Invisible Girl follows the disappearance of Saffyre Maddox, who has been in therapy with Roan Fours so as to overcome a terrible event that happened to her when she was 10 years old. The main suspect is Owen Pick, a loner who also happens to live across the road from the Fours family. But is everyone who they claim to be? Can Owen prove his innocence without implicating himself in worst crimes?

Oh Lisa why are you doing this to me? Lock your door before you start this book. I repeat, make sure you know the door is locked, keep the front lights on, don't answer the door. Also maybe check on your neighbours. Are sure you really know them?

The story of Saffyre is told from three different points of view: Owen, Saffyre and Cate, Saffyre's psychologist's wife in alternating chapters and different tenses. I enjoyed all characters the same, although I am a bit out of the loop with some aspects of Owen's life (don't want to spoil the book to anyone) so I was slightly confused at times. All characters are interconnected but they don't know it, there's a lot of twists and turns that I raced through, and they all come together in a very, very unexpected ending that will make you go WOW!

Next time you talk to your neighbours, remember they may be completely different people behind doors...

Disclosure: I would like to thank the publisher for my advanced reader copy of the book. This is my honest review.

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Another wonderful book written by Lisa Jewell!

Everything I have read by Lisa Jewell has been incredibly well written, and Invisible Girl is no exception. The story flows incredibly well and the twist and turns keep you on your toes.

From the outset, I was fairly certain I knew who was and wasn't involved, and whether or not I believe Saffyre had been seriously hurt. I was pleasantly surprised with the ending/when the truth came out - it wasn't exactly what I expected, but the story line worked & everything fell into place.

The characters in this book are all incredibly well written - Owen is an incredibly complex character & I'm glad he was one of the main focus points as it was interesting to learn his backstory & you really end up rooting for him. Saffyre is another incredibly complex character who I found very intriguing and spent the whole book hoping nothing bad had become of her.

The Fours family was an interesting dynamic. I liked how the relationships within the family were written & how Cate is a central character. She is again, a complex character but I think with the way her husband is, who can blame her for acting out how she does?

Overall, this book was well written, fast-paced and super interesting. Another great book!

Lisa Jewell always manages to write a psychological thriller that has sufficient depth to elevate it above the competition, whilst ramping up the tension and twists to leave you satisfied as you turn the last page. Her latest book is no exception.

What underpins the mystery of the missing girl in this book is prejudice. By this I mean the way that we all make assumptions about a persons character based on what their appearance. The character Owen immediately brought to mind the real-life treatment of Christopher Jeffries. However, Lisa Jewell is careful not to turn this into a social piece on othering, and there is enough to suggest that he is not as innocent as he claims.

On the other hand, those people who appear the most solid members of society are often the monsters we need protection from.

It's a riveting read that had me thinking long after the final page was read.

My thanks go to the publishers and Net Galley for the advanced copy in return for an honest review.

I have read all of Lisa Jewell’s books and always enjoy them.

This is no exception.

An enjoyable book that follows in the main Cate and her family, Owen who lives opposite and Saffyre who was a previous client of Cate’s husband.
The way their lives interlink and play out is interesting. It’s quite a slow book to start still interesting and still kept me wanting to read more but it really picks up just past half way.
There are lots of twists and turns and the book keeps you guessing.
A great end.

Lisa Jewell at her finest, in one of the best books she’s written! This story twists, and turns, and twists again. Just when you think the ends are all neatly tied up, another wild card appears! I honestly didn’t know how it would end until I read the last page. Not everything is as it seems in this book, nor is everyone who they seem to be! I was absolutely hooked.

While I enjoyed this book, I didn’t love it.
It felt a little slow in places but did keep my attention as I tried to work out where it was going.
17 year old Saffyre disappears on valentines night.
She vanished from near her former psychiatrists Roan’s house, following a spate of attacks on young women.
One of the neighbours is arrested shortly after, Owen a lecturer at a college has been suspended following allegations of inappropriate behaviour against 2 students. What has happened to Saffyre and who is responsible?
This story is told through the perspective of both Saffyre and Cate, Roan’s wife.

A teenager has carried a dark secret of abuse for ten years. A wife and mother struggles to retain normality in a marriage with a husband she suspects of numerous affairs. A middle aged dysfunctional man struggles to hide his inadequacies whilst holding down a job which entails teaching pubescent girls. The onset of a series of attacks on young women is the catalyst that ties all protagonists into a spiralling web of deceit and lies. A young girl is missing, feared dead. All profess their innocence of any knowledge of events. A slow start to a story that gains pace and depth as the characters reveal their intrinsic personality traits that have emerged from traumatic events in their past. Momentum increases as the author reveals an unexpected twist that left this reader shocked but ultimately totally satisfied at the surprising conclusion.

This was an excellent book. We follow 3 POVs surrounding the disappearance of a missing girl.
We follow Saffyres story leading up to the events of Valentine's night plus two other characters stories before and after the night.

Eventually through multiple povs and shocking Revelations we find out the truth.

The only thing with this book is that it was marketed as a thriller and due to this I felt slightly underwhelmed as I didn't get all of the usual feelings associated with reading a thriller.
I think if it was marketed as a mystery it would be more appropriate and potentially have gotten five stars.

I had and ARC from Netgalley of this and it was fab.

Saffyre Maddox had a troubled childhood. With little family left and self harming she is sent to see child psychologist Roan Fours. Without dicsovering the events of when she was ten Roan discharges Saffyre. This is when she starts to follow him, discovering his secrets and lies.

Owen Pick is a thirty something loner, who could be described as weird, lives in the same cul de sac that the Fours move to. After keeping watch from nearby wasteland Saffyre goes missing on Valentines night. Is the odd Owen to blame or has she seen something more sinister that has put her in danger?

Soooo many secrets, twists and turns throughout this and that is why I loved it. I just had to keep going to see what had happened and who was to blame.

Another 5 star Lisa Jewell gem. Highly recommended.

Lisa Jewell has an amazing talent for climbing inside the mind and thoughts of oddballs and sociopaths, as well as the paranoid gnawing anxiety of suspicion. *no spoilers* her writing of online interactions are frighteningly real. From page one a sense of unease and menace lurks in the subconscious, I found my shoulders were tense just reading!
The weaving of the characters and stories into a connected web is clever and unpredictable, Lisa Jewell is brilliant at setting a scene, tiny details conjure up vivid scenes in your mind, she is also excellent at drawing you in to impatience, disdain or dislike of characters, as well as those you warm to.
Veil of suspicion of anyone who appears different in some way, how quickly the worst can be suspected. The examination of the troubled and tormented mind, touching on mental health issues
Reading this book I found myself wanting to read 'just one more page' and ended up being the only person awake in the house, I thought about it at work and just wanted to get back home to my kindle.
This book is superbly written, absorbing, chilling and spine tingling, you will not want to put it down I promise you. This author gets better and better with every book in my view, which is so hard to do, the twists you never see coming, this book is excellent and in my view her best yet.

This is such a well written psychological thriller / family drama about a number of characters. There's Owen Pick, an unusual recluse type character who has always struggled in his interactions with women.
Then there's Saffyre Maddox, a troubled teenager who has had a traumatic past and who has been receiving help from Roan Fours, a child psychologist, who lives with his family in a flat across from Owen Pick.

The story is told from the perspective of Saffyre, Cate (Roan's wife) and Owen and it builds the suspense so well.
Saffyre goes missing and the story is about the ripple effects of this on all characters.

It's a slow burn and there were times when I thought I was getting frustrated with the book, but, then another seed would be sown and I'd be hooked again.
Overall it's a 3.5 but, unusually, I'm scoring it up as I really couldn't wait to read the ending - and it's a great one!

All in all, a riveting storyline about some excellent characters.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to preview.

This was my first book by Lisa Jewell and it definitely did not disappoint!

I love the multiple POVs throughout the book and the well-rounded view it gives of the events unfolding throughout. If this story was just one POV then we would have had our suspect almost immediately when Saffyre goes missing, but having the different perspectives lets you see that everything is not as it seems, and how damaging people's opinions can be when you jump to conclusions without hearing both sides of a story.

I'm pretty sure I suspected every single character at one point and there were many twists and turns that kept me guessing throughout. I feel the story flowed really well, and I love how all of the characters' stories intertwined in some way.

I'm giving this book a 4-star rating purely because I wish some parts of the story and some of the characters could have been explored a bit more, I feel like some people were focused on too much and others not enough, but I can't really go into detail about that without revealing any potential spoilers.

I love reading books by Lisa Jewell and I have been treated to another great book reading this one.

The first chapter enticed me in and I knew I would need to get supplies and find a comfy quiet place to be taken away.

A fantastic storyline where I tried to guess what would happen next and was surprised each time as each turn took me on a twisty journey.

A great dark and twisty psychological thriller and I can't wait to see what she releases next!

How well do you know someone? Everyone has secrets. Do you know how that weird looking person who you walk past everyday is suffering and is alone. What are their lonely lives like? That must be how Owen feels. Owen is a 33 year old teacher who has never had a friend or girlfriend. He lives with his Aunt who won’t even allow him into her living room.
Living across the road is the Fours family that watch Owen and think he’s strange... dangerous even. The family including the father Roan Fours who is a therapist and treats our main character Saffyre for trauma and pain she suffered at the age of ten. Saffyre cuts herself and has secrets.
Saffyre goes missing and everyone suddenly thinks the weirdo neighbour is to blame and he is arrested. But is he guilty?
To top this off sexual assaults are taking place in the area, and yes Owens names the top of the list.
Is he responsible? Is he a victim? Is he just creepy?
An interesting book that kept its pace and unfolds more mystery as you go along.
Lisa Jewell’s latest novel is classed as a domestic thriller and told from three characters pov’s.
It fully explorers how monsters walk through society going mainly unnoticed and how lives are wrecked with a wide area of problems and issues.
Overall a good paced storyline, keeps your interest throughout with twists and a few shocks.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone for the ARC.

Twisty, creepy, well written thriller.

I really enjoyed the different perspectives and how the book explored topics like mental health and how you can never really know a person.

The book kept me guessing and the changing points of view makes for a quick read that you don’t want to put down.

I always get so absorbed in a Lisa Jewell novel. The world around me just dissolves into nothing. She never fails to surprise me. Every single time she pulls the cat out of the bag and produces her best book yet. The plotting is perfect, it is sensitive given the subject matter, but she has the right amount of twists, turns and surprises that keep you mesmerised. Be prepared to stay up late, as once you start, you just can't not finish it.
I always can't wait to purchase a beautiful hardback copy for my collection.

I found this engaging, but not earth shatteringly so. I felt it missed some of Ms Jewells usual pace and complexity and I had worked out what had gone on (in rough outline) about half way through the book. nevertheless, I read it in a day, found it satisfying and interesting. But I find a few days hence, I can't remember the characters particularly well and the books hasn't lingered at all.

Thank you for the opportunity to read this book - I am a huge fan of Lisa Jewell and think her change of direction has been a brilliant surprise.
That said, for me personally I didn't think this book lived up to the previous 2 - but in particular 'then she was gone' which I felt was a masterpiece and superb suspense writing. this book had an interesting well crafted story, it had diverse characters and a weaving sub plot - but I didn't get drawn in as much as her other novels, I didn't feel the connection as much as I have in the past.

I do think it was great, and stands up really well to other books in the genre - and I would still give it a 4 star, but I cant help feeling a small disappointment that I didn't love it as much as some of her past work.

Wow I can’t believe just how much I got involved in this book and even when I wasn’t reading it I was thinking about it and I just love it when that happens. So this is the story of a young girl Saffyre, the invisible girl and how she copes with life and all that has happened to her but it’s also so much more than just that because we have many both wonderful, weird and varied characters in this book all of whom seem to have secrets of their own. It’s a read that’s impossible to describe, a psychological thriller yes but as I said it really is so much more than just that it’s a read that draws you in and doesn’t let go till the brilliant end.
I was gripped, engrossed and and totally immersed in this book, the characters were superbly written as was the whole storyline, a read that I didn’t want to put down I was fascinated and enthralled from start to finish and that’s all we want from a damn good read, many many thanks to Lisa Jewell.
My thanks also to NetGalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone, Century for giving me the chance to read the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

My thanks to NetGalley and publisher Random House UK, Cornrstone, for the ARC.

Oh My - this is a creepy read. So good.

Roan Fours, his wife Cate and their 2 teenagers Josh and Georgia, are renting an upmarket flat in Hampstead whilst their house is being repaired. The only thing that spoils this moneyed, leafy London suburb is the vacant lot opposite their building - overgrown, dark, and a place where someone can hide. Next door to the lot lives Owen, with his Aunt. He is 33, never had a girlfriend and had lived there since he was 18. Owen, a college tutor, is a loner and the epitome of creepy to those who see him. Saffyre Maddox, 17 years old, suffered a devastating experience when she was ten. She's lost both parents and lives with her uncle Aaron, who looks after her as a father.
Saffyre's experiences led her to self-harm and was referred to Roan Fours, a psychologist at the children's centre, but she could never bring herself to disclose what really happened to her. After being discharged from her counselling sessions she hides in the shadows, makes copious notes of Roan's comings and goings - extracting his secrets by watching invisibly.
The news reports warn of a series of sexual assaults which have been taking place within the area. Saffyre disappears from outside Roan's house on Valentine's night; Owen lives opposite and soon comes under suspicion. Cate also becomes suspicious of her son Josh's frequent absences as well as those of her husband.
Has Saffyre been abducted or killed?

This is a really gripping read and very cleverly plotted.