"A chilling, powerful, thrilling tale that starts with the end, and then hits rewind. "
With a wonderful premise and on point storytelling this is a truly fabulous and thrilling read. The manager of a set of holiday cottages has a hidden camera in the bedroom of a guest. The guest is murdered and the camera destroyed. What next? Hit rewind! I adore Catherine Ryan Howard’s novels, she plays with time and creates plot lines that deceive, outwit and impress. The chilling prologue to Rewind, so matter of fact yet descriptive, really hammers home. It feels like the end, it is the end for someone, yet of course it is just the beginning of the tale. As information is revealed and more characters introduced, even more questions are created. As I travelled backwards and forwards in time, the skill of the writing ensured I stayed fully involved and a part of the storyline. Rewind, so different, clever and powerful, is a sure-fire winner of a read for me, I absolutely loved it!
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A brilliant, unsettling, edge-of-the seat page-turner of a book.
I loved this. From the instantly immersive opening scene, right through to the end this was a brilliant, unsettling, edge-of-the seat page-turner of a book.
Rewind contains all the ingredients for a cracking thriller:
lone woman in isolated holiday cottage – tick;
creepy Peeping Tom of a manager – tick;
potential stalker – tick;
relationship problems – tick;
plucky reporter – tick.
I could go on, but you get the picture. I don’t want to write too much for fear of spoilers – which would be a great shame.... Read Full Review
Physiological thriller that's fast paced and moves about between timelines and characters.
I liked the style of this book with the story told as you would have to watch on a camera tape. Beginning with the murder of an Instagram star captured on camera by a creepy holiday cottage manager this book has action from the get go. The story and timelines move forward and backwards so it's one for reading in as few sittings as possible if you're like me and prone to forgetting where you are with moving timelines. Luckily, the story is engaging enough that I didn't want to leave it.
It's twist is good and the style of this psychological thriller is like smaller stories within the whole story. Similar in that regard to her debut novel Distress Signals.... Read Full Review
Another five stars for this utterly engrossing, creepy thriller that literally does tick all the boxes needed for a tension-packed novel. I would highly recommend this book and it’s very talented and imaginative author and I look forward to yet even more by her again in the future.
Having read Catherine Ryan Howard’s previously successful book The Liars Girl and awarding it the full five stars, I was very much looking forward to reading this author’s latest book Rewind. I had exceedingly high hopes for it and I’m pleased to report it didn’t disappoint.
Although the story starts off with a cracking prologue it did take me a while to adjust to who everyone was and their connection to the plot, which is why I’d recommend you read this book in as few a sittings as possible to keep up with the threads. Once this all clicked in place, the story rocketed along and with a nod to Psycho this story was both creepy and menacing and full of tension.... Read Full Review
From the bestselling, multiple prize-shortlisted novelist Catherine Ryan Howard comes an explosive story about a twisted voyeur and a terrible crime... PLAY Andrew, the manager of Shanamore Holiday Cottages, watches his only guest via a hidden camera in her room. One night the unthinkable happens: a shadowy figure emerges onscreen, kills her and destroys the camera. But who is the murderer? How did they know about the camera? And how will Andrew live with himself? PAUSE Natalie wishes she'd stayed at home as soon as she arrives in the wintry isolation of Shanamore. There's something creepy about the manager. She wants to leave, but she can't - not until she's found what she's looking for... REWIND This is an explosive story about a murder caught on camera. You've already missed the start. To get the full picture you must rewind the tape and play it through to the end, no matter how shocking... 'Catherine Ryan Howard is a gift to crime writing. Her characters are credible, her stories are original and her plotting is ingenious. Every book is a treat to look forward to.' Liz Nugent
Rewind features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Books of the Month, Books with reviews by our Reader Review Panel, Crime and Mystery, Fiction, Recommendations
Rewind is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Rewind was written by Catherine Ryan Howard and published by Corvus an imprint of Atlantic Books
Rewind has 336 pages
