Andrea Mara

The Other Side of the Wall

When Sylvia looks out her bedroom window at night and sees a child face down in the pond next door, she races into her neighbour's garden. But the pond is empty, and no-one is answering the door. Wondering if night feeds and sleep deprivation are getting to her, she hurriedly retreats. Besides, the fact that a local child has gone missing must be preying on her mind. Then, a week later, she hears the sound of a man crying through her bedroom wall.

The man living next door, Sam, has recently moved in. His wife and children are away for the summer and he joins them at weekends. Sylvia finds him friendly and helpful, yet she becomes increasingly uneasy about him. Then Sylvia's little daughter wakes one night, screaming that there's a man in her room. This is followed by a series of bizarre disturbances in the house. Sylvia's husband insists it's all in her mind, but she is certain it's not - there's something very wrong on the other side of the wall.
Review:
This book was really interesting and kept me wanting to read and read and read. However was a bit let down with the ending. Don't get me wrong, I liked it but was annoyed that it just ended so abruptly after everything came to a head. There was no aftermath chapters like an epilogue etc. The finale happens and then . . . that's it . . . the end. What about a wrap up? There was still other things that needed sorting out! I don't want to assume things when I read, I want to be told and it annoyed me that I didn't get to read about the characters reactions to the events etc.

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