshingly complex lead with a quietly compelling voice. Brennan does a wonderful job weaving Liz’s personal struggles into the narrative without ever letting them overwhelm the case at hand. We’re introduced to a group of former OCD trial participants, now adults, whose lives have been shaped—sometimes quietly, sometimes violently—by their teenage experiences in the study. When their former psychologist is found stabbed, and one by one the group seems to be targeted, the question quickly becomes not just who is responsible, but why now?

What stands out most is the sensitive and authentic portrayal of OCD. Brennan writes with both nuance and clarity—likely informed by her own lived experience—which brings much-needed depth and empathy to a subject often misrepresented in fiction. The characters are flawed, human, and deeply believable. I found myself especially drawn to Lily and Callum, whose relationship is layered with shared trauma and cautious hope.

The mystery unfolds through multiple perspectives, each contributing a new layer to the story without ever muddying the pace. There are enough red herrings to keep the reader guessing, but the final reveal feels earned, not gimmicky.

Tense, thoughtful, and refreshingly honest in its treatment of mental health, No Safe Place is more than just a solid thriller—it’s the beginning of what promises to be a brilliant series. I’ll definitely be following Detective Field’s next case.

Thank you to Avon Books UK and NetGalley for the ARC.

A psychological thriller that takes you into the past of the characters and strings you along to an unexpected ending. Fifteen years ago, five vulnerable teenagers took part in a blind study of OCD. Now, their psychologist has been brutally stabbed and left for dead. The police must determine whether the murder is related to the study and, if so, why the psychologist was targeted.

Book 1 in the new Detective Fields series.

The author writes with an understanding that can only come from a history of suffering from OCD herself. She bares herself and allows her flaws to be revealed as you get to know and understand each of the characters. Much respect for opening herself up to criticism through a work of fiction. I look forward to reading the next book in this series.

Thank you to Avon Books and NetGalley for allowing me to read the arc in exchange for an honest review.

I’m a big fan of police procedurals so I really liked getting to know Detective Field, we got to hear a bit about her back story in this alongside her son Toby, so I’m intrigued to see what comes next.

This thriller started with a bang with a body being found with multiple stab wounds on a residential street and from then on it kept the pace. The story was told from a few perspectives, alongside Field we also had Callum and Lily’s story which I found really interesting. The whole book shone a new insight to OCD and definitely taught me a few things!

There were a few twists and turns in this that kept you wondering who the killer could be, one minute you’d think one person and then a clue or fact would drop and you’d completely switch. Personally I didn’t guess the ending but thought it was really well written. I’ll be back for book 2 for sure!

Fifteen years ago, there were five teenagers, who took part in an OCD trial run by Dr David Moore. Fast forward to the present, David Moore has been found stabbed and DCI Liz Field is tasked with investigating this crime and then another body, a former patient, is discovered with stab wounds. How are they connected? Who is behind the crime? Why is it happening now? DCI Fields and her team have to protect the other former patients along with uncovering the truth behind the murders. It was well written and I loved how the characters interacted with each other.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (4.5 stars)

No Safe Place is a tense, twisty psychological thriller that hooked me from page one. Fifteen years after a groundbreaking OCD study, the psychologist behind it is brutally attacked, and the former teen patients may hold the key to what really happened.

Hannah Brennan masterfully blends a chilling police investigation with rich psychological insight. DCI Liz Field is a compelling lead, and the shifting perspectives kept me guessing until the very end. The pacing dips slightly in the middle, but the final reveal is worth it.

Smart, suspenseful, and deeply human - this is a must-read for thriller fans.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A well crafted procedural that hangs on the murder first of David Moore, a psychologist and then of one of his patients in vicious attacks. DCI Liz Fields, who has just about had it with police politics, has the case. Five teens were in the study of OCD fifteen years ago, What happened then that turned one of them (or is it one of them ) into a killer all this time later? And who? And why now? Liz has many questions and struggles a bit to get the answers. This is an interesting look at group dynamics as well as informative about OCD. The characters are good, the plot keeps you turning the pages. Thanks to Netgalley for he ARC. A good read.

This was a great debut novel and the start to what I hope will be a new series featuring DCI Field, who I thoroughly enjoyed as main protagonist.

Centred around a group of young people and the doctor who treated them some years ago in a mental health facility, one by one they appear to be targeted by an unknown assailant. The group suffer from various forms of OCD, all of these brilliantly described by the author, which made the reader better understand their thoughts and actions.

The plot was well written and the characters in both the police setting and in the various lives of the OCD group participants were easy to warm to and feel empathy towards.

I look forward to reading the next in the series.

Thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is the author’s first book and they are off to a good start! A fun read I flew through. I think it has the makings of a good series!