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City of Strangers
Grace Scott returns from honeymoon with her new husband, Mac, to find a man lying dead in their new Edinburgh flat. They don't know who he is or where he's come from.The mystery of his identity remains unsolved. Then, three months later, Grace finds a note tucked inside one of the wedding gifts which sends her on a journey to discover what really happened in her flat. A journey that becomes more dangerous the closer she comes to the truth . . . What she discovers will change her life.Set in Edinburgh and travelling to Amsterdam, Paris and Copenhagen, CITY OF STRANGERS is a gripping story of deception, lies and corruption.
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First published October 8, 2015
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December 16, 2015
City of Strangers – A Great Scottish Thriller
City of Strangers by Louise Millar is currently a standalone thriller and what an excellent Scottish thriller it is. Well written, a great central character, who I admit I would love to see in further books and see her develop further. One of the great things about this book is that we start out in Scotland but get an International thriller, with pulsating action throughout.
Grace Scott and her husband Mac have just returned from their honeymoon out in Thailand, Mac has called in a shop to get milk and supplies. Grace enters the flat and finds a dead man in her kitchen, who she photographs from many angles, before the Police arrive.
Grace has recently completed a Masters Degree in photojournalism, and is not happy with the jobs she gets, mainly for magazines of slimmer’s of the year. Her friend Ewan works at the Scotts Today assisting ace crime reporter Sula McGregor, who is investigating a story where two men were found dead in a cave to the north of Edinburgh. He rather than Mac will be the person who eventually helps to give Grace her wings.
Below Grace’s flat is Mr Singh’s newsagent shop and at the back is a room that houses a man who sees everything and says nothing. Nobody in the flats above knows he is there other than Mr Singh, but he does his best to keep himself fit, if not sane.
Three months after finding the body Grace is still obsessing about the body in her Kitchen but Mac keeps telling her to forget about it and move on. The Police case is going nowhere when she finds hidden a note with the name of the victim on it, she calls her friend Ewan. He encourages her to use her journalistic and photographic skills to find out the truth and so begins an investigation that will send her to Europe.
Ewan fixes Grace up with a contact in Amsterdam with another photojournalist, Nicu, who is the first person to really take an interest in what she is doing. With Nicu’s help she comes face to face with problems she thought she could never overcome, and at times is scared. This is the first time that Grace feels alive though using her camera to capture what is happening and now has Scotts Today backing her, even though Mac is dead against.
Sula and Ewan still running the crime story of the two dead men who seemingly have no connection find a story that takes them in a direction they were not expecting.
As The City of Strangers comes to its conclusion we see the three threads developing in interesting directions, as Grace finds hidden depths. The book also asks if we do thing just because we are comfortable and lazy, but we can be amazed at ourselves if we step outside of our comfort zone.
This is a fantastically written thriller that gives us a reluctant hero who has to face down things she never would have dreamt of weeks earlier. There are great characters in this book and I would love to see Grace Scott given another book to develop further as she has hidden depths yet to be discovered.
A great book, a great read something that gives us a hero that is not London based and male, which makes for a fantastic book.
City of Strangers by Louise Millar is currently a standalone thriller and what an excellent Scottish thriller it is. Well written, a great central character, who I admit I would love to see in further books and see her develop further. One of the great things about this book is that we start out in Scotland but get an International thriller, with pulsating action throughout.
Grace Scott and her husband Mac have just returned from their honeymoon out in Thailand, Mac has called in a shop to get milk and supplies. Grace enters the flat and finds a dead man in her kitchen, who she photographs from many angles, before the Police arrive.
Grace has recently completed a Masters Degree in photojournalism, and is not happy with the jobs she gets, mainly for magazines of slimmer’s of the year. Her friend Ewan works at the Scotts Today assisting ace crime reporter Sula McGregor, who is investigating a story where two men were found dead in a cave to the north of Edinburgh. He rather than Mac will be the person who eventually helps to give Grace her wings.
Below Grace’s flat is Mr Singh’s newsagent shop and at the back is a room that houses a man who sees everything and says nothing. Nobody in the flats above knows he is there other than Mr Singh, but he does his best to keep himself fit, if not sane.
Three months after finding the body Grace is still obsessing about the body in her Kitchen but Mac keeps telling her to forget about it and move on. The Police case is going nowhere when she finds hidden a note with the name of the victim on it, she calls her friend Ewan. He encourages her to use her journalistic and photographic skills to find out the truth and so begins an investigation that will send her to Europe.
Ewan fixes Grace up with a contact in Amsterdam with another photojournalist, Nicu, who is the first person to really take an interest in what she is doing. With Nicu’s help she comes face to face with problems she thought she could never overcome, and at times is scared. This is the first time that Grace feels alive though using her camera to capture what is happening and now has Scotts Today backing her, even though Mac is dead against.
Sula and Ewan still running the crime story of the two dead men who seemingly have no connection find a story that takes them in a direction they were not expecting.
As The City of Strangers comes to its conclusion we see the three threads developing in interesting directions, as Grace finds hidden depths. The book also asks if we do thing just because we are comfortable and lazy, but we can be amazed at ourselves if we step outside of our comfort zone.
This is a fantastically written thriller that gives us a reluctant hero who has to face down things she never would have dreamt of weeks earlier. There are great characters in this book and I would love to see Grace Scott given another book to develop further as she has hidden depths yet to be discovered.
A great book, a great read something that gives us a hero that is not London based and male, which makes for a fantastic book.
January 2, 2016
this book took a little while to get going but as soon it did was a page turner and following grace scott through amsterdam, paris , copenhagen and scotland in search of the id of the man found dead in their flat kitchen while away on their honeymoon. takes many twists and turns and didn't disappoint in the end
December 15, 2017
I am slowly going through my huge kindle TBR pile and was shocked to see that I have had City of Strangers on there for almost TWO YEARS!! And I have absolutely no idea why as I adore Louise Millars books! In fact the first thing I did when I finished this was to check on Amazon to see if she had another book coming out shortly as I love her writing and want MORE!! Sadly I couldn’t find anything new to purchase or pre-order but I will keep stalking looking out for any new releases. Because City of Strangers is absolutely AWESOME!!
What starts off as an unexplained mystery, when Grace and Mac find a dead burglar in their kitchen on their return from honeymooning in Thailand, sharply about turns and becomes an international thriller full of shocking twists as Grace puts her investigative photojournalism to good use in her hunt for the dead mans identity. There is also another plot thread unravelling at the same time when two bodies are found in a remote location. Grace’s friend Ewan at the newspaper “Scots Today” ties these two stories together as his new boss Sula is investigating the suspicious deaths while Ewan encourages Grace to work on the story of how the dead man came to be in her flat. And just who is the mysterious man hiding out in the storeroom of the shop below where the death occurred? As all of these scenarios start to entwine themselves in and around Grace’s search for the truth, she finds herself in more danger than anyone is expecting!
I became completely engrossed in City Of Strangers within only a few pages. Much of that was to do with the character of Grace herself. I found her to be an immensely relatable protaganist who seemed to develop in front of our eyes into her own person and not part of the “Grace and Mac” coupledom that she had been part of for the last nineteen years. Much as I liked the character of Mac, I felt him to be quite controlling and wasn’t surprised when the real reason for them getting married started to emerge. Once Grace was away from him, her confidence in her own, very obvious to others, skills started to soar and she became a much stronger and more determined woman. And that new Grace really did reel me in so that I became totally immersed in her journey.
Although the cover of this book alerted me to the fact it was set in one of my very favourite locations of Edinburgh, I was thrilled to see it move away to another of my favourite cities in the world, Amsterdam, where Louise Millar really brought the spirit and the ambience of the city to life with her vividly described settings especially of the houseboat and the canals. The pace certainly speeded up once Grace left behind Edinburgh and London and I became completely gripped by the chase across Europe as the identity of the dead man starts to fall into place, leading Grace into dangerous situations she has absolutely no idea are coming.
This is one of the authors best books so far! The slick, well polished narrative flowed at such a cracking pace that I often found myself holding my breath, so caught up was I in the chain of events that one man’s death had put into action. City of Strangers is an unputdownable crime thriller that packs a full on dramatic punch to make it compulsive reading. Absolutely loved it!
What starts off as an unexplained mystery, when Grace and Mac find a dead burglar in their kitchen on their return from honeymooning in Thailand, sharply about turns and becomes an international thriller full of shocking twists as Grace puts her investigative photojournalism to good use in her hunt for the dead mans identity. There is also another plot thread unravelling at the same time when two bodies are found in a remote location. Grace’s friend Ewan at the newspaper “Scots Today” ties these two stories together as his new boss Sula is investigating the suspicious deaths while Ewan encourages Grace to work on the story of how the dead man came to be in her flat. And just who is the mysterious man hiding out in the storeroom of the shop below where the death occurred? As all of these scenarios start to entwine themselves in and around Grace’s search for the truth, she finds herself in more danger than anyone is expecting!
I became completely engrossed in City Of Strangers within only a few pages. Much of that was to do with the character of Grace herself. I found her to be an immensely relatable protaganist who seemed to develop in front of our eyes into her own person and not part of the “Grace and Mac” coupledom that she had been part of for the last nineteen years. Much as I liked the character of Mac, I felt him to be quite controlling and wasn’t surprised when the real reason for them getting married started to emerge. Once Grace was away from him, her confidence in her own, very obvious to others, skills started to soar and she became a much stronger and more determined woman. And that new Grace really did reel me in so that I became totally immersed in her journey.
Although the cover of this book alerted me to the fact it was set in one of my very favourite locations of Edinburgh, I was thrilled to see it move away to another of my favourite cities in the world, Amsterdam, where Louise Millar really brought the spirit and the ambience of the city to life with her vividly described settings especially of the houseboat and the canals. The pace certainly speeded up once Grace left behind Edinburgh and London and I became completely gripped by the chase across Europe as the identity of the dead man starts to fall into place, leading Grace into dangerous situations she has absolutely no idea are coming.
This is one of the authors best books so far! The slick, well polished narrative flowed at such a cracking pace that I often found myself holding my breath, so caught up was I in the chain of events that one man’s death had put into action. City of Strangers is an unputdownable crime thriller that packs a full on dramatic punch to make it compulsive reading. Absolutely loved it!
November 8, 2016
A special thank you to Atria/Emily Bestler and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Louise Millar returns following Accidents Happen,
The Hidden Girl and The Playdate, with CITY OF STRANGERS -a woman’s intense quest to solve a mystery with an ongoing theme of “identity.”
From a multi-level complex chilling domestic noir to an enthralling twisty international thriller-keeping you turning pages while globetrotting.
Four months ago, Grace Scott had never seen a dead body. Now she’d seen two.
Grace Scott has recently married Mac and they are returning from their two- week honeymoon in Thailand. Grace walks into their flat while her husband goes to the market for some shopping. Shocked she discovers a dead man’s body in their kitchen flat. At first, she thinks it a burglar who was set on stealing their wedding presents.
Grace is a freelance photographer and beings photographing the body. She is drawn to this man. Intrigued. She calls 999. They had purchased the flat from John.
Who was this dead man and why was he here? What about his family? The intruder was apparently in his forties and had been drinking heavily, and died from a suspected fall. Grace longs to get into cutting-edge news reporting. She is intrigued.
Little does she know the man hiding and eavesdropping on her—and on the police—in the space beneath her upstairs flat.
The old restlessness that Grace couldn’t name returned. She wanted answers. Her husband Mac does not seem as concerned. He wanted to have a housewarming party and this is the last thing she wants.
She would have to face the city again. Since her father had gone it had become nothing but a collection of shadows and echoes. A city of unfathomable thoughts and an uncharted future. The prospect of her wedding without him had been horror enough.
Her father had also died alone. Now this.
Three months later she is still going through the wedding presents, she finds an envelope tucked inside its white ribbon. Grace Scott’s name on the front. Odd, it did not have Mr. and Mrs. On the back the writing was fussy and looped. The cryptic words listed sideways and were difficult to read. “I am not that man", Lucian Grabole.
She had been so immersed in grief in the months before the wedding, she is baffled by the name. Her husband says he does not this person. DI Robertson was on the case and she continued to ring to inquire the status and update of the case. No match for DNA, fingerprints, or physical markings. No missing person reports. From prisons, hostels, social services, hospitals and immigration. All negative.
This man’s death is haunting her. She begins searching Google and calling homeless shelters in Edinburgh. From Glasgow, Stirling, and other towns within an hour of Edinburgh. She has no idea how deep this mystery goes. The evil and web of deceit surrounding the man, and her own life.
From clues to her sleuthing, she is traveling around Europe, obsessed with finding the identity of the man found in her apartment. Now it appears someone is following her and knows her every move. The closer she gets the more danger she is in. Someone attacked a journalist she was with in Paris and burned his boat in Amsterdam, and threatened her.
While this story unfolds, back home in Scotland, the police find two other bodies that are somehow linked to the dead man in Grace's flat.
We also are introduced to Grace’s friend, Ewan who works at the Scotts Today office, assisting ace crime reporter Sula McGregor, who is investigating a story where two men were found dead in a cave to the north of Edinburgh. Grace asks him the best way to go about finding her John Doe when she is unsuccessful.
To add plenty of intrigue and mystery, there is also Mr. Singh downstairs. A man holed up in the back room of a corner shop underneath Grace’s flat.
She sees missing person’s notices. She wonders about all these families not knowing if their loved ones were alive or dead. Lost in a city of strangers. In the meantime, Mac’s patience with her obsession with the dead man had run out at about the same time as DI Robertson’s. He is concerned she is spending her dad’s money on this foolishness.
Ewan is very helpful and facilitates a contact for Grace in Amsterdam with another photojournalist, Nicu, who becomes interested in what she is doing. With Nicu’s help, she comes face to face with answers. With her camera and passion, and now the support of Scotts Today she keeps moving forward, even though Mac is not supportive. Does she really know her husband?
Set in Edinburgh – from London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and Paris----Little do they know that evidence and answers could be hidden in their apartment building.
CITY OF STRANGERS is a gripping story of deception, lies, and corruption with a tenacious heroine you root for. Hope we see more of her in future books. Fans of Mark Edwards, Ruth Rendell, and Heather Gudenkauf will enjoy.
If you have read any of Louse Millar’s books, you know she is a "master" at penning suspenseful menacing and intriguing tales which involves complex crime, corruption, deceit, family, villages, home, relationships, and twisty connections—while building chilling, complex scenarios which are emotionally and psychologically compelling. Life changing moments for the characters involved.
Millar's psychological crime novels integrate themes of human misunderstandings and the unintended consequences of family secrets and hidden crimes.
CITY OF STRANGERS was my favorite of Millar's thus far. It starts slowly; however, the suspense and danger build; be patient and enjoy the mysterious ride.
JDCMustReadBooks
Louise Millar returns following Accidents Happen,
The Hidden Girl and The Playdate, with CITY OF STRANGERS -a woman’s intense quest to solve a mystery with an ongoing theme of “identity.”
From a multi-level complex chilling domestic noir to an enthralling twisty international thriller-keeping you turning pages while globetrotting.
Four months ago, Grace Scott had never seen a dead body. Now she’d seen two.
Grace Scott has recently married Mac and they are returning from their two- week honeymoon in Thailand. Grace walks into their flat while her husband goes to the market for some shopping. Shocked she discovers a dead man’s body in their kitchen flat. At first, she thinks it a burglar who was set on stealing their wedding presents.
Grace is a freelance photographer and beings photographing the body. She is drawn to this man. Intrigued. She calls 999. They had purchased the flat from John.
Who was this dead man and why was he here? What about his family? The intruder was apparently in his forties and had been drinking heavily, and died from a suspected fall. Grace longs to get into cutting-edge news reporting. She is intrigued.
Little does she know the man hiding and eavesdropping on her—and on the police—in the space beneath her upstairs flat.
The old restlessness that Grace couldn’t name returned. She wanted answers. Her husband Mac does not seem as concerned. He wanted to have a housewarming party and this is the last thing she wants.
She would have to face the city again. Since her father had gone it had become nothing but a collection of shadows and echoes. A city of unfathomable thoughts and an uncharted future. The prospect of her wedding without him had been horror enough.
Her father had also died alone. Now this.
Three months later she is still going through the wedding presents, she finds an envelope tucked inside its white ribbon. Grace Scott’s name on the front. Odd, it did not have Mr. and Mrs. On the back the writing was fussy and looped. The cryptic words listed sideways and were difficult to read. “I am not that man", Lucian Grabole.
She had been so immersed in grief in the months before the wedding, she is baffled by the name. Her husband says he does not this person. DI Robertson was on the case and she continued to ring to inquire the status and update of the case. No match for DNA, fingerprints, or physical markings. No missing person reports. From prisons, hostels, social services, hospitals and immigration. All negative.
This man’s death is haunting her. She begins searching Google and calling homeless shelters in Edinburgh. From Glasgow, Stirling, and other towns within an hour of Edinburgh. She has no idea how deep this mystery goes. The evil and web of deceit surrounding the man, and her own life.
From clues to her sleuthing, she is traveling around Europe, obsessed with finding the identity of the man found in her apartment. Now it appears someone is following her and knows her every move. The closer she gets the more danger she is in. Someone attacked a journalist she was with in Paris and burned his boat in Amsterdam, and threatened her.
While this story unfolds, back home in Scotland, the police find two other bodies that are somehow linked to the dead man in Grace's flat.
We also are introduced to Grace’s friend, Ewan who works at the Scotts Today office, assisting ace crime reporter Sula McGregor, who is investigating a story where two men were found dead in a cave to the north of Edinburgh. Grace asks him the best way to go about finding her John Doe when she is unsuccessful.
To add plenty of intrigue and mystery, there is also Mr. Singh downstairs. A man holed up in the back room of a corner shop underneath Grace’s flat.
She sees missing person’s notices. She wonders about all these families not knowing if their loved ones were alive or dead. Lost in a city of strangers. In the meantime, Mac’s patience with her obsession with the dead man had run out at about the same time as DI Robertson’s. He is concerned she is spending her dad’s money on this foolishness.
Ewan is very helpful and facilitates a contact for Grace in Amsterdam with another photojournalist, Nicu, who becomes interested in what she is doing. With Nicu’s help, she comes face to face with answers. With her camera and passion, and now the support of Scotts Today she keeps moving forward, even though Mac is not supportive. Does she really know her husband?
Set in Edinburgh – from London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and Paris----Little do they know that evidence and answers could be hidden in their apartment building.
CITY OF STRANGERS is a gripping story of deception, lies, and corruption with a tenacious heroine you root for. Hope we see more of her in future books. Fans of Mark Edwards, Ruth Rendell, and Heather Gudenkauf will enjoy.
If you have read any of Louse Millar’s books, you know she is a "master" at penning suspenseful menacing and intriguing tales which involves complex crime, corruption, deceit, family, villages, home, relationships, and twisty connections—while building chilling, complex scenarios which are emotionally and psychologically compelling. Life changing moments for the characters involved.
Millar's psychological crime novels integrate themes of human misunderstandings and the unintended consequences of family secrets and hidden crimes.
CITY OF STRANGERS was my favorite of Millar's thus far. It starts slowly; however, the suspense and danger build; be patient and enjoy the mysterious ride.
JDCMustReadBooks
October 28, 2016
I'm baffled that City of Strangers is written by the same woman who wrote one of my favorite books. It doesn't help matters that I've been waiting for this book for nearly a year; the disappointment hits that much harder. The mystery here was so convoluted, the pace way too quick, there was a random affair that made me queasy and felt as though it was only added in to heighten the drama. In the end, the big reveal felt hokey: Ugh. I still highly, highly recommend Millar's other novels, but City of Strangers is one to avoid.
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February 25, 2017
5 stars!
Originally rated with 4 stars but this book is still on my mind, a month later, SO FREAKING GOOD!
OMG this book! Not my usual genre but I enjoyed this so much - more than I thought I would actually. The start was a little rough, after a captivating prologue it sort of slowed down a bit but by Chapter 10 I was so into the story I couldn't sleep until I finished it!
Grace returns home with he new husband to find a dead man inside her apartment, next to her unwrapped wedding gifts, months after her own father died in an apartment all alone. She is a photojournalist that does freelance work for magazines and she's not where she hoped to be in life. Naturally she is drawn to the dead man's case, even more so when the police are unable to identify him and no one comes forward to ID the body either. When she finds a note one day that says “I am not... that man... Lucian Grabole.” she is intrigued even further and decides to hunt down everyone that might have a clue who Lucian is and how did he end up dead in her apartment.
One clue takes hers to another, and another and another, and Grace finds herself traveling around Europe, asking strangers and trying to piece together this man's life. While this story unfolds, back home in Scotland, the police find two other bodies that are somehow linked to the dead man in Grace's apartment.
I won't spoil anything but OMG this story brought tears to my eyes with how amazing it was - and some sad parts at the end. There are so many characters and so many sub-plots happening at the same time, once you get a feeling of who is who and what they part in this story is, it blows your mind! Grace's husband, her liaison in Amsterdam, the people she meets during her journey, everyone that may have known Lucian and Lucian's past itself - I got chills and I could not stop reading. This story is alive and kicking. The characters are complex, well written, entertaining - especially Grace's former journalist co worker Ewan, he is by far the funniest of them all!
I can't recommend this book enough, YOU NEED THIS BOOK! Thriller fans or not, this book got me to love the genre again and it set a high standard, it's a pretty heavy book but you will not be able to put it down. The amount of detail put into this, to connect every dot and bring this world to life, the amazing characters I found myself saying, that's a classic thing to say/do for some of these characters from the first few chapters, I just connected with all of them!
Full of twists and it travels around the world beautifully, unraveling a story from town to town, person to person; Louise Millar crafted a psychological thriller with an unforgettable, chilling tone that intensifies until all the pieces come together in a shocking reveal! Not to be missed!
Originally rated with 4 stars but this book is still on my mind, a month later, SO FREAKING GOOD!
OMG this book! Not my usual genre but I enjoyed this so much - more than I thought I would actually. The start was a little rough, after a captivating prologue it sort of slowed down a bit but by Chapter 10 I was so into the story I couldn't sleep until I finished it!
Grace returns home with he new husband to find a dead man inside her apartment, next to her unwrapped wedding gifts, months after her own father died in an apartment all alone. She is a photojournalist that does freelance work for magazines and she's not where she hoped to be in life. Naturally she is drawn to the dead man's case, even more so when the police are unable to identify him and no one comes forward to ID the body either. When she finds a note one day that says “I am not... that man... Lucian Grabole.” she is intrigued even further and decides to hunt down everyone that might have a clue who Lucian is and how did he end up dead in her apartment.
One clue takes hers to another, and another and another, and Grace finds herself traveling around Europe, asking strangers and trying to piece together this man's life. While this story unfolds, back home in Scotland, the police find two other bodies that are somehow linked to the dead man in Grace's apartment.
I won't spoil anything but OMG this story brought tears to my eyes with how amazing it was - and some sad parts at the end. There are so many characters and so many sub-plots happening at the same time, once you get a feeling of who is who and what they part in this story is, it blows your mind! Grace's husband, her liaison in Amsterdam, the people she meets during her journey, everyone that may have known Lucian and Lucian's past itself - I got chills and I could not stop reading. This story is alive and kicking. The characters are complex, well written, entertaining - especially Grace's former journalist co worker Ewan, he is by far the funniest of them all!
I can't recommend this book enough, YOU NEED THIS BOOK! Thriller fans or not, this book got me to love the genre again and it set a high standard, it's a pretty heavy book but you will not be able to put it down. The amount of detail put into this, to connect every dot and bring this world to life, the amazing characters I found myself saying, that's a classic thing to say/do for some of these characters from the first few chapters, I just connected with all of them!
Full of twists and it travels around the world beautifully, unraveling a story from town to town, person to person; Louise Millar crafted a psychological thriller with an unforgettable, chilling tone that intensifies until all the pieces come together in a shocking reveal! Not to be missed!
March 16, 2022
This is an investigative journalism genre. I loved how Louise knitted the story across Europe without making it chaotic in the head while reading. The beginning itself sounded interesting to me. 'A couple returning from their honeymoon finds a dead body in their kitchen. I hope in the end Grace leads life the way she wanted and unite with Nicu.
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September 15, 2016When Grace and Mac Scott return from honeymooning in Thailand to find an unidentified dead man in their new apartment's kitchen, she feels compelled to find out who he was and to contact his family. Still reeling from her father's death, Grace -- a photographer -- decides that she will investigate this man after she finds a note next to an unopened wedding present. The note has a name and she embarks (half-cocked) on an international hunt to the consternation of her new husband. Fortunately, Grace has a friend who works for a newspaper and he is quite helpful in guiding her search. Hopscotching across Europe seeking out information, Grace finds that the man has many identities and comes from a family with a very bad reputation. Who was he and what was he doing in her kitchen?
I found this a bit slow to be honest. I also did not like the character of Grace and the premise of her fixation on finding out the identity of the man (who was likely a criminal who broke into her apartment) seemed a bit far fetched. I found her annoying and obsessive about the whole situation. It had a predictable ending that any reader of this genre could see coming, including the romantic interest. I doubt I'd read another book featuring Grace Scott but I have read most of this author's past work and will again as long as it is not this character. I duly note that others have really loved this novel and Grace.
Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for an e-book ARC to review
I found this a bit slow to be honest. I also did not like the character of Grace and the premise of her fixation on finding out the identity of the man (who was likely a criminal who broke into her apartment) seemed a bit far fetched. I found her annoying and obsessive about the whole situation. It had a predictable ending that any reader of this genre could see coming, including the romantic interest. I doubt I'd read another book featuring Grace Scott but I have read most of this author's past work and will again as long as it is not this character. I duly note that others have really loved this novel and Grace.
Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for an e-book ARC to review
October 8, 2015
Louise Millar's new book City of Strangers is a departure from her usual psychologically claustrophobic style. The action is set in several capital cities for one thing rather than a domestic setting - and it's much more of a who-done-it than what-might-happen.
The book starts with a jolt as we are introduced to Grace Scott who is taking detailed photographs of a corpse. So far, so CSI. However, she is not a crime scene investigator, but a freelance photographic journalist - and the corpse is not in some random location but in her own kitchen in Edinburgh. All this information is relayed in dribs and drabs - which makes it all the more shocking, especially as she has just returned from her honeymoon with new husband Marc.
A few weeks later she discovers a note pinned to one of their wedding presents which takes her on a hair raising journey to Paris, London, Amsterdam and Copenhagen. On the ways she meets a charismatic photographer, comes face to face with violent gangsters, and starts to question her own life decisions. At the same time we meet hard-nosed journalist Sula who is chasing a seemingly unconnected story. She is a great character, and her relationship with her male colleague works wonderfully well.
The term "page-turner" is much over-used but in this case it's completely fitting. I not only couldn't wait to find out what happened - but I also didn't guess the denouement either. It's completely thrilling and with a very satisfying conclusion. Millar manages to keep plenty of balls in the air whilst not confusing the reader - no mean feat. I thoroughly enjoyed it and highly recommend it to anyone.
The book starts with a jolt as we are introduced to Grace Scott who is taking detailed photographs of a corpse. So far, so CSI. However, she is not a crime scene investigator, but a freelance photographic journalist - and the corpse is not in some random location but in her own kitchen in Edinburgh. All this information is relayed in dribs and drabs - which makes it all the more shocking, especially as she has just returned from her honeymoon with new husband Marc.
A few weeks later she discovers a note pinned to one of their wedding presents which takes her on a hair raising journey to Paris, London, Amsterdam and Copenhagen. On the ways she meets a charismatic photographer, comes face to face with violent gangsters, and starts to question her own life decisions. At the same time we meet hard-nosed journalist Sula who is chasing a seemingly unconnected story. She is a great character, and her relationship with her male colleague works wonderfully well.
The term "page-turner" is much over-used but in this case it's completely fitting. I not only couldn't wait to find out what happened - but I also didn't guess the denouement either. It's completely thrilling and with a very satisfying conclusion. Millar manages to keep plenty of balls in the air whilst not confusing the reader - no mean feat. I thoroughly enjoyed it and highly recommend it to anyone.
October 27, 2015
Grace Scott returns from honeymoon with her new husband, Mac, to find a man lying dead in their new Edinburgh flat. They don't know who he is or where he's come from.
The mystery of his identity remains unsolved.
Then, three months later, Grace finds a note tucked inside one of the wedding gifts which sends her on a journey to discover what really happened in her flat. A journey that becomes more dangerous the closer she comes to the truth . . . What she discovers will change her life.
The book starts with a jolt as we are introduced to Grace Scott who is taking detailed photographs of a corpse. So far, so CSI. However, she is not a crime scene investigator, but a freelance photographic journalist - and the corpse is not in some random location but in her own kitchen in Edinburgh. All this information is relayed in dribs and drabs - which makes it all the more shocking, especially as she has just returned from her honeymoon with new husband Marc.
Grace wants to find out who the dead man is and her investigations take her to Amsterdam,Paris London and Copenhagen.
This is an intriguing mystery and I did get a surprise at the end. It all came together very well.
I enjoyed it and would recommend it. The title is a good one too in more ways than one.
The mystery of his identity remains unsolved.
Then, three months later, Grace finds a note tucked inside one of the wedding gifts which sends her on a journey to discover what really happened in her flat. A journey that becomes more dangerous the closer she comes to the truth . . . What she discovers will change her life.
The book starts with a jolt as we are introduced to Grace Scott who is taking detailed photographs of a corpse. So far, so CSI. However, she is not a crime scene investigator, but a freelance photographic journalist - and the corpse is not in some random location but in her own kitchen in Edinburgh. All this information is relayed in dribs and drabs - which makes it all the more shocking, especially as she has just returned from her honeymoon with new husband Marc.
Grace wants to find out who the dead man is and her investigations take her to Amsterdam,Paris London and Copenhagen.
This is an intriguing mystery and I did get a surprise at the end. It all came together very well.
I enjoyed it and would recommend it. The title is a good one too in more ways than one.
November 9, 2016
Received as an ARC from the publisher. Interesting plot. A woman photojournalist finds a dead man in her apartment when she and her new husband return from their honeymoon. She becomes obsessed with learning who the man is, etc. She ultimately travels to several European locations to gather information. The story actually has a slow start but picks up about halfway in. The problem for me is that there is not enough character development to make me care about her and her life. I didn't particularly like her. Other characters needed more fleshing also. There is a surprise ending to look forward to.
November 30, 2016
A must read. This is in my top 5 books read in 2016. It was superbly crafted. No red herrings that frustrate the mystery reader. The plot built upon the evidence uncovered by the two journalists in the story. It was also a story of self-discovery--Grace finally determining what she wanted from life. At the end of each chapter, I was left wanting more. I couldn't put it down because it was fast paced from beginning to end. I will definitely read more from Louise Millar.
Thank you to the Louise Millar, publisher and Netgalley for this book in exchange for an honest review. It was a pleasure.
Thank you to the Louise Millar, publisher and Netgalley for this book in exchange for an honest review. It was a pleasure.
July 16, 2015
I've read a couple of books by Louise Millar before which I enjoyed, but I was a little disappointed with this one. I'm not sure why, it just didn't grip me in the same way, I wasn't that interested about the dead man found in Grace and Mac's flat and his history. But the passages set back in Edinburgh interested me more, and as the novel drew towards the end, I found that I was pulled into the story.
July 19, 2016
I really loved Louise Millar's wonderful Accidents Happen, and also enjoyed The Playdate, but the last two books I've read by her have seemed almost written by another author, and have really been a disappointment to me. City of Strangers had absolutely no depth to it...I was disappointed in the plot, the characters, and the writing.
November 29, 2015
Wow wow wow! I loved this book from start to end and I didn't see the twist that was coming. A real page turner I read the first 250 pages in one sitting.
September 6, 2021
"𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜."
Interesting plot. Grace Scott, a photojournalist came back from her honeymoon to find a dead man in her flat. Following the discovery, she found a suspicious letter. Her extra curiosity to discover the unknown dead man led her to a new world of crime, mysteries, and stolen identities. Additionally, her emotions left from her father's death affected the depth of connection she felt for the dead man.
"𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝙇𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨."
I love this book more than I intended to!!!
- A great start.
- The story took time to build up its momentum. But I was so invested once I reached the part when Grace decided to step out of her boundary once everything felt too consuming and when the secret started to reveal once at a time. Hard to put down.
- It was told from three different POVs and initially, it was hard to wrap my head around the relationship between these perspectives. They seemed like disjointed fragments of narratives. Their stories were so different. But eventually, every piece of information slowly linked to each other creating a complete chain of truth. Everything just made sense. It was gratifying to see everything perfectly came together in the end.
"𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚? 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚. 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢."
"𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮, 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙛 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙣. 𝙐𝙣𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙."
- Grace Scott deserved more character development but still, she was an unforgettable character. Her strength. Her determination to write a story of an anonymous man. Her enthusiasm for photography. It's something to learn from. Her struggle to find herself after the marriage. She struggles to be comfortable in her own skin. OMG! I could relate to her feelings so much.
- Not to forget the smooth connection between Grace and another photographer, Nicu. The way they worked and found understanding in each other. ahhh... A portion of the story that I just couldn't help but love about.
-Overall, I devoured this book more than I expected, and if you ask me, I recommend you to pick up this book.
Interesting plot. Grace Scott, a photojournalist came back from her honeymoon to find a dead man in her flat. Following the discovery, she found a suspicious letter. Her extra curiosity to discover the unknown dead man led her to a new world of crime, mysteries, and stolen identities. Additionally, her emotions left from her father's death affected the depth of connection she felt for the dead man.
"𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝙇𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨."
I love this book more than I intended to!!!
- A great start.
- The story took time to build up its momentum. But I was so invested once I reached the part when Grace decided to step out of her boundary once everything felt too consuming and when the secret started to reveal once at a time. Hard to put down.
- It was told from three different POVs and initially, it was hard to wrap my head around the relationship between these perspectives. They seemed like disjointed fragments of narratives. Their stories were so different. But eventually, every piece of information slowly linked to each other creating a complete chain of truth. Everything just made sense. It was gratifying to see everything perfectly came together in the end.
"𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚? 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚. 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢."
"𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮, 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙛 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙣. 𝙐𝙣𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙."
- Grace Scott deserved more character development but still, she was an unforgettable character. Her strength. Her determination to write a story of an anonymous man. Her enthusiasm for photography. It's something to learn from. Her struggle to find herself after the marriage. She struggles to be comfortable in her own skin. OMG! I could relate to her feelings so much.
- Not to forget the smooth connection between Grace and another photographer, Nicu. The way they worked and found understanding in each other. ahhh... A portion of the story that I just couldn't help but love about.
-Overall, I devoured this book more than I expected, and if you ask me, I recommend you to pick up this book.
March 17, 2017
City of Strangers was a mystery filled with action. When Grace and her husband arrived home from their honeymoon, they were greeted by a dead body in their kitchen. The police were unable to identify him and seemed largely unconcerned about identifying the man. Grace's husband also didn't seem very bothered by the corpse's presence. Only Grace seemed to mind the recent incident, and set off on a quest to uncover who he was and how he ended up on her floor. To legitimize Grace's decision to leave home and travel around Europe searching for the man's identity, the author made her a writer whose boss encouraged her to write a story on the man. As a mystery, this wasn't all that great. Grace's investigation took her to the homes of too many random people in several different countries. It just didn't seem likely that all those people would speak to her about the mystery man.
The draw for me was that this read more like an action packed thriller. Grace teamed up with Nico, who assisted her in uncovering the past of the man, and sorting through his various aliases. They were followed by shady characters and ended up running for their lives on more than one occasions. That action made me think this would make an excellent movie. I also appreciated the setting, which used the darker side of quite a few well known European cities. That added a different twist to the story that gave this a unique aspect.
I know I frequently say that the endings of novels came out of nowhere, but I really mean it this time. There was just no basis for how this ended, and there could have been. The author didn't utilize the second narrative of the police woman investigating the murders of two men enough, and also didn't give enough attention to the difficulties in Grace's marriage. Characters who were crucial to the resolution didn't appear enough in the novel for the proper foundation to be laid for their involvement.
So much of this novel was entertaining, but I was disappointed with the quick and baseless ending. Overall, this was just a good read.
The draw for me was that this read more like an action packed thriller. Grace teamed up with Nico, who assisted her in uncovering the past of the man, and sorting through his various aliases. They were followed by shady characters and ended up running for their lives on more than one occasions. That action made me think this would make an excellent movie. I also appreciated the setting, which used the darker side of quite a few well known European cities. That added a different twist to the story that gave this a unique aspect.
I know I frequently say that the endings of novels came out of nowhere, but I really mean it this time. There was just no basis for how this ended, and there could have been. The author didn't utilize the second narrative of the police woman investigating the murders of two men enough, and also didn't give enough attention to the difficulties in Grace's marriage. Characters who were crucial to the resolution didn't appear enough in the novel for the proper foundation to be laid for their involvement.
So much of this novel was entertaining, but I was disappointed with the quick and baseless ending. Overall, this was just a good read.
June 22, 2018
Overall, this is a decent read. It has a messy start, and for far too long it's hard to see why there are two (perhaps even three) different threads to the story. The story of photojournalist Grace Scott returning from her honeymoon to find a dead body in her flat is a good idea, but I found her desire to discover his identity to be obsessive beyond belief. I couldn't work out what to make of her new husband Mac at all. Most of all, though, I found the character of Sula utterly nonsensical. The idea that she doesn't let her PA so much as say one word sounds preposterous. But the entire plot depends on that.
For all that, once you get into City of Strangers, it keeps your attention. I understand she's written other, better books.
As an aside, it's common for booksellers to criticise small publishers for their poor-quality book covers. It's junk of course, it's just an excuse not to stock their books. On the other hand, the cover of this Pan Macmillan edition was quite simply pitiful, a crude combination of two stock images, total cost less than £10.00. But don't judge this book by it's cover, it's a whole lot better than that.
For all that, once you get into City of Strangers, it keeps your attention. I understand she's written other, better books.
As an aside, it's common for booksellers to criticise small publishers for their poor-quality book covers. It's junk of course, it's just an excuse not to stock their books. On the other hand, the cover of this Pan Macmillan edition was quite simply pitiful, a crude combination of two stock images, total cost less than £10.00. But don't judge this book by it's cover, it's a whole lot better than that.
July 16, 2025
This book held my interest as I listened to it on audio books. It had its moments but at times was predictable. I don’t think reading Crime novels is one of my preferred genres as I’ve yet to be left overwhelmed or wanting more by one.
The book is about a photojournalist and her new husband who have just returned from their honeymoon to discover a dead man on their kitchen floor.
Grace then sets out, against her husband Mac’s wishes to find out who he was and why he was in her flat.
The whole plot got a little complicated at times as it moved from Edinburgh to London, Amsterdam, Paris and Copenhagen before Grace finally returns to Edinburgh having delved deep into the plot. I felt some of the characters could have been more developed as a few were over looked even though they played a major role like Carl!
All in all this might be the only book of Louise Millers that I might read.
The book is about a photojournalist and her new husband who have just returned from their honeymoon to discover a dead man on their kitchen floor.
Grace then sets out, against her husband Mac’s wishes to find out who he was and why he was in her flat.
The whole plot got a little complicated at times as it moved from Edinburgh to London, Amsterdam, Paris and Copenhagen before Grace finally returns to Edinburgh having delved deep into the plot. I felt some of the characters could have been more developed as a few were over looked even though they played a major role like Carl!
All in all this might be the only book of Louise Millers that I might read.
April 29, 2025
Grace Scott returns from honeymoon with her husband Mac to find a dead body in their flat. Three months later Grace finds a note which she believes is connected to the dead body. She then embarks on a journey around Europe to find out the truth as to what really happened in the flat.
This story for me started off intriguing and I found myself quite engrossed. As Grace starts to uncover things about the man in her flat I found myself losing interest. At times I was getting quite bored with the story. There were times when I felt myself getting back into the story especially when Grace meets Nicu. This picked my interest as I thought the story was then going down the romantic suspense route, it did but not for long.
I haven't read any books by Louise Millar before and although I didn't really enjoy this one I would try another book by her.
This story for me started off intriguing and I found myself quite engrossed. As Grace starts to uncover things about the man in her flat I found myself losing interest. At times I was getting quite bored with the story. There were times when I felt myself getting back into the story especially when Grace meets Nicu. This picked my interest as I thought the story was then going down the romantic suspense route, it did but not for long.
I haven't read any books by Louise Millar before and although I didn't really enjoy this one I would try another book by her.
May 6, 2020
Grace Scott returns from her honeymoon with her husband to find a dead man in her flat. They have no idea who he is or where he's from. Grace, a photographer, makes it her mission to find out and who he is and what happened It's trip that takes her to Europe where she meets and falls for Nicu a photographer with a free spirit. It turns out the dead man was in love with Anna but had got mixed up with bad people so she ran away, pregnant with his child. He tracked her down to Scotland but he was also tracked down and murdered in her flat. It turns out that Grace's husband, Mac and his boss were involved with dodgy property deals. Mac is also murdered and Grace decided to go off and find Nicu after finishing her story for the local paper.
March 27, 2019
Really interesting book that doesn't feel like a classic detective story. Grace's nearly obsession to find identity of dead man in her apartment leads her from Edinburgh to London, Paris and Copenhagen, chase by a bad man's and realization that she doesn't love her husband. The twist in the end is too mind blowing - to find out that it was her husband's boss who arranged the murder, that her husband knew about his machinations and suspected his involvement and is subsequently killed... And yet, the book isn't written in a way that you want to devour it in one go but rather read it in your leisure... is it good or bad? I did like it!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 22, 2018
It's quite rare these days for me to read a book as quickly as I did this one, but because of the great story-line and the intertwining characters, each very much shrouded with some air of mystery, it was something I found fairly easy - and wanted - to do. Crime and mystery books often find themselves running the risk of coming across repetitive, but this one held my attention better than even I thought it would, and the conclusion to the story I found satisfying, rather than somewhat expected (always a good thing in my book!)
March 10, 2019
A great international thriller. The story is quite good, lots of side stories to follow. I would give the book a 3.5, but bumped it up due to the awesome narration. In fact, the only reason I even stared reading this book was because Scarlet Mack was narrating it. I so enjoyed her narration of See you in September that I sought out books she narrated. I could listen to Mack narrate the telephone book!
Millar’s story spans several counties in search of answers as to why a dead man was found in Grace and Mac’s kitchen. The answer comes by following 2 story lines. I really enjoyed the story.
Millar’s story spans several counties in search of answers as to why a dead man was found in Grace and Mac’s kitchen. The answer comes by following 2 story lines. I really enjoyed the story.
January 7, 2020
If you can suspend belief for the first 4 pages (I'm really not convinced that someone would behave in that manner if they'd just found someone dead in their flat, even if they are a photojournalist) then the rest of the book is very good. Two strings run through it, with an odd extra mystery thrown in - who is the man in the storeroom? The pace gains momentum as you go through the book, so that you want to keep on turning the pages to find out what happens. Eventually the 2 stories start to inter-twine to become one.
August 24, 2017
I chose this book because it was set in Edinburgh. I love our capital city and was heading there for a week's frivolity at the Edinburgh Festival!
The beginning with the murder stirred my interest as did the secondary story of the 2 dead men on the hillside. But the story quickly became a little predictable although the author kept most of the answers until quite near the end. The end was weak and I won't say more than that. Not sure I will read more from Louise Millar.
The beginning with the murder stirred my interest as did the secondary story of the 2 dead men on the hillside. But the story quickly became a little predictable although the author kept most of the answers until quite near the end. The end was weak and I won't say more than that. Not sure I will read more from Louise Millar.
April 23, 2020
Grace and her husband return from honeymoon to find a dead man in their Edinburgh flat. As an aspiring photojournalist, Grace wants to know who and why and she begins to look into the case herself. Her investigation takes her to London, Amsterdam, Paris and Copenhagen as she falls deeper into a mystery that demands to be solved. This was an entertaining thriller, a bit predictable in parts but an enjoyable read.
May 31, 2017
I really enjoyed this book! I hadn't read one of Louise Millar´s books for a while so it was like putting on comfy slippers when I started reading. The plot was interesting and it kept me guessing, wanting to read more. I liked how the story was told from different points of view. I can't wait to read her next book.
August 26, 2017
Very interesting twist at the end there. It was hard to reconcile the man in the flat as something else, and at times Grace's motivation to find out the truth as a little bit too hard to grasp, but it definitely paid off. I loved Sula eventhough I didn't see what part her own little thing played into the general picture so it was nice when it came together in the end.
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