Sive and Aaron’s daughter Faye disappears on a crowded tube while the family are spending time in London visiting Aaron’s college room-mates. Is Faye just lost in the labyrinth that is the London underground or is there something more sinister going on?

I suspected everyone and was kept guessing until the very end. A perfectly crafted thriller! An easy recommendation for me!

Thank you NetGalley and Random House for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I have no idea where to begin, I’m not sure a written review will do this justice. I have loved it so much, this is the best yet.

Mara is able to effortlessly captivate the reader. This has pulled me in and kept me hostage from the beginning. I’ve really felt for poor Sive. Is there anything worse than a missing child?

As puzzle pieces begin to go together, this becomes even more tense and heart pounding in your ears as you read.

As events unfold, lies are no longer hidden. We have a dual timeline which allows the reader to really gain an insight into what has taken place. This is brilliant to read and will fear you with unease because it all seems so real.

This is a book that has been completely impossible to put down. I have been so caught up in the events and unwilling to put this down.

This is outstanding and my favourite by this author yet. This is a must for the TBR. I cannot say anything negative about this one.

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Already a huge fan, I was desperate to get my hands on this new novel by Andrea Mara.

And what can i say? I was not disappointed! I was instantly hooked from the first chapter, it is every mothers fear to lose her child, and where is worst than a busy station?

There was so much tension and questions throughout this read that meant I could not possibly put it down. Something Mara manages to do every time! There is a skill in making someone hooked and Mara has mastered this.

I would 100% recommend this, and absolutely can not wait for her next release

Everyone has a secret but who bears the responsibility for the death of a young woman 15 years earlier. I honestly had no idea which of the group of former friends had decided it was time the truth came out. I read the book in one sitting only realising on the last page that a whole evening had gone by without me noticing.

It’s a bit of a cliche to say a book is a perfect holiday read but this one fits that description perfectly.
I loved it from the start but only up to about 90% then for me the whole complicated who did what why and to whom fell apart. I’m still more than happy to give it four stars though as I’m sure the majority of readers will really enjoy it and forgive it it’s rather extraordinary ending.

Two little girls get onto the Tube and the door closes before the mum can get on with the youngest child in the pram. When she gets to the next stop a few minutes later she finds only the two year old and her older sister is missing. With the rescued daughter being so young she isn’t able to give much detail about what has happened.
This is a tense tale with interesting characters and secrets galore. A compulsive read

No one saw a thing Andrea Mara

I love reading books by this author so I was delighted to get my hands on this book. My heart was in my mouth as the train doors closed, leaving the mother on the platform and the kids on the train as it departs.

I had no idea what was going on, and loved the suspense. Great writing as always.

Having read Hide and Seek by Andrea Mara, when I saw No One Saw a Thing was available to request, I didn't hesitate. I was hooked on this gripping thriller by chapter 3...now as a parent who has just taken their 6 year old on the tube, the opening chapters of this book although they hooked me, they truly reflected my own fears from a few months ago! The thought of losing your child, fills you with dread and so to read about it, really made this cook come alive for me.

I enjoyed the twists and turns and red herrings. I didn't predict the ending, which automatically pushes the reading satisfaction score up! I finished this in a few days as I just couldn't put it down! The only reason this isn't a 5* for me, is that I personally don't like books that jump around in time. For example you get drawn in to the story, and then "6 days earlier" and you read about that, get some context and then you're back in present day. Once you get sucked back into the tensions and dramas..."4 days earlier" - you get my drift.

Andrea Mara has become an autobuy author for me - and her books are just gripping!

I was on the edge of my seat the entire time reading this. I'll admit: I genuinely didn't see the plot twist coming which is really hard when it comes to mystery/thrillers. It was such a great read, I definitely recommend reading!

After HIDE + SEEK being one of my favourites of last year, and absolutely loving this, Mara has quickly secured herself on my list of auto-read authors. Short, snappy characters, an elaborately plotted storyline, + multiple perspectives, paired with Mara’s trademark way of creating anxiety-inducing plots that force you to question what you’d do in that situation, made for a super faced-paced, unputdownable read.

The plot is centred around journalist Sive, her husband Aaron + their three kids, and Aaron’s (questionable) group of university friends, as they reunite for a weekend in London. Honestly, the friendship circle was a fascinating storyline in itself. I didn’t warm to a single character aside from Sive, but they were all brilliantly written + distinguishable.

I was reeled in from the very first page + the fantastic writing style completely immerses you in Sive’s blind panic. There were the perfect amount of red herrings throughout the book to keep it completely captivating + although I did have an inkling of what was to come, the twist was very well done 🙌🏼. Multiple timelines kept a plot that has been done a fair few times (no spoilers) completely fresh+ I was reading late into the night to find out what had happened to Faye.

𝑬𝒇𝒇𝒚 @ 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 🥀

Can you imagine walking through the underground in busy London city with your children and suddenly they are on the train, the doors are closing and you are still on the platform? It does not bare thinking about. But this is what happens to Sive and her little girls Faye and Bea whilst visiting this busy city.
What do you do? Who do you turn to?
This happened to me when I was sixteen years of age and visiting London with my friend and her parents.
It happened in a flash and suddenly we were on the platform and her parents were heading for the next station. Luckily, we stayed where we were and they came back for us. But for those few moments we were frightened so I couldn't begin to imagine what two little girls aged six and two were going through.
Two year old Bea is rescued but her sister Faye however has vanished into thin air.
None of the commuters remember seeing a second child and her parents Sive and Aaron are frantic.
This story has me hooked quite simply from the very first page. I completely devoured it and read it in almost one sitting.
I was frightened, no make that terrified for the young mother as she desperately tried to find her daughter.
Author Andrea Mara nails it with her latest story. I implore you to get it as quickly as you can. You will love it.

Sive and Aaron are in London to catch up with friends. Sive has braved the underground on a Monday morning with her three little ones, but in the melee of rush hour she is slightly separated from her 2 eldest. She is right behind 6yr old Faye and 2yr old Bea with her youngest in the pram as they are boarding the tube when the doors close before she can get through them, and the girls are gone. Not sure what to do, members of the public and train staff help out and when speaking to the next station, they report that they have found them. But when a relieved Sive arrives, only one of the girls is there...

This book had so many moving parts it was an achievement in itself to get it all down. And considering how technically complex it felt, it didn't feel like a difficult read at all and moved along at a really good pace.
It was definitely a nervy read, as any parent who has tried to navigate busy public places with small people will know, losing them is up there as your worst nightmare.

The description alone to No One Saw a Thing gave me goosebumps and I had high hopes as I started the story. I was not disappointed. It was a fast paced story, packed with tension and so many twists and turns that my head was in a spin. I absolutely loved this story and I cannot recommend it enough.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an early copy of this most recent thriller by Andrea Mara. This author is quickly becoming a must read author for me and I intend on reading all of her books.
As always, the story draws you in from the first page and keeps you flicking the pages. It was a tense read at times as the reality of the story would be a nightmare.
So many twists and turns in this one, fabulous read and five stars from me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Andrea is one of my auto-buy authors. Her thrillers always have me at the edge of my seat and every story gives me goosebumps!

No One Saw A Thing focuses on the disappearance of a little girl in London. Sive, her husband Aaron, and their three children are visiting London for Aaron’s reunion with his friends after 20 years. Sive’s a journalist and Aaron is now a hot-shot criminal defence attorney getting a name for himself with all his high profile cases. On Monday morning, Sive braves Bond Street station with her three smallies in tow. Six year old Faye and two year old Bea step onto the tube while Sive battles with the crowd and the buggy carrying baby Toby. The door closes and Sive stands in shock as her two daughters disappear down the track. At the next station, the news comes that one daughter is safe but the other little girl has vanished without a trace. And no one saw a thing….

As a mam, this book brought to life one of my greatest fears. The thought of losing a child in a huge city is terrifying and Andrea really brought the scenario to life. I was traumatised for a few weeks after reading it (and we had only got back from a trip to London and was scarred for life by the craziness of rush hour on the tube 😆)

Aaron’s friends and their close-knit relationship (and rivalries) were a fascinating storyline in themselves. Andrea excels at giving her readers fully developed characters in each of her stories so you feel like you know them inside out. Nita in particular drove me demented- she’s such a diva! The different timelines bouncing back & forth from past to present gave us so much more insight into the inner workings of the group before Sive came along.

There are so many twists & revelations along the way, making No One Saw A Thing one of my favourite reads so far this year! Andrea managed to weave all the various parts of the story together and leave you wanting more- the mark of an excellent thriller!

Thanks to Netgalley & publishers for the arc.

It only takes a second. She is distracted by her phone whilst up ahead her two young daughters get on the train without her and the doors close.
Siva is in London with her lawyer husband Aaron for a reunion with his old housemates. But just how many of them have something to hide?
Fast-paced and a busy plot with ever changing suspects. Quite a bit to unravel but worth every page turn. A situation which any parent would fear!

I am a big fan of twisty domestic thrillers, and Andrea Mara's novels always make for a satisfying read.

In No One Saw A Thing, Sive, her husband Aaron, and their three young children are in London for a 20-year reunion with Aaron's friends. He's a criminal defence attorney known for winning difficult cases, while Sive is a journalist who has her hands full. Kudos to her for venturing to London to see HIS friend group, with three smallies in tow, and braving the London Underground!

It's at Bond Street on a Monday morning that Sive's six-year-old, Faye drifts ahead of her and onto the tube with two-year-old Bea, and the doors close behind them. Sive is left on the platform with the baby, and when the train stops at the next station, Faye is missing, and no one has seen a thing...

This novel isn't just the story of a missing child. In the vein of Lucy Foley, it's also the story of a group of friends brought back together as adults, trying to "one up" each other while hiding their own (and each other's) secrets. It's a bow with a lot of strings, and Andrea does a stellar job of making them sing in unison.

If you like gripping pageturners, cliffhanger chapters, multiple timelines, and a cast of unlikeable characters, this thriller will be right up your street.

Shakespeare was an exceptional writer. He knew that from the beginning you need to capture the audience’s attention absolutely. It’s an art and a skill that is not always utilised effectively by contemporary writers. However, Andrea Mara is certainly someone who uses this writing technique flawlessly. From the very first page you’re guaranteed to be hooked and her newest release No One Saw A Thing is Mara’s is no exception. In her 6th book we see Mara perfect the technique of planting red herrings, making us suspicious of every character we encounter, and creating a story that is genuinely impossible to put down.

In London, Sive rushes to catch the tube with her three children. Her two daughters run ahead while she tries to manoeuvre the pram through the crowds and glances at a work email that arrives to her phone in the exact same moment. Her two girls Faye and Bea manage to get on the train but the doors close before Sive can embark. The train pulls away and Sive’s panic is palpable. Security manage to locate Bea at the next station but six yr old Faye is nowhere to be seen. Sive’s terror is as good as our own as we follow the story that is nothing if not tense and compelling. Mara plays on every adult’s worst nightmare - losing a child. A frantic search for Faye ensues with more twists and turns than the tube itself.

I find it very hard to fault Mara’s style. She effortlessly pulls us in and keeps us there until the final lines - which inevitably hold more information than we’d ever expect. I keep a notebook full of my suspects when reading Andrea’s work and such is her skill that I never manage to guess the suspect correctly! What more could you want from domestic crime but a book that keeps you on your toes and keeps you up at night as you turn pages by lamplight eager to find out what happened to poor Faye and who was responsible. Andrea plays on the fact that adults know not to be afraid of monsters in closets, but that a missing child is a realistic and terrifying possibility.

Thanks to @netgalley & @penguinbooksireland for the E-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Sive is in London with her husband, Aaron, and their three children - Faye (6), Bea (2), and Toby (4 months). Aaron's meeting up with his former flatmates for a twenty-year reunion. The gang's all here (bar one, but more on that in a sec) - Scott, a fellow lawyer and rival of Aarons; Dave, nicknamed Trigger for his somewhat gormless personality; Nita, a lawyer/influencer pregnant with her first child; Maggie, the self-proclaimed sensible one of the group, and of course Aaron - a sharp barrister with a reputation for winning difficult cases. The only one missing is Yasmin, who died fifteen years earlier. As well as being Aaron's ex-fiancée, she was Nita's sister.

Sive feels slightly left out of the group to begin with, but soon finds herself getting to know their different personalities - until disaster strikes on the third day. Faye and Bea step on to the Tube, Sive is momentarily distracted by her phone ringing, and the doors close - leaving the girls unaccompanied on the train, in a city of over eight million people. Bea is escorted off at the next stop - but Faye is nowhere to be seen.

This close-knit group are going to have to start talking if Faye's going to be found - making sure it's a reunion none of them will ever forget.

I'll preface by saying I enjoy Andrea Mara's writing a lot - her last one, 'Hide and Seek', being my favourite. I enjoyed this, not as much as her last one, but I think it's a solid, well-crafted thriller, and miles ahead of any other thrillers I've read recently. I cannot, for the life of me, fathom why Sive even WENT to London, because personally the idea of attending a weekend of in-jokes with people my husband knew two decades ago AND three small children brings me out in hives, but maybe she's a better mixer than I am!

Loved the addition of a Longford character (and she turned out to be my fave, I thought the rest of them were rotted) - Jude, the reporter, was a great character and I really enjoyed the scenes she was in.

The story itself, in my opinion, was done well considering how many different parts there were, and I didn't have to take too many notes which is always a good sign. I don't know if we NEEDED all the different threads, but it was easy to follow.

Fans of Andrea won't be disappointed!

Thank you to the publisher for the ARC via Netgalley.

Wow, this book was brilliant! Such an intriguing premise, which immediately sucked me right in!

This clever story begins with journalist Sive, her lawyer husband Aaron and three children meeting up in London with Aaron's former university housemates, a strange, eclectic mix of personalities.
Sive ventures out with the children, but as they board a tube train, disaster strikes and Sive and the baby become separated from the two girls. Eventually reunited, panic sets in when only one of the girls is found at the next stop. Here begins the true horror of this story...

My heart was in my mouth reading this! I resonated so much with Sive and the turmoil of her frantic emotions when the horror of it all set in, it really made me think 'what would I have done?' All the characters were realistic and easily distinguishable and the numerous red herrings and clever twists made this a real rollercoaster of a read. Just as you think all is going to be resolved, the author throws in another curveball!

While my nerves were decidedly shredded by the end, I highly recommend this fast-paced, tension filled domestic thriller.

Thanks to author Andrea Mara, publishers Random House UK and Net Galley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.