Rachel is a GP in her late forties. Her marriage to Nathan has become stale and her daughter is becoming increasingly distant. At the end of surgery a new patient, Luc, turns up and is clearly distressed. Rachel spends time listening to Luc, helping him to calm down. Rachel becomes entranced by Luc and when the feelings are reciprocated this sets in motion actions that will effect everyone.
This is a slow burning story, part love story, part thriller. It is easy to empathise with Rachel, her marriage is in a rut, life revolves around work and she is slowly realising what she has missed by putting her patients ahead of her family. When the intoxicating Frenchman Luc appears Rachel finds it impossible to fight the attraction.
As the relationship between Rachel and Luc develops there is a sense of something lurking in the shadows. A number of times Rachel is convinced she's being followed. At times she's adamant there's someone watching from the bottom of the garden. Each time no-one is found. Rachel is convinced one of her patients has become fixated with her but when a colleague is found dead the story becomes even more sinister.
The Patient by Jane Shemilt will be published on 28th April 2022 in paperback, ebook and audio format. My thanks to Harper Fiction and NetGalley for an early release copy for review.
No comments:
Post a Comment