Book Review - All In Her Head by Nikki Smith

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Title: All In Her Head

Author: Nikki Smith

Format reviewed: Paperback

Source: Publisher Supplied Copy

Publisher: Orion

Publication Date: 17th September 2020 

Rating: 5 Stars

Alison feels like she's losing her mind. She is convinced that her ex-husband Jack is following her. She is certain she recognises the strange woman who keeps approaching her at work.

She knows she has a good reason to be afraid. But she can't remember why.

Then the mention of one name brings a lifetime of memories - and the truth - crashing back...

An electric, page-turning thriller perfect for fans of Louise Candlish, Adele Parks and Erin Kelly.

From a gripping prologue that certainly intrigued me, to the last pages that surprised me, this is certainly a book that kept me on the toes. 

I found part one a bit tricky to read,  purely I could tell there was the potential for unreliable narrators and with Alison giving us the story in the present, and Jack in the past,  I couldn't get sort the timelines in my mind, let alone what may actually be real. 

For the title is rather fitting, and nothing is initially portrayed as simply as it may first appear.  I did guess one of the reveals quite early on, but everything else definitely surprised me. 

By the time the book enters the second part and further on, I was utterly gripped and whizzed through the pages, not being able to turn them fast enough, as I needed to know what was going to happen next. 

And I was trying to guess, and kept getting things wrong, and was also impressed by the writing and how into both characters heads I was able to get.  

I have a feeling this may be a book that stays with me for a long while. I can't believe this is a debut novel, it is so good! What a book, what a concept. Utterly brilliant. 

Thank you to Orion for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.