The Man Next Door by E.M. Scott

 The Man Next Door

by E.M. Scott


The Man Next Door by E.M. Scott

 is published by Bedford Square Publishers.

My thanks to the author and publisher for sending me a copy to review and to 

Random Things Tours for inviting me onto the tour.




Synopsis

Retired police detective inspector Thomas Maitland has rented a house in Cornwall; he's going to paint his way to recovery from the experiences of the spring. A local woman with an intriguingly expensive collection of modern art wants to put on a show of his work. But Maitland's next door neighbour, also his landlord, is unsettling, and when he finds his benefactor dead at the bottom of her garden, Thomas Maitland feels death casting its net over him again.





My Thoughts

This is a fascinating read from cover to cover . A read in which you will find yourself questioning and re-questioning what is happening and more importantly, in my case, who exactly is The Man Next Door referring to , because believe you me it  changes. 

E.M Scott is one of these authors who has the ability to draw you further and further into the plot with her incredible narrative that leaves you sitting on the edge of your seat in a dark and sinister way . Sometimes all she needs is a few words that will have your skin crawling and the hair on the back of your neck standing on end in a way that you can relate to whether you like it or not.

This certainly wasn't a book to read on a cold , dark evening with the wind howling round outside when I was alone in the house. By the time I was half way through I was starting to lose my bearings on who I thought was guilty of a crime and who wasn't and if they weren't what had happened.

The Man Next Door is certainly a gripping read that you won't be able to put down in a hurry and to say that I burnt the midnight oil is an understatement, though I knew I couldn't sleep until I knew what had happened.

Definitely looking forward to the next instalment in the Thomas Maitland series.


About the Author



 Under the names Elizabeth McGregor and Elizabeth Cooke, EM Scott has been writing for thirty years and has some 15 novels and one non-fiction work to her name, as well as over a hundred published short stories. Although she has worked in various genres, crime is her first love. She lives in Dorset

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