Hard to review. I wanted to enjoy this more than I did. I feel like the concept needed more space to really get into it. The characters were interesting, Selena and her lies were very intriguing but some characters like Dean barely got enough screen time to add intrigue.

I love haunted houses and this kind of "mysterious dinner party" set up where characters from the protagonists past seem to appear to haunt them and bring up all the old mysteries, but this one never quite hit the mark for me.

When this story first started to get going I thought it was about a haunted house which isn’t the kind of genre I like to read but I carried on and the book does end up being more of a traditional thriller.
Personally I prefer her other books but this is worth a read!

2 stars.

This book has real promise, some of the characters, plot points and twists were really interesting but overall it felt a bit flat and messy.

That said I’ve previously really enjoyed books by Claire Douglas and will continue to seek them out.

Thanks to NetGalley for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Interesting read set in Wales. I found the interaction between the characters quite thought provoking at times and even though they came across as slightly unbelievable at times, they were still very good. It’s a quick read and perfect for the holidays.

Parts of this book were well worth four stars, but it had its problem areas. Near the beginning seemed a bit slow moving, and I thought it was just another escape to the country type book. Ruby's condition was also easy to guess.
After the crime things moved much faster and it carried the reader along. The ending, however, wasn't convincing and felt as if a follow up book was intended.

The tale of a London family escaping to the country. The main characters are Kirsty and Selena. Having found a property in Wales to restore to a guest house the world and his wife descend. Selena's arrival is the start of several unsettling events. A proper thriller with lots of twists and turns that keep you guessing right until the end. I really enjoyed this book and read it in two days. It's a 10/10 read and had moments of giving me palpitations. I recommend Do Not Disturb.

This was a complex story. Lots of secrets, moral dilemmas, threats and violence. There was always an undercurrent of distrust. A totally absorbing story and a conclusion which leaves lots of questions. One of those books you can't put down because you need to know what happens.

After all the upset they had back in London, Kirsty and her husband Adrian decide to move away with their children and open up a guest house in Wales. It needs a lot of work doing to it but soon they are ready to open. Kirsty is shocked when their first guest is Selena. They've not seen each other for years after Kirsty walked away because of the things Selena did. She's now married with a daughter of her own, but why has she suddenly turned up? Is there more to it than she's telling them and more to the point, has she changed?
I have to say this is a first rate book that certainly keeps you guessing right up until the end. Not only are some past secrets revealed but more secrets are made, hopefully never to be discovered. The ending came as more than a surprise, something I didn't see coming at all. There's never a dull moment in this thriller and I absolutely loved it. I have no hesitation in recommending it and I give it a full five stars. My grateful thanks to Michael Joseph Comms for my copy via NetGalley.

A gripping story with largely sympathetic and believable characters. It kep me guessing until the end and was definitely a good read. I think I expected a slightly stronger ending, which is why I have only given four stars. Good coverage of mental health issues and family dynamics, with all the complexity of emotions that family entails. Well worth reading.

I think every member of this family has a secret (or two) and all the characters seem to favour lies over the truth. The opening chapter definitely caught my attention and I enjoyed part one which detailed the events in the previous two months. I wasn’t quite as gripped by part two and found myself getting annoyed at the police and how poor their investigation seemed to be. There is a particular decision made by the main character Kirsty that I strongly disagree with and I’m sure it will be a topic of much debate in book groups.

Do Not Disturb is an enjoyable and compelling thriller, somewhat predictable but still a gripping pacy read, set in the atmospheric Welsh mountains. A recommended read.

I have just finished this book and loved it. After her husband walked out on his job and tried to hang himself when the chance for her dream life of running a hotel in Wales where she grew up as a child she bought an old house along with some financial help from her mum.
Her past soon comes back to haunt her when her cousin Selena turns up with her sick young child. Things start to go from bad to worse with dead flowers being left and warnings and then Selena is found dead in her hotel. There are so many surprises with this book it will keep you wanting to read more, I know I couldn't put it down. I will look forward to reading more this author.

I liked the description of this book and I did actually read it all but there was so much in it that irritated me and distracted from the murder/mystery/suspense, whatever genre it was meant to be. (It was not scary or suspenseful at all.) These are the things I could not overlook:

None of the characters were pleasant. All the men were suspected of wicked deeds, murder, child abuse, marital violence. The women were not much better - the two mothers, one an alcoholic, the other a control freak; Selena - liar, fantasist, murderer, child abuser; Kirsty, supposedly the innocent party, all too willing to hide evidence from the police and let an innocent man go to jail for murder. The villagers were sinister and unwelcoming, spreading rumours of the cursed house and making dire predictions. No wonder the B&B guests were scared off! The author tries to build up suspense using hauntings, dead flowers, spooky dolls, mysterious strangers, a rope noose and missing objects, which were all irrelevant and explained away lamely. I even expected something to happen to the rabbits, she mentions them so often. Kirsty loses or uses her inhaler in almost every chapter. She has favourite words and phrases which she over-uses - she scoops up children/coffee/hair; many things are weird, including a weird salute which Dean gives (?). She gets things wrong: Kirsty's daily inhaler would not have steroids, Ruth throws away her crutches and starts to eat everything and runs around days after her mother's death. Lastly, the chicken - Kirsty decides to defrost a chicken for dinner and is putting it in the oven a couple of hours later! No one dies of salmonella....unfortunately.

Kirsty and Adrian move back to Kirsty's home land of Wales from London much to their eldest daughters Amelias frustration but the younger girl Evie just sees it as a new adventure. They have brought a old rectory that became a guest house but needed a lot of renovation work so Kirstys Mum comes in on the project. Adrian was a lawyer but quit his job and had a breakdown so life has been interesting for the family and a new start in the countryside as opposed to Cardiff where Kirsty lived with her Mum as a child seems like a great idea. Unfortunately on their opening weekend the Mum invited a number of relatives to join with the first guests and things unfold into a whole load of trouble, torment and that's why this becomes such a great read. There are twist and turns and just as you think you know what's next you will be wrong if you're like me anyway. It is such a good read and i can't find any reason not to recommend it and am grateful to NetGalley and the publishers for this copy. It is a thriller with so many possibilities that to try and guess or know where to turn is just a wild dab in the dark which is a ironic statement for this kind of book I guess. Claire Douglas it's a great author and whether this is the first of her books or you are the next in your list of her books you will be enthralled and hooked and in love with her writing on more so. I have read a few and have loved everyone of them from page one. right to the end, that's my take on Claires work anyhow and i hope you love it even more. I will look forward to your review because you won't want to miss it i promise from were I sit.

I had to read this in one go, I was dead tired, it was 1:15 in the morning but I had to get to the end!

Claire Douglas is one of few thriller writers who can combine a shocking story full of twists with sensitive explorations of family dynamics and controversial subjects.

. I loved it and can’t wait to start The Sisters.

If you're looking for an intriguing, psychological thriller that’s also a real page-turner, making your heart race from the onset, then look no further. This is a gripping read, with enough dizzying twists and turns to keep you guessing. Curve balls are continually being thrown into the mix to increase the tension and suspense.

Kirsty and Adrian are making a fresh start after facing serious domestic problems. They're renovating and opening a guest house in Wales, the home of her youth. Their daughters take a while to settle in. The new home is creepy, the locals hostile and resistant and the younger one has sleeping problems.

Kisty’s mother is hiding something. So are the rest of the family, including Selena, her estranged cousin. Kirsty agrees to take her in with great reluctance, because Selena is hurting and needs shelter for herself and her sick daughter Ruby.

Adrian gets lost in his new occupation as a writer, while they end up giving house room to troubled family members and unwanted individuals from the past. Their home becomes a repository for puzzling events and dark secrets, which get revealed at breakneck speed towards the end.

When a body is discovered at the bottom of the stairs, eventually found to be dead, questions abound. How did it happen? Who was responsible? Was it deliberate or an accident? Answers appear to tie in to past and present events.

Rarely have I seen the truism 'everybody lies' as cleverly executed as it is here. It gets hard to know who to trust and what the truth is behind the lies. Though as an ex-nurse I did guess the medical twists early on.

There are moral dilemmas too, because hiding truth can often be a saving grace to avoid hurting those we love. This entrancing book will engross, entertain and make you think. Highly recommended.

A deliciously dark thriller, with mystery after mystery unravelling right to the end. This book keeps you guessing all the way through and cleverly raises a few thorny issues which give pause for thought. A brilliant read

I had planned to take my time reading this book and make it last but I got so into the story that four hours later I realised I had nearly finished! I had never read a book by Claire Douglas before but I will definitely be on the lookout for more in the future!

A fabulous and yet creepy at times story!

I originally sat down for a few minutes and decided to start reading this book. I have read others by Claire Douglas and should have known that I would be hooked straight away. From the beginning I was completely drawn into the world of Kirsty and Adrian and what bought them to the Brecon Beacons to open a guest house in a dilapidated old rectory. At first we do not know why they purchased the house but as the book progresses we learn more of the background and reasons behind the move from London to the sleepy village of Hywelphilly. However, mysterious things start to happen and we have to wonder what the family have let themselves in for. It appears that Kirsty and her Mum are hiding a lot of secrets from the past and it is not until the latter stages of the book that we find out exactly how much has remained hidden.

I highly recommend this book to those who love a good psychological mystery.

Many thanks to Michael Joseph, Penguin UK, Claire Douglas and Net Galley for the chance to read a copy of this book in exchange for a fair review.

Do Not Disturb is a psychological thriller with some horror themes weaved through. It was creepy at times, and suggested there was something supernatural going on. Ultimately it's a great whodunit, but also a whydunit. Kirsty had cause to suspect several people of the murder, and Douglas described the intricacies of families incredibly well. A good read.