Nicole Lundrigan

Twisty, dark and addictive.
It was confusing at first, there are Now, Then and Him POV and it was hard to juggle at first. It took a few chapters to figure out why there were those three and by then I was completely hooked.

Molly has come back home to take care of her father. I really liked Molly. It tugged at my heart that her son was struggling so much and how much she clung to the truths she knew. The loss of her mother and her previous trial was such a momentous moment in her life and it was shocking that her son was poking the points that hurt her so much.

But as the twists and turns continued, I was shocked. Then and Him POV really showed the things Molly didn't know - and how it had all spiraled so far out of control. It was a good mystery, with interesting characters.

I also did this one as an audio book and the different narrators were wonderful and really helped keep the POV clear and kept me drawn into the story!

A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.… (more)

If you enjoy suspense novels, you're going to want to pick up Nicole Lundrigan's latest - A Man Downstairs.
Molly Wynters returns home to her small town as her father isn't well. And her mother? She was murdered when Molly was very young. Being back in town raises all kinds of questions for not just Molly - but for all of those who remember...

Lundrigan tells The Man Downstairs in a now and then timeline. I've always enjoyed this style. With each new chapter, a clue, a memory, an action is revealed, making it very hard to put the book down for the night.

There's a large number of characters, most of them aware of the death of Molly's mother. But as an adult now, Molly questions the past and the part that she and others played in her demise. We, as readers, are privy to chapters from other players. Molly's father has lost his speech with his stroke, but he is given a voice with a 'past' chapter. I have to say that the chapters attributed to 'Him' were so very creepy!

Lundrigan has woven her suspense tale with an exploration of marriage, trust, love, family and loss. This is most definitely a character driven book.

I was so very sure that I had the right character for the final whodunit. And I was happily wrong! I really appreciate not seeing a twist or turning coming.

An excellent suspense tale. I really enjoyed this book and will be looking for Lundrigan's next book… (more)

Molly is headed back to her hometown after her father has a stroke and needs constant care. Back to where memories of murder still haunt her. A teenager was convicted for the death of her mother, but others are not so sure that Molly's testimony and memory were accurate and some still question what she saw when she was a child. At his new school, her son has decided to dig into a local case for law class and never before has he dug into his homework like he has with this class, and then Molly finds out what case he chose to research and now he is questioning things. Told from various points of view, I could not tell who was guilty and with each chapter it seemed the finger pointed at someone else, then back to a different character, then maybe back to this person. I flew through this novel and just had to find out what really happened that night and how all of these characters were connected as well as the voice with no name. That really added to the story! I enjoyed this one and look forward to reading more by this author. Thank you to Thriller Book Lovers Promotions for the tour invite and to the author, Viking Press and NetGalley for the complementary novel. This review is of my own opinion and accord.… (more)

As a child of three, Molly Wynters witnessed the murder of her mother. Her testimony helped put the murderer away. Now, forty years later, she has returned to her small hometown to help care for her father, Gil, who has suffered a debilitating stroke, leaving him unable to communicate. When Molly volunteers for a local help line, she begins to get threatening messages accusing her of not telling the truth. She begins to doubt her own memories of what really happened to her mother, especially after she finds evidence that someone has been in her dad’s basement, searching through boxes containing her mom’s old clothes and papers.

A Man Downstairs by Nicole Lundrigan is a slowburn thriller about obsession, memory, and guilt. The story is split between two timelines, NOW which is told in third person from Molly’s perspective and THEN, split between the third voice narration of Gil, and another character, identified only as HIM, speaking in first voice. The story is well-written and interesting. The characters, and there are a lot, are well-fleshed out and complex. The mystery is compelling with plenty of red herrings to keep the reader guessing. Nothing is quite as straightforward as it seems. A very entertaining thriller with an ending that, well, leaves a lot for the reader to think about.

Thanks to Netgalley and Penguin Random House Canada for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review… (more)