The Chateau

De: Catherine Cooper

Narrado por: Hannah Donelon, Sophie Aldred, Sid Sagar, Genevieve Swallow, Leighton Pugh

THE TOP TWENTY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘A brilliant new story-teller has arrived’ ERIN KELLY

‘A read-in-one-sitting thriller’ LUCY CLARKE

‘Chilling, devious’ JANICE HALLETT

‘Glorious escapism with a murderous twist’ TAMMY COHEN

They thought it was perfect. They were wrong…

A glamorous chateau

Aura and Nick don’t talk about what happened in England. They’ve bought a chateau in France to make a fresh start, and their kids need them to stay together – whatever it costs.

A couple on the brink

The expat community is welcoming, but when a neighbour is murdered at a lavish party, Aura and Nick don’t know who to trust.

A secret that is bound to come out…

Someone knows exactly why they really came to the chateau. And someone is going to give them what they deserve.

The Sunday Times bestseller is back with a rollercoaster read, perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware.

‘A read-in-one-sitting thriller’ LUCY CLARKE, author of THE CASTAWAYS

‘Chilling, devious’ JANICE HALLETT, author of THE APPEAL

‘The definition of unputdownable’ SINEAD CROWLEY

‘Hot on the heels of her debut thriller, Cooper has crafted yet another gripping page-turner that kept me second guessing myself until the very end’ Karin Nordin

Praise for Catherine Cooper:

‘Pure adrenaline’ Erin Kelly
‘Agatha Christie with glamour’ Sunday Times Style
‘Intense and claustrophobic’ Heat

The Chalet was a Sunday Times No.5 bestseller for w/e 28/11/20

©2021 Catherine Cooper (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Mediocre at best

I chose to read this book after reading The Chalet by the same author, that could possibly be why I didn't enjoy this book as much. Maybe if I read this first, I wouldn't have set such high expectations.
This book is much different. It is full of very unlikeable and at times cringe worthy characters. There were many sections of the book that I had to stop reading and come back because of horrible the characters made me feel. There were many twists and turns and I definitely did not see the ending coming. But it just seemed there were too many unbelievable plot lines weaved into this book. I am not giving up on this author entirely though and will definitely check out past and future reads by her. I also have zero doubt that there are many that will absolutely rave about this book. It just wasn't my cup of tea and I'm glad to have it off my reading list.

WOW..!!… Talk About a Surprise Ending.!

I had been just rocking along enjoying the book for what it was,.. interesting and well written,.. with only a vague annoyance that every chapter was
“Labeled “ with the persons name and month .. but by the last half hour of it, and I was getting whiplash from keeping up with the spiraling plot ..!!
Surprise ending doesn’t begin to describe it… you’ll have to see for yourself…. Revenge is always best served cold..

Fantastic

I absolutely loved this completely original book.
I wished more time would’ve been spent actually in and around the chateau, to me, those were the best moments of the story.
But the entire thing is tightly woven, well developed, filled with relatable characters, and you are truly left guessing until the final moments of the denouement.
Beautifully written and throughly engaging, creepy, complex, and wonderful.
This is a book I will revisit in a year or so to enjoy again and hopefully pick up even more wonderful things I probably missed on the first pass.
Very, very well done.
The performances were OUTSTANDING.
These characters were truly brought to life by the voice actors; this is a prime example of how a really good book becomes phenomenal by that added detail of fabulous narration.
Thank you 🦄🦄🦄🦄

Loved it!

Such a great suspense author and her books always keep me gripped right to the end. Lots of twists but it all wraps up together at the end.

I love a mystery

I love a mystery where I don’t see the ending coming. Is it a little far-fetched? Yes. But when it comes to telling the story, and the author did a really good job at making me second guess who I thought was the culprit and who wasn’t. Everyone is cold bubble. I really enjoyed the story and hope she writes more books that have similar twists at the end.

Not Great

I liked the premise, just poorly executed. If you're going to flash back and forth in the timeline there's a limit. Doing that with that many different characters makes it a mess. Not to mention it is beyond easy to figure out where it was going and who did what. The ending was ridiculous. Spent most of the story stuck inside the wife's head while she wines about everything and how this and that aren't fair. That was rough, used it as a cheap distraction when doing other things. I mainly bought it because I like the narrator Leighton Pugh.