Pet

I was a bit staggered at how compelling this book is. It's certainly an easy read which usually means not much will surprise me. However Catherine Chidgey has served up a wonderful slow burner that oozes menace and evil. The story is split into two timelines: 2014 when the adult Justine is visiting......more

I was aroused and haunted in equal measure in this page-turning suspense thriller. New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey is my new favorite mystery writer. In two timelines—1984 and 2014–protagonist Justine Crieve narrates her childhood and chilling trauma. It begins when she is twelve (1984), lookin......more

I am in one of those stretches where I am having trouble really enjoying any book. It took me a few days to get into this one, but I kept coming back to it because every now and then something would happen that surprised me. Eventually I started looking forward to it, which hardly ever happens anymo......more

I'm very fussy about thrillers. The market is saturated with thrillers and crime fiction, and it's very difficult to find a thriller or suspense novel that really stands out from the crowd. Pet met the brief for me, and then some. The short blurb about Pet, together with Catherine Chidgey's pedigree......more