I really enjoyed this slow-burning, character driven thriller by talented newcomer Katherine Faulkner. This book has all the ingredients I like in a slow-burn thriller: complex and thoughtful characterization, twists and turns, suspicious friends and intimate partners, and excellent writing. I was intrigued by this story from the start and never wanted to put it down. Faulkner ably casts a sense of dread and foreboding over the story from the beginning - something a lot of less capable writers a...

This turned out to be a compelling companion for a snowy Saturday. It was with me on my elliptical, during my lunch, and later with hot chocolate by the fireplace. The women who narrate for us: Helen, Serena, and Katie have close connections. The relationships seem solid. Then Rachel comes into their lives and starts to stir things up. For the first quarter of the book, everything seems pretty straightforward. You wonder how some of these characters and plot points can possibly be relevant and t...

I don’t think that’s how concrete works.

A Book Which Confirms that Friendly People Are Not To Be TrustedHelen, Katie, and Serena have all grown up together. While Helen and Serena are preparing to welcome their newborn infants, Helen meets an extremely friendly Rachel at her prenatal class. Rachel is not like the other mums-to-be though. She is loud, constantly drinking, and smoking. But Helen is lonely so a friend is better than no friend, right? What does Rachel really want? Why is she always hanging around?This was a solid debut no...

Helen Trope and her husband, Daniel, are expecting their first child in a matter of weeks, after a series of losses. At her childbirth class, which Daniel for work reasons can’t attend, Helen meets young, loud, tactless Rachel, who takes an immediate interest in Helen, and becomes the human version of cling wrap for the ensuing chapters, always seeming to be everywhere Helen is. For reasons that never make a single ounce of sense to me, Helen keeps enabling this dysfunctional “friendship”, putti...

Excellent, dangerously riveting, extremely addictive, absolutely unputdownable!This is 3 POVed characterization, three unique different women narrations, web of secrets, lies, well played twists, capturing, breathing structure and surprising, well developed conclusion makes me you smile happily reminded you of karma is exactly dirty, notorious b*itch! Helen married to Daniel who is also partner of his brother Rory ’s architecture firm they inherited from their highly appraised, famous architect

3.75 *This was a very good debut thriller by up-and coming author Katherine Faulkner. I love her writing style. Very free flowing and easy to read! This is reminiscent of a Lisa Jewell type of thriller with its beautiful neighbourhood setting and a bit of a quirky cast of characters.The story focuses on three couples (who are friends and some are family members too.) Helen and Daniel, Rory and Serena, and Katie and Charlie. Helen is pregnant and goes to a pre-natal class and meets Rachel who is

What a flawless debut from upcoming author Katherine Faulkner! I had no idea where this was going! .....but that opening letter....WOW!!! This is a slow-building intense shocker. I love the way she weaved the characters in a 3 person POV. Poor Helen... in her POV... if anyone could be as gullible! Her newfound friendship is with a less becoming girl she meets at their prenatal class. Rachel drinks, smokes and has erratic behavior for a mom-to-be which inquisitively draws Helen in. She is lonely

4+This debut novel focuses on three siblings and their partners, Helen who is married to Daniel, Helen’s brothers Charlie and Rory who is married to Serena. Helen is pregnant and meets Rachel at an NCT class and following this just sit and wait for the fireworks as it’s quite a magnificent display! The story is told from the perspectives of Helen, Serena and Kate, Charlie’s journalist girlfriend. This is a really good debut which suggests the sky is the limit for Katherine Faulkner! I really lik...

So often these psychological thrillers don't work for me, but I fell in love with the cover. This is the kind of house in could see myself living in. It starts out rather slowly but as or reads the tension builds and builds. The entrance of the character Rachel, shakes things up. One is not sure what she wants with Helen and her family, but that she is not who she says she is quite apparent.. She seems to have many secrets and there are just too many coincidences. Clues are given throughout the

Greenwich Park, a debut thriller by Katherine Faulkner, is a fantastic way to begin a reading year. This is the story of three couples linked by family and friendship, over several years, beginning when most of them are at university together. In the present, Helen meets and becomes friends with Rachel, as they are both attending pre-natal classes. Rachel then shows up here and there in Helen’s daily life, appearing in odd places at odd times. She is slowly infiltrating the life of her new frien...

What a twisty story! This is a fast-paced thriller that kept me guessing throughout. Just when I thought I'd figured out the ending, the final twist got me. The story is dark, mysterious, and suspenseful. If you're looking for a thriller with lots of twists, I recommend this one.

I rarely ever do this, but this was a DNF for me. The pacing was off and the writing was so bad! There's one line in particular where Helen says, "My heart feels full of blood." Um...it's supposed to be full of blood?! Not sure how it has 4-5 stars rating based on that alone. I'm glad other people were able to enjoy this book, but it wasn't for me. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Whenever I see 2021 and beyond books being marketed as The Girl on the Train, I take a quick pause. That book came out over six years ago and if its in the same vein of that book, I am going to be hesitant in picking it up. Six years later and still referring to a book that caused thousands of copycats. However, Katherin Faulkner's upcoming debut Greenwich Park intrigued me right from the beginning because of its beautiful cover! After finishing this book, I don't lean strongly either way in...