Book Review - The Pysychiatrist by Emma Curtis

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Title: The Psychiatrist

Author: Emma Curtis

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Corvus

Publication Date: 2nd October 2025

Rating: 4 Stars

TWO FAMILIES. ONE LIE. NO FORGIVENESS.

In the leafy suburbs, status is paramount and reputation is everything...

Recently qualified psychiatrist Dr Geddes is building her career at a prestigious practice when an unexpected encounter with a young male patient threatens to expose her darkest secret.

Lorna Chilcott is delighted to befriend the glamorous Elise, wife of the ex-boyband star she had a crush on as a teenager. But when her daughter goes missing after leaving Elise's house, friendship turns to discord and accusations fly.

A single lie connects these two traumatic events - and its impact will be deadly...

There were moments in this where I smacked my head, said ah of course, that's how the two storylines are connected, and then within a page or two where my mind has fully caught up, I'm actually saying OMG when I realise something which is that Emma Curtis is once again brilliant.  

We have a character known purely as the Psychiatrist and see her having issues with one very specific patient, which leads to all manner of questionable decisions. 

Then there is Lorna and Elise's story which seems initially fairly gentle, and about friendship, ramps up when Lorna's daughter disappears and from there the story becomes really compulsive to read. 

Everything is interlinked so well, and most of it I definitely didn't predict.  I kept reaching for the book to read just another chapter, as I needed to see what would happen next. 

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it has twists, unexpected moments and characters that I changed my mind about continually.  Just delightful. 

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