Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra is one of the most talked-about recent releases readers keep adding to their lists and it is easy to see why: a mother and her children hide from an intruder in a centuries-old house.
What it's about
Tracy Sierra's debut is a masterclass in sustained tension: a mother wakes to a stranger in her old New England home and hides with her two children in a concealed nook, as a single terrible night stretches toward dawn. It is claustrophobic, propulsive and steeped in a creeping dread that outlasts the intruder.
Why everyone's talking about it
Nightwatching arrived as one of the buzziest thriller debuts of its year, praised for its relentless, almost real-time tension and its slippery questions about who will be believed. It is a book people finish in a single sitting.
The verdict, for now
If you want a thriller that genuinely raises your pulse, hide with this one. Come for the intruder, stay for the deeper dread about a woman no one quite believes.
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