A Good Read

The Heights by Louise Candlish
The Heights is a tall, slender apartment building among warehouses in London. Its roof terrace is so discreet, you wouldn’t know it existed if you weren’t standing there. You're glancing around looking at the window of the flat directly opposite and that’s when you see a man - a man you’d recognise anywhere. He may be older now, but it’s definitely him. But that can’t be because he’s been dead for over two years. You know this for a fact - because you’re the one who killed him.
The book opens when Ellen Saint sees Kieran standing on the rooftop terrace of a building. How is this possible? She KNOWS he died two years ago. Seeing Kieran creates a rage in her that can’t be extinguished. How is it possible this monster is still walking the earth and what will she do about it?
The story is told from several points of view. First are the details of the events that destroyed her family. There is a journalist who is sitting in on a writing class that Ellen attends, observing Ellen and the things she writes and comparing them to events in Ellen's life. There is Ellen's side of things, what she has written as her story, full of blind rage and fury that overshadows everything else in her life. There is the point of view of Ellen's ex husband, Vic, then there is the current day. As the story is revealed, we find that things look very different when seen through the eyes of each person.

The writing style is very good, slow burn high tension keeps you agitated. You keep waiting, something sinister is coming, and the introduction of ‘high place phenomenon’ which means a sudden urge to jump when in high places, racks up the tension!

∼ Happy Reading∼ 

Polly x