This book was interesting!
Maggie Malone runs a detective agency ( and try as I might for some reason her name conjured up a woman wearing a cowboy hat and that would not leave me through the book!!! )....she basically catches partners cheating, makes a tidy sum and enjoys her job!
Helene comes along and wants her to see if her hubby Gabe is playing away, after an incident she witnesses...
Alice is the daughter of Gabe and step daughter of Helene
The story then centres on who the ‘mystery woman’ is and what she is doing.....at one point she ‘takes a bath’ in their house and Helene catches her!!
Its an intriguing story, the characters go between very likeable ( Maggie ) and deplorable ( ‘the mystery woman’)
However....this is more to the tale than meets the eye, naturally, and maybe where in the middle it feels a bit like it is going to be a predictable ending ,it makes up for in the last quarter when the truth comes out and all hell is let loose!!!
There are very funny moments as Maggie takes no prisoners and says as she feels!
I loved it being set in London and around where I live and the author is deffo 100% a lover of London
Twists seem a bad word to some readers but theres one massive one and yes it did shock me ( its very cleverly done as it seems like the twist has happened only then to go onto a hundred fold bigger one)
Yep. A good enjoyable at times light and at times dark story
9/10

Maggie Malone runs a private detective agency and when Helene Moreau hires her to investigate her husband Gabe for his alleged infidelity, Maggie is happy to take the case. Gabe, a successful property developer, has been seen with another woman and Helene wants proof of his affair.

As Maggie delves into Gabe’s life, she discovers all is not what it seems and when Gabe dies suddenly she decides to continue her investigation with surprising results.

A good psychological thriller with an unexpected twist at the end.

Sorry but this book didn't have the 'grab' factor for me, didn't get very far but had to give up.

I am sure many people will really enjoy it but sadly it wasn't for me.

Maggie Malone, head of the Blue and White private detective agency, is approached by Helene Moreau. She suspects her husband, Gabe, is cheating on her. She doesn’t want her step-daughter, Alice, to find out about her father’s potential lover, but little does she know that Alice already suspects him of keeping secrets...

Ali Knight is a good writer, but unfortunately that is one of the very few positives I can take from ‘Before I Find You’.

I didn’t like the characters. They felt detached and I didn’t particularly care about them. I felt no sorrow for Helene, Alice or even Maggie, at any point during the ups and downs of the book.

There were times when I struggled heavily to distinguish between the characters’ speech in their respective chapters. Specifically Helene and Alice. It would switch between their perspective and I’d find myself thinking ‘huh?’ and having to go back and check who was supposed to be giving us their first person perspective.

The twists along the way were primarily unexpected and although they were executed well, I found them for the most part unbelievable. I think when you feel no attachment to the characters, you don’t particularly feel much empathy regarding anything, good or bad, which happens to them.

The story is original and could have been fantastic, but I just really found myself unable to gel with any, and all, of the characters.

Thank you to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I would like to thank NetGalley, Hodder and Stoughton and Ali Knight for the opportunity to read an advanced readers copy of Before I Find You.
I enjoy reading psychological thrillers with plenty of twists and turns. Unfortunately, I found reading this book very hard going. The story just seemed to jump around way too much. I kept having to go back and checking which point of view I was reading. The storyline also seemed to drag along. Before I Find You didn't do anything for me.

One star is for a book I did not finish.

Two stars is for a book I did finish, but did not enjoy reading. This book annoyed me with the four female characters all being suggested to have a violent or misleading character or history. And the plot was too far-fetched to my liking.