The Bedroom Window by K.L. Slater starts with a prologue that raises several questions and keeps the reader in suspense, wondering how that scene fits into the rest of the psych thriller plot.
I love it when a book does that. It gives the story an air of mystery.
Lottie and Neil hope for a fresh start after a few turbulent years, and they think Neil’s new job is just the kick they need to renew their family dynamic. Why is it so important? Because reasons.
However, shortly after arriving at Seaspray House and their new cottage, Lottie begins to sense that there’s something not quite right about Neil’s new employers. Ted and Neeta are well-known in the town, but they’re also something of a mystery.
Do they have an ulterior motive for hiring Neil? What is he hiding? For that matter, what is Lottie hiding? Heck, what are Ted and Neeta hiding? Everybody has secrets in this book.
The author did a great job of leaving little hints and clues along the way, along with some good cliffhanging chapter endings. The action unfolds mostly from Lottie’s point of view, but Neil does have a few chapters.
There are also chapters from Lottie’s past scattered throughout. All of it works together to whet the reader’s appetite for solving the “mystery” surrounding the characters.
I will say that once the revelations start, they come pretty fast. Not all of them hit as completely plausible, but that’s okay because they are entertaining. Who minds a little suspended disbelief in a psych thriller anyway?
And as for that prologue? The author wisely saves that for one of the biggest twists of all.
The Bedroom Window starts a bit slow as the groundwork is laid, but the twists and revelations make it worthwhile. K.L. Slater has written another solid psych thriller.
