Welcome to my blog tour stop for The Girl At My Front Door which is been hosted by Bookouture
Title: The Girl At My Door
Author: Rebecca Griffiths
Genre: Historical thriller
Rating : 5
Would I recommend it? Yes, in fact I've already told some of my friends about it and they all said they were adding it to their TBR
Would I read more by this author? Yes
Now on to my thoughts
First off like always I want to say a huge thank you to the publisher Bookouture , the author Rebecca Griffiths , and to NetGalley for the invite to join this blog tour as well as letting me read and review it.
OMG what a reading this was , right from the very start it give me everything that I love in a historical thriller or just a thriller in general ,dark, creepy and will make you stay in your set just to read. I do have to say that this is my first time reading anything by this author and if this one is anything to go by ,I'll be checking her other ones out when I can. Other big win for this story was the fact that she based it on an actual true crime and serial killer of that time , ( which for those who don't know me , I love reading things that have to do about true crime or serial killers) and since I didn't know anything about that case or about the actual killer himself I had to look him up ( side note if you to know about him here is the link to read up about him which helped bring him even more to life : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christie_(serial_killer) ) .I loved was how the author pulled her story off , and made you feel sorry for the characters because they couldn't be true to themselves. And then there was the ones that you couldn't stand or even like , and lets not forget the ones that watched and planned from the shadows which also give the story the creepiness right up to the very end of the story.
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About the Book:
London, 1949. On the dark streets of Soho, a killer is waiting in the shadows. Inspired by the true crime story of the Rillington Place murders comes a chilling re-telling of one of Britain’s most infamous serial killers.
Queenie Osbourne is the talk of London. Rising to fame as a singer after the Second World War, she is about to head to New York to make her fortune.
On the surface John Reginald Christie is an ordinary man. By day he wonders the bustling city streets. By night he is entertained by Queenie and her band. He is always searching for prey. Soon a young waitress named Joy catches his eye and his dangerous obsession begins.
Joy is preparing to wed Charles Gilchrist, one of the city’s most eligible bachelors. But Queenie has always held a flame for him and the spark between them is obvious.
When Queenie commits the ultimate betrayal against Joy, she knows her bright future is at risk. With nowhere else to turn, there is only one man who can help her. But Queenie has no idea of the dark secrets which lie behind the door of 10 Rillington Place. As Christie watches her approaching, will he risk everything for his highest-profile victim yet?
Blending the real life story of notorious serial killer John Reginald Christie with a fictionalised cast of characters, this thrilling mystery is perfect for fans of Gregg Olsen, Louise Douglas and Jess Lourey.
Rebecca Griffiths grew up in mid-Wales and went on to gain a first class honours degree in English Literature. After a successful business career in London, Dublin and Scotland she returned to rural mid-Wales where she lives with her husband, a prolific artist, their four black rescue cats, two pet sheep the size of sofas and writes full time.
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