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2000s: When does a habit become an obsession…..?
Watching You
What you need to know before your trail
You’re back home after four years working abroad, new husband in tow.
You’re keen to find a place of your own. But for now you’re crashing in your big brother’s spare room.
That’s when you meet the man next door.
He’s the head teacher at the local school. Twice your age. Extraordinarily attractive. You find yourself watching him.
All the time.
But you never dreamed that your innocent crush might become a deadly obsession.
Or that someone is watching you.
Travel Guide
Bristol
Bristol (c) Google
Not a book for locations as such as only the police station and hotel in Bristol are mentioned and most of the action takes place in character’s minds but someone’s thoughts is often the scariest place to be!
Bristol gets a bit of a look in – around the harbour and the Bristol Harbour hotel does sound nice but the place where the characters live – Melville Heights – is fictional:
“The houses of Melville Heights popped like a row of children’s building block: red, yellow, turquoise, purple, lime, sage, fuchsia, red again. they sat atop a terraced embankment looking down on to the small streets of Lower Melville like guests as a private party that no one else was invited to.”
“Iconic was the world that people used to described this row or twenty-seven Victoria villas: the iconic painted houses of Melville Heights.” The views are breathtaking: “The River Avon pausing to arc picturesquely on its mile-long journey to the city, the patchwork fields beyond…”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Watching You
Destination : Bristol Author/Guide: Lisa Jewell Departure Time: 2000s
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