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The Watcher

A Novel

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3 of 3 copies available

She's watching you, but who's watching her?

Lily Gullick lives with her husband, Aiden, in a brand-new apartment opposite a building that has been marked for demolition. A keen bird-watcher, she can't help spying on her neighbors.

Until one day Lily sees something suspicious through her binoculars, and soon her elderly neighbor Jean is found dead. Lily, intrigued by the social divide in her local area as it becomes increasingly gentrified, knows that she has to act. But her interference is not going unnoticed, and as she starts to get close to the truth, her own life comes under threat.

But can Lily really trust everything she sees?

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 27, 2017
      Bird and people watcher Lily Gullick, the narrator of Armstrong’s uneven debut, uses binoculars to observe her neighbors in nearby flats in London. She names them, invents stories about them, and talks to her husband, Aiden, about them. Lily lives in a new apartment building, while older buildings across the street are slated to be demolished and their residents “rehoused” elsewhere. Lily tries to befriend Jean, a resident resisting demolition, and when Jean is murdered, she becomes obsessed with finding the killer. Only gradually does the reader get a clear picture of Lily as she reveals more about herself and her troubles with other people, including the police. Alfred Hitchcock fans will appreciate the many nods to the famed director, from the obvious Rear Window scenario to Aiden’s planned book on Hitchcock, but this novel, with no memorable characters other than Lily, fails to generate much suspense. Agent: Juliet Mushens, Caskie Mushens Agency (U.K.).

    • Library Journal

      November 15, 2016

      An elderly neighbor turns up dead shortly after bird-watcher Lily Gullick catches some off-kilter activity with her binoculars, and Lily decides to investigate. With a 60,000-copy first printing; actor Armstrong's debut is being dubbed a lead breakout title by Harlequin UK.

      Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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