Under Her Roof by A A Chaudhuri

 

This is the class thriller/whodunit. Almost to the end one is swinging between probable suspects and the theory of whys and wherefores.

Adriana a rich widow needs a tenant as she feels isolated and a bit more than frightened living in her palatial home in Hampstead. Her last tenant left under questionable circumstances- he jumped off her roof

Adriana now unnerved looks for a new tenant and finds Seb, opposite in character to Ethan, but with deep secrets of his own.

The lives of both Adriana and Seb are complicated. Their pasts are even more dark and very abusive family behind them. Those child time histories are carried into adulthood and we read about them in stories related throughout the book. It has prevented them from developing fully as adults and with Adriana, a skillfully hidden disassociative disorder. Between the chapters the body count builds up and the murderer is elusive, until the final renunciation.

Keeping the reader involved and on the ball, this story evolves fast. Even with going back decades and then reverting to present times.

Sent from Hera for an unbiased review, courtesy of Netgalley.

Photo from my short sojourn in Portugal.