To everyone else in this carriage I must look normal;
I'm doing exactly what they do: commuting to work,
making appointments, ticking things off lists.

Just goes to show.

EVERY DAY THE SAME.

Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens.

She’s even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. ‘Jess and Jason’, she calls them. Their life – as she sees it – is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy.

UNTIL TODAY

And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough.

Now everything’s changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she’s only watched from afar.

Now they’ll see; she’s much more than just the girl on the train . . .

The unfortunate thing about the story is that, like horror stories where the single defenceless woman goes to investigate strange noises in the haunted house armed only with a nail file, Rachel keeps on doing things which you would think that nobody in their right mind would actually do. However, a new piece of information is revealed at the end of every other chapter which makes you reassess what you think is happening and which keeps the story engaging right until the end.

passed onto a friend

very good thriller, sometimes the rhythm of the narration a bit slow

The start is strange but more and more one gets excited and the plot is great. A magnificent book to read.

Good book. In the beginning a little slow, and I wanted to tell Rachel to get herself together. Surprising and exiting towards the end. Worth reading