From #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Jewell—three women are connected by one man in this kaleidoscopic thriller.
Restauranteur Paddy Swann was the life of the party until the day a man pushed him in the path of an oncoming train, leaving his twenty-something daughter Ash and wife Nina devastated. Shortly after Paddy’s funeral, the two women receive a surprise in the mail: a note and package from Nick Ratcliffe, an old friend of Paddy’s, and a nondescript lighter that once belonged to him decades ago. This unexpected gift draws Nick and Nina closer together—much to Ash’s dismay.
Martha is a small-town florist with dreams of expansion. She lives with her second husband Al, her baby, and two sons from her prior marriage. But they never seem to have any money, and with his constant traveling for work, she feels like a single parent—especially when an emergency makes her realize something needs to change.
But Nick and Al may not be who they say they are, leading these three women on a shocking collision course, wishing they had heeded a warning: Don’t let him in.
Book Info: print length: 400 pages. Publisher: Century. Publication date: 3 July 2025
My Thoughts:
Don’t hate me, but I am lucky enough to have read an early copy of Lisa’s new psychological thriller Don’t Let Him In and if you loved None of This is True and thought that was dark, then this one will blow your mind!
Lisa has finally embraced the darker side of domestic noir/psychological thrillers and I personally didn’t think it was possible to go any darker, but I am thrilled that she has crossed that line and created a deliciously, disturbing and dark tale of obsession.
Don’t Let Him In is the tale of three women. Nina, recently widowed, when her beloved husband was pushed in front of a train, Ash, his devoted daughter who has moved home after suffering a mental breakdown and losing her job and Martha, who juggles her busy life with a new baby, 2 boys from her first marriage, running a busy florist whilst her new husband travels all the time for work.
These women are all connected but don’t know why or how, until something happens which puts them all in danger.
I don’t want to say too much about the storyline, because there are so many twists and turns that you need to read this for yourself and discover the secrets page by page.
I read this book in ONE sitting (admittedly I was on a 12 hour flight at the time), but I absolutely LOVED and DEVOURED this book. It was fun, exciting, dark, devious, cunning, clever, menacing and very, very disturbing. 5 huge stars from me.
