The Watcher
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Narrated by:
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Catherine Steadman
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By:
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Ross Armstrong
About this listen
She’s watching you, but who’s watching her?
Lily Gullick lives with her husband Aiden in a new-build flat opposite an estate which has been marked for demolition. A keen birdwatcher, she can’t help spying on her neighbours.
Until one day Lily sees something suspicious through her binoculars and soon her elderly neighbour Jean is found dead. Lily, intrigued by the social divide in her local area as it becomes increasingly gentrified, knows that she has to act. But her interference is not going unnoticed, and as she starts to get close to the truth, her own life comes under threat.
But can Lily really trust everything she sees?
‘Ross Armstrong will feed your appetite for suspense’ – Evening Standard
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Critic reviews
‘Addictive and eerie, you’ll finish the book wanting to chat about it’ – Closer Magazine, Must Read
‘A twisted homage to Hitchcock set in a recognisably post-Brexit broken Britain. Tense, fast-moving and with an increasingly unreliable narrator, The Watcher has all the hallmarks of a winner.' – Martyn Waites
‘Ross Armstrong will feed your appetite for suspense’ – Evening Standard
‘Unreliable narrator + Rear Window-esque plot = sure-fire hit’ – The Sun
‘Brilliantly written…this psychological thriller is definitely one that will keep you up to the early hours. Five Stars.’ – Heat, Book of the Week
‘A dark, unsettling page turner’ – Claire Douglas, author of Local Girl Missing.
‘Creepy and compelling’ – Debbie Howells author of The Bones of You
‘The Watcher is an intense, unsettling read… one that had me feeling like I needed to keep checking over my shoulder as I read.; – Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me
What listeners say about The Watcher
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- M. T. Bennett
- 17-01-17
Struggled.
Couldn't persevere to the end of this. just not my cup of tea. Maybe go back to it sometime.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Rose
- 22-02-18
This is too weird
This book has it all. It’s pacey, twisty and mostly absolutely brilliant. A real thriller which I would have read in one sitting had I not started it so late at night. It tells the somewhat confused story of Lilly and her associates, people living in blocks of flats on two sides of an estate one earmarked for domolition and in the process of being torn down for rebuilding. A regeneration project but people are dying and Lilly sees it all as a bird watching writing to ehr dad but there’s much more to it than that. You want to know more? Read the book, you will not be disappointed. The performance is excellent but five stars? No way, not on your life, the book is brilliant, the writing mostly is good but way too much of the usual boring he said she said so five stars? No way.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Anne
- 31-03-17
Not my favourite
Struggled to finish this book,was ok in places but found the narration boring and too fast,not my favourite.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Michele
- 12-01-17
Had a love hate relationship with this one
There were times when I loved the book and times when the main character annoyed me so much I wanted to give up. 3 star rating for that reason.
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4 people found this helpful
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- Lorna Rebecca
- 09-05-17
Engaging story and reader
I enjoyed listening to this. Great twists and turns and an unreliable narrator! Fantastic reader.
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- Sue
- 30-12-16
One of the best thrillers I've heard in a while
No doubt there are clear remnants of Girl on a Train and Rear Window in this psychological thriller, and having heard a fair few, sometimes it seems obvious who the culprit is.
However - the twists and turns to get to the climax are absolutely gut wrenching, the first personal dialogue writing in a journal is engaging and the contemporary plot is interesting - so it's well worth the listen. Catherine Steadman is a great performer - and it reminded me of listening to Paula Hawkin's character - there are clear similarities. Overall, definitely worth any hype.
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7 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Jo
- 01-01-17
Not very exciting
I didn't find this listen very grippy or overall a great story. It need something more....
A little letdown
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Andrea
- 10-01-17
Strange
When I was listening to this book I found the narrator irritating, " I sar it " SAW!! It's SAW! there is no R! he was sarring SAWING!! Also "ive been sat here" poor grammar, I didn't like that. The story was a bit boring for me , not enough going on , too much bird watching . I wouldn't recommend it.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- minorader
- 25-06-19
Decends quickly.
Really struggled though this.
Started great but decreased quickly towards the end of the book.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- G
- 08-03-17
boring and dull
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
A more invigorated narrator perhaps? Or just a more exciting story!
Would you ever listen to anything by Ross Armstrong again?
No
Would you be willing to try another one of Catherine Steadman’s performances?
No
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Watcher?
The pigeon episode seemed a bit irrelevant
Any additional comments?
The synopsis read as though this would be an exciting thriller but both the narrator and story just droned on.
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