The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins Published by Riverhead Books on 13/01/2015
Genres: Thriller, Mystery
Pages: 326
Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?
Compulsively readable, The Girl on the Train is an emotionally immersive, Hitchcockian thriller and an electrifying debut.
This is a real good thriller. Paula Hawkins grabs you in this thriller right from the start. You can’t put the book down till the end. A thriller full of twists and vivid characters that you will be always alert and surprised.
What I loved most was the multi narration of the story. Also the past and present times served the twists and turns good. You feel as lost as the heroine trying to configure out what is going on, why and when. A mind twisting thriller in which you can’t predict the “Bad Guys” till near the end.
About Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction.
Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since. Her first thriller, The Girl on the Train, has been published in over forty languages, has been a No.1 bestseller around the world and is now a major motion picture starring Emily Blunt. Into the Water is her second thriller.