Anna Fox is a child psychologist with a husband named Ed and a daughter named Olivia. She is also an agoraphobic due to a traumatic event in her recent past. Ed and Olivia do not live with her, but she talks to them on the phone every day. They are waiting for her to get well.

Since Anna cannot bring herself to leave her house, she has an online world in playing chess as well as giving psychological advice in a private chatroom online. But her main past time is watching her neighbors through a high-powered camera lens. She knows all sorts of things about her neighbors, but she does not really talk to them. That all changes when the new neighbors move in right across the street.

The Russells are made up of the husband, wife, and teenage son. One day, the mother and son are sitting outside talking when Anna is spotted by them as she peers out of her window. Soon after, her doorbell rings and she is a little surprised to find Jane Russell on her doorstep. Happily, the two women bond quickly, and spend nearly three hours talking and getting acquainted. When Jane leaves, Anna feels that she has found a friend.

She tells Ed all about her new friend when she makes her nightly phone call to him and Olivia. The new friendship, sadly, does not last long. One night, soon after their night together, Anna witnesses something horrible in the Russell's house. She knows what she saw but no one will believe her. It seems that it is up to Anna to make sure that Jane gets justice. How is she going to do that, though, when she cannot even leave her home?

All I can say about THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW is WOW! This is not a book that is going to leave you any bread crumbs to follow. Anna is a fully created character and I felt her pain, desperation, and sadness as if they were my own. Things move rather slowly as to set the stage for the brain twisting events that are yet to come, but there is always something waiting just around the next corner.

THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW has a little bit of all of us in the character of Anna. Her life could be anyone's at any time. Things happened to Anna that cause her to live the life of a high functioning alcoholic, downing multiple bottles of wine daily, along with several anti-psychotic medications. This deep depression is not something that anyone can fight easily especially when it is brought about by such a horrific event as what happened to her.

If you want a book that will keep you on the edge of your seat while you try to figure out what exactly is happening, THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn will definitely fill the bill. Nothing is what you think it is and that is all you need to know until you reach that final page.