The Woman in the Window by A.J. FinnMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A throwback to the old Hitchcock thrillers--this one made me say, "Oh, shit!" at one point at the end of the novel. Slow going at first--the main character is depressed, addicted to drugs and alcohol, and suffering from extreme agoraphobia. She won't leave her house, and it seems like she prefers not to shower either. She gets her kicks from helping people in an online forum (she was a child psychologist before she was sick) and using her camera to spy on all her neighbors. She is THAT woman in the window--watching everyone creepily and freaking the neighbors out.
If you've read a lot of suspense thrillers with unreliable narrators, you'll guess some of the twists and turns of the book, but hopefully there will be at least one twist that gets you. I'm glad Fox bought the movie rights--this will make a great one! It's a classic thriller movie retold for modern times.
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