The plot was intriguing and highly original, the characters fascinating and believable. At the end of each chapter I said, OK, just one more chapter — and then the day was gone!

I couldn’t put this book down. There were so many twists and turns to the story it just kept me enthralled the whole time.

It was edge of your seat stuff! The story had me on the edge of my seat and definitely had my heart racing… it was brilliant!!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars!

Many thanks to netgalley, the author and the publisher for approving my request to read this book.

After starting her life over in a new place single mum Lola is tries to befriend others at the school gates after her son Luca instantly takes to another child on his first day.

This is a well written mystery story with secrets and twists aplenty. I enjoyed the pace of this book and liked the multiple viewpoints.

I'd recommend this book if you enjoy a good who done it.

The School Gates is a fast paced twisted thriller that has you guessing to the very end.

The book is full of red herrinng and twists and turns that somehow you just dont see coming.

Lola is a single mother doing her very best to fit in with school parents at her son's new school gate but somehow she just cant break that barrier fully .

Lola is after a fresh start but what no one knows is she is being threatened with her life and those she loves.

The group of women all have secrets that have the capacity to blow up their lives.

Did one of those secrets lead to Lola's murder.

A.A. Chaudhuri leads the reader down a twisted path that will have you suspecting them all and trusting no one.

Thanks to NetGalley and Hera Books for a pulse pounding read that you should not miss.

Wonderful thriller by AA Chaudhuri. Lola and her son Luca move away to start over. Lola is running from a threat on her life and her parents. As she starts to make friends with the other moms, lies come out and everyone is mean to her. Then she ends up dead. Why? Who is out to get revenge? And what is the secret she ran away from?

I really enjoyed her first book and then didn’t like her next few as much. But I loved this one! Lola takes her son Luca and moves far away to start over. She encounters her own mean girls at the school gates with older moms who are essentially intimidated or jealous of her. One night Lola is murdered. Lots of lies come to light that she told. Connections are made between people. Great suspense.

A enjoyable read with twists and turns galore that never stop. There are secrets and lies and the school mums made me shiver with revulsion. Like the parents are bullies so what do you expect from the children. The mystery was a good one and it had me eagerly reading. Despite the unlikeable characters the plot is intense.

3.5 stars

I've had a run of merely ok books, and this came along and stopped that.
I do like a book about toxic friendships, and those school mothers always seem the worst.
I raced through this one, finding each of the characters (apart from the policeman) more and more dislikeable as time went on... in the best way.
Plenty of twists and turns right up to the end.
An enjoyable read that kept me turning pages SO fast.