Gripping

The House On Otley Road by Rosa Silverman is a totally gripping murder suspense that I could not put down.

The action is set in 1999 and 2019, focusing on a house in Otley Road in Leeds. The action alternates between the two time periods. It also looks backwards speculating on what happened at the time.

Two murders, twenty years apart, one murder site – seemingly nothing in common, and everything in common – are they linked? Or random?

We follow the action in 2019 through the eyes of reporter, Kate. The reader gets to know what she knows – but we have the benefit of watching the action unfold in 1999 too.

The book is superbly written. As I read onwards towards the conclusion, I began to join the dots! My heart rate rose as the penny dropped!

Rosa Silverman has created a well thought out and executed plotline which is superb. Her characters were all well drawn and believable. It was innocence vs. experience at times, as those who should have been protecting, didn’t.

The House On Otley Road was an all-consuming read that I read in just two sittings. It is superb.

I received a free copy via Net Galley. A favourable review was not required. All opinions are my own.

JULIA WILSON