This book started off well but seemed to lose pace mid way through. An OK read but not as good as previous work by this author.

I have not read books from this author before but after reading The Fall I am definitely going to look for more. The Fall is written from the perspective of different characters through and also occasionally flits back to 5 years ago. Unlike some books that story tell from different perspectives this book is easy to follow.
I loved this book, it kept me hooked right from the beginning and surprised me with twists and turns I didn’t see coming which for me is a bonus. A great read and highly recommended.

I'm afraid this book didn't really wow me. It started off well but I felt the second half fell flat and I was underwhelmed with the ending.

Very good, fast-paced thriller.
The setting of this book is close to where I live which gave it an extra appeal for me although in reality the rural setting could have been anywhere.
The book has a number of interesting central characters and the story is told in a time-shifting fashion, which I thought was handled very well, especially compared to some other books I've read recently for which it became confusing - not so with this one.
The end is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it after a long build up but I didn't come away dissatisfied.
Only subtracted a star as some of the character's actions border on being unbelievable in places (without mentioning spoilers).

Many thanks for the ARC.

Gilly MacMillan is known for her taut, suspenseful thrillers such as “The Nanny” and “The Long Weekend” and her newest release, “The Fall”, fits right in! Its intense plot, relatable characters and plethora of exciting twists and turns will leave readers gasping!
Tom and Nicole just built the house of their dreams – a sprawling, glass-walled mansion on acres of luxurious grounds- after winning the lottery. Their closest neighbors are Olly and Sasha, a writer and yoga instructor, who take up residence in the Manor House, along with their maid Kitty. Nicole thinks she has it all, until Tom is found dead in their swimming pool. Initially, no foul play is suspected but when police investigate, Nicole is shocked to find that absolutely no one is who they say they are and everyone has secrets to hide- but did someone she know kill the man she loves?
Tom and Nicole are reluctantly wealthy, after winning the lottery, and their naiveté and charm make them immediately likable. Choosing to keep their lottery win a secret, the couple built their dream house on a sprawling landscape in the woods, finally able to live the life they’ve always dreamed of. McMillan makes these protagonists relatable, honest and easy to root for. Olly and Sasha are utterly terrible people, as McMillan intended, and it is not a difficult jump for the reader to make in laying guilt on the narcissistic and self-centred couple. But of course, it isn’t that easy, and McMillan inserts a few other potentials into the suspect pool so the reader is guessing right up to the final pages.
“The Fall” is narrated by Tom (on the day of his death), Nicole, Olly and Sasha. There are journal entries from a to-be-identified-later woman named Anna that add a few extra plot twists to the story. Of course, Jenn and Hal (police investigators) join the novel as narrators as well, once they have been called on to the scene. I loved having multiple protagonists and getting to hear various sides of the story. Not only does it add to the suspense of the plot and the character development, but it adds further layers to the mystery behind Tom’s death.
The ending is blink-and-you’ll-miss-it-fast, but it serves its purpose. The death has been ruled, and all of the characters have completed their plot lines with no unanswered questions. “The Fall” takes gaslighting to the extreme, and I devoured each and every delicious page.

Two years ago childhood sweethearts Tom and Nicole won the lottery and decided to buy some of the land from Lancaut Manor so they could build their dream home, Glass Barn, with state of the art mod cons. They've been living there six months when Nicole returns home one day to find Tom face down in their swimming pool. She rushes to the neighbouring Manor house to get help from Olly, Sasha and their housekeeper Kitty but it's too late and the police begin their investigations into his death. Nicole is certain it was an accident but events that follow lead the police to believe otherwise, especially when Kitty drops a bombshell...

The Fall is told from multiple perspectives and over two timelines, it's a fast paced read that is full of twists and turns. The plot is well crafted, with realistic characters, each of them seeming to be hiding a secret that they don't want to be revealed, some more desperate than others! It's a story that kept me second guessing throughout and intrigued as to how it would pan out, with the final revelations definitely taking me by surprise. Once again this author has delivered a great domestic thriller, that will keep you on the edge of your seat, with a very satisfactory ending.

I'd like to thank Random House UK, Cornerstone and Netgalley for the approval, I will post my review on Goodreads now and Amazon on publication day.

Nicole have hit the jackpot - literally - with a £10 million lottery win. Life changing and then some. So they move to a state of the art modern barn conversion built within the grounds of Lancaut Manor. They start off relatively ok, but then tragedy strikes and Tom is found dead in the swimming pool, floating face down with a head wound. Nicole is devastated and, being completely isolated, turns to the nearest neighbours to help - Sasha and Olly, the couple living in the Manor itself, and Kitty,their housekeeper, residing in the Coach House...
And so begins a story that is best gone in as cold as you can. It is very character driven and, initially, slow in pacing, but it soon gets going and, once it does, well...
As well as what is going on in the present, we also witness, via flashback, what really happened to Tom. This is drip fed with the occasional chapter popping into the narrative every so often. These chapters are included in exactly the correct places to match what is happening in the present and so the two threads well complement each other. We also hear from certain other characters and their pasts but I can say no more about that here... spoilers.
Characterisation is key in this book as it is a very character driven story. This is done mostly very well but again it's hard to explain without spoilers, I wasn't quite 100% sold on one thing that was key to the main plot. Not miffed enough to quit the book but it bubbled under enough to irk me a tad along the way.
Due to the pacing I wouldn't necessarily class this as a typical thriller but it definitely has many twists and turns and shocks along the way. It also relies on a fair dollop of dysfunctional behaviour and that is executed well.
All in all, a good solid read that is a worthy addition to an already impressive back catalogue. My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

Gilly Macmillan honestly cannot write a less than stellar mystery. I had high expectations for The Fall as I’ve loved all of her earlier books, and it did not disappoint.

Macmillan delivers a deceptively simple set up- a husband and wife win the lottery and build their dream home before the husband is found dead. But her expert plotting builds both the study’s complexity and suspense, making this a gripping story that I read in one day. Creative and engaging from the first page with a satisfying conclusion. Highly recommend!

3.5 stars
This is a good mystery thriller.
Nicole returns home to find her husband dead in their pool. They’ve recently won the lottery and moved into their dream home and Nicole can’t believe what has happened.
She runs to her neighbours, Sasha annd Olly, and asks them to help her and when the Police arrive they suspect Tom has been murdered.
The story becomes more complex when it’s clear Sasha and Olly are living a lie and seem to be master manipulators.
I can’t say too much more as you need to follow it yourself, but this is a good mystery thriller.
Thanks to Random House UK and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

An ideal book to bring on your holidays. The twists and turns jeep on coming. In true Gillt Macmillan fashion. I really enjoyed it.

3.5 stars rounded up.

**TRIGGER WARNING** Coercive Control.

Nicole and Tom's lives are changed overnight by a ten-million-pound lottery win. Before they know it, they've moved to s state-of the- art Glass Barn conversion in the stunning grounds of Lancaut Manor in Gloucestershire. But their dream quickly turns into a nightmare when Tom is found dead in the swimming pool, with a wound on his head.

This is a twist filled domestic thriller. After winning the lottery and moving house, Nicole finds Tom dead in the swimming pool. But who could have killed him? This story is told from multiple points of view in alternating chapters. We also get some chapters told by Anna where get extracts from her diaries from five years ago. This is a descriptively written book. There are just a few clues and even less suspects for detectives Hal and Jen to try and work out. Is there something more sinister going on around Lancaut Manor?

I would like to thank #NetGalley #RandomhouseUK and the author #GillyMacmillan for my ARC of #TheFall in exchange for an honest review.

I thought this book started well, and held my interest. However it went off the boil for me in the second half, and was too slow for me. I am afraid I got a bit bored with it.

Nicole & Tom are living in their dream home after winning the lottery. Nicole arrives home one day to find Tom dead in their swimming pool. The book then quickly turns into a whodunnit. The story is told from several points of view and there is also some journal entries from the housekeeper who lives next door.

I thought that the book took a little while to get going with nothing much happening. I found it confusing in parts and it did not bring anything new to this genre. I have enjoyed previous titles from this author which I have enjoyed much more than this one.

I really enjoyed this thriller! Often with this genre I can work out some of the twists before they happen, but this one kept me in suspense throughout. I stayed up til 2am to finish it and don’t even regret it! Thank you so much for this arc

This was a good thriller. It started well and I thinckthe first half was stronger than the second half which felt a little predictable.

I really enjoyed The Fall by Gilly Macmillan. It’s a pacy psychological suspense thriller of a book with some great twists and turns. Nicole and Tom’s lives change overnight when the win ten million pounds on the lottery. They move into a state of the art glass barn conversion but all too soon their new found dreams turn into a nightmare. When Tom is found dead in the swimming pool, the finger of suspicion is pointed, but with only the young couple at the Manor House and their housekeeper living in the coach house, the list of potential guilty parties is quite small. An enjoyable book that I found hard to put down. Thank you to NetGalley, Random House UK, Cornerstone and the author for the chance to review.

This was a great read. Told in multiple POVs and in three timelines it did get a bit confusing at times and I had to go back and check where I was. There weren’t a lot of characters, and even less potential suspects so I thought this is going to be an easy one to suss out. I was so wrong! You are playing catch up some of the time with the reader learning things before the other characters but I quite liked that.

Briefly, when Nicole and Tom win the lottery they buy an old barn in the Forest of Dean and have a Smart home built, glass walls, beautiful views, automated systems and remote, with their nearest neighbour Lancaut Manor a distance away. But their dreams come to a tragic end when Nicole finds Tom dead in the swimming pool. At first the police assume it’s an accidental death but further investigation is needed after the post mortem raises questions.

There really wasn’t a genuinely nice character amongst them (the police officers excepted) and even when you thought they were nice there was always a bit of undercurrent of ‘are they or aren’t they’, but the character who was despicable, and I mean evil, was writer Ollie. I really hated him. A story with so many twists expect to get all knotted up. The number of crimes eventually revealed is completely unexpected, and to be fair a bit unlikely, but hey it’s a story, it’s all good, and the ending is completely shocking. A well written crime thriller that had me on the edge of my seat and an enjoyable and entertaining read.

This story is like an addictive jigsaw puzzle with each chapter providing another piece to put the plot together but with an author that manages to convince you at times to put a piece in the wrong place throwing your thoughts awry. A sinister storyline involving manipulation and coercive control by two of the main characters who manage to gain the house they have become guests in, but sights are set on even greater gains. Murder mystery at its best

Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Loved the twists and turns in this one and how it showed that things that look suspicious can be totally innocent. It all came satisfyingly together in the end.

A must-read for thriller-lovers. This book grips you from the start. Nobody (except the police) are quite who they seem and everyone has secrets they don't want to come out. Alliances change as the story unfolds and it rips along at a fast pace. Leave a long evening free for this book, as you won't want to put it down once you start it!