Book info

• Title The Boy at the Door
• Author Alex Dahl
• Year 2018
• Genre Mystery

Everyone has secrets. Even those who seem to be perfect... On a rainy October evening, Cecilia Wilborg – loving wife, devoted mother, tennis club regular – is waiting for her kids to finish their swimming lesson. It's been a long day. She can almost taste the crisp, cold glass of Chablis she'll pour for herself once the girls are tucked up in bed. But what Cecilia doesn't know, is that this is the last time life will feel normal. Tonight she'll be asked to drop a little boy home; a simple favour that will threaten to expose her deepest, darkest secret...

Thoughts

I’m not sure about this one, really. It reads very easily, quick to power through, but ultimately I didn’t really enjoy the story that much. It starts with an interesting hook, that this child is left abandoned at the swimming pool and then the ramifications of taking him in and looking after him. But once all the revelations started happening, it sort of drifted away from me. Lots of people doing questionable things and contrived situations. Hmm, just not sure.

Rating: 2 / 5