Anna has suffered from agoraphobia ever since she was in a car
accident with her husband Ed and their daughter Olivia. Because of this
terrible disease and a brief affair Anna had, Ed leaves her and takes
Olivia with him. Now Anna spends her days looking out of her window,
spying on her neighbors.
Anna spots a new family moving in across from her. It looks like a
mother, father and one son. One day the son, Ethan, comes over to
introduce himself to Anna. Before she became agoraphobic, Anna was
a child's psychiatrist and can spot a troubled teen when she sees one.
Ethan seems to have some problems in his family life. Ethan's mother
Jane also comes over to meet Anna, and they develop a friendship. One
night when Anna is looking out the window, she spots Jane against the
glass with a knife in her and blood dripping down the window. Anna
calls the cops and they go to investigate, but nothing is found.
Anna knows what she saw, but the cops are looking at her like she is a
little insane. Additionally, Ethan's father tells her to mind her own
business. Anna sees Jane from her window and knows that this is not
the Jane she met and befriended. In an attempt to find out what is
going on, Anna knows somehow she must get out of the house and
follow the mother. So, Anna tries using the exercises that were given to
her and opens the door and goes out in the world. However, she is
caught by the mother and returns home, only to have the police show
up again.
Anna knows that there is something strange going on in that house, but
how is she going to prove it when no one will believe her?
Wow, A. J. Finn wrote a great mystery thriller. I was shocked by the end
of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW; it
was not at all what I was thinking! I can't even imagine how Anna or
anyone like her can survive with this disease. Finn gets you right into
the storyline, along with putting yourself into Anna's life. There are so
many twists and turns in this story that I couldn't wait to see what
would happen next. There is a lot of information about what caused
Anna to be afraid to leave her house, but this all adds to the end of the
book, which will truly surprise you. If you are into thrillers, this book is
definitely one to get.
For readers of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of
the decade’s most anticipated debuts, to be published in
thirty-five languages around the world and already in
development as a major film from Fox: a twisty, powerful
Hitchcockian thriller about an agoraphobic woman who
believes she witnessed a crime in a neighboring house.
It isn’t paranoia if it’s really happening . . .
Anna Fox lives alone—a recluse in her New York City home,
unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking
wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling
happier times . . . and spying on her neighbors.
Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a
father, mother, their teenaged son. The perfect family.
But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees
something she shouldn’t, her world begins to crumble?and
its shocking secrets are laid bare.
What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is
in control? In this diabolically gripping thriller, no
one—and nothing—is what it seems.
Twisty and powerful, ingenious and moving, The Woman in
the Window is a smart, sophisticated novel of
psychological suspense that recalls the best of
Hitchcock.
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