Do Not Disturb: A Novel

· HarperCollins
4.3
3 reviews
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400
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From the award-winning author of The Sisters, Local Girl Missing and Last Seen Alive, comes a taut psychological thriller in which family secrets and hidden pasts build to a violent climax in a guesthouse among the idyllic Welsh mountains. 

Following a traumatic event in London, Kirsty Woodhouse packs up her family and moves back to her native Wales. There she sets up her new home with her husband and two young daughters, and goes into business with her difficult mother managing a guesthouse in the Brecon Beacons. 

But when the guesthouse is ready to be occupied, Kirsty encounters the last person she ever expected to see: her estranged cousin Selena. It has been seventeen years since they last talked—when Selena tore everything apart between them.

Why has she chosen now to walk back into Kirsty's life? Is Selena running from something too? Or is there an even darker reason for her visit?

As Kirsty becomes increasingly concerned for the safety of her daughters, her dream home begins to feel like her worst nightmare.

Kirsty knows that once you invite trouble into your home, it can be murder getting rid of it . . .

Ratings and reviews

4.3
3 reviews
Misty's Corner Reviews
November 28, 2020
Do Not Disturb by Claire Douglas was quite an intriguing read! I was not expecting the turn this story took, which made it all the more enticing. // Kirsty, her husband, and their two girls decide to make a big move, a much needed fresh start. They choose to run a guest house with Kirsty’s mother. Soon long lost family members and acquaintances are renting out rooms, and various pasts come back to disturb them. With themes of haunted houses, mental health, and death, what more can you ask from a thriller? // Douglas did a fine job exploring the depths of the inner psyche. Kirsty’s character, for one, was forever trying to live up to everyone’s standards as the supportive wife, protective mother, and doting daughter. Mental illness played a large role, although you don't find out how large of a role it plays until much further on. I'll let you figure that one out for yourself, though, when the time’s right. // I enjoyed Douglas’ writing style, provided mostly from Kirsty’s first-person perspective, particularly as it related to death in the story. While the prologue provides the hook of a looming demise, the timeline’s literary before and after technique expertly conceals the identity of both the deceased and the killer until those final chilling moments. // I'd recommend this book to thriller fans everywhere, especially those interested in mental health as an integral part of the overall plot. // A special thank you to @harperperennial { #oliveinfluencer } for my US copy of this uncorrected Harper Paperback Original proof.
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About the author

Claire Douglas is the Sunday Times number-one bestselling author of ten stand-alone novels, including: The Sisters, Local Girl Missing, Last Seen Alive, Do Not Disturb, Then She Vanishes, Just Like The Other Girls, The Couple at No. 9, The Girls Who Disappeared, and The Woman Who Lied. Her books have sold over a million copies in the UK and have been published worldwide. She lives in Bath, UK.

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