Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release date: 19 June 2025
Back cover blurb: They're not looking for what you think they are... The play date started well. The children happy in one room while their mothers relaxed and drank wine in another. But then the stranger appeared at the window. And then he was inside the house. And then he grabbed the knife... Alice only meant to stop him. She didn't mean to kill him. The police conclude that she acted in self-defence, but wracked with guilt, Alice sets out to apologise to Linda, the mother of the young man she killed. But as Alice learns more about Ezra and why he was at her house, she starts to wonder whether she really has the full picture about what happened that day...
Alice wasn't looking for anyone when she met Jamie. But then who is in their late 30's?
If you've got that far without a significant other then why would you bother?
At least that's Alice's opinion before she met Jamie...
But now everything is perfect, including Jamie.
When their house is broken into her only thought is the safety of the children present.
She has guests around when the break-in happens and is worried that she is about to be murdered in front of them. So she reacts in the only way that she can possibly think of.
She uses self defence. And in doing so, finds herself in a whole world of trouble.
What follows is a complex web of lies and uncertainties, which at times is hard to follow, and I will be honest, I found a lot of this novel to be a little far fetched.
Linking everything back to a young woman that Jamie was having an affair with seems a little too convenient.
But who am I to judge, I am by no means an author, and I still found myself hooked!
The Break-In is available now via Amazon online and all good book shops.
Thank You to the publishers who approved my request via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.