"Steven Harding is a handsome, well-respected professor. Ellie Masterson is a wide-eyed grad student. Together, they are driving south from New York for their first vacation: three days in an isolated cabin, far from the city. Ahead of them, the promise of long, dark nights--and the chance to get to know each other better, away from prying eyes. It should be a perfect romantic getaway for two. But when a snowstorm strands them in the house, each realizes the other harbors a dangerous secret--and soon it becomes clear one of ...
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"Steven Harding is a handsome, well-respected professor. Ellie Masterson is a wide-eyed grad student. Together, they are driving south from New York for their first vacation: three days in an isolated cabin, far from the city. Ahead of them, the promise of long, dark nights--and the chance to get to know each other better, away from prying eyes. It should be a perfect romantic getaway for two. But when a snowstorm strands them in the house, each realizes the other harbors a dangerous secret--and soon it becomes clear one of them won't escape the weekend alive"--
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I have often remarked that publishers have to be careful of their taglines and blurbs. Hyping up expectations, comparing to other books or even just promising something that can't be delivered will all end up heightening the readers standards to something that cannot be attained. Nobody But Us seems to fall into this trap as it promises a 'locked room' thriller. Now don't get me wrong, I *love* a locked room mystery and I requested the book on this basis, however this might have been where it all fell down for me.
For a locked room thriller to work it needs to be compelling, a real mystery to the characters but also to the reader. I want a proper whodunnit that gives me twists and turns throughout to slowly reveal what has been happening behind the scenes to take us to this conclusion. In Nobody But Us there are two characters, and judging by the hints in the blurb and the first chapter you can correctly predict exactly what is going to happen from the first few pages.
There's creepy teacher Steven, who seems to have a penchant for the students he teaches and there's the mysterious Ellie who is his latest catch. Although we are supposed to be rooting for Ellie, I actually found both of them to be unsympathetic characters. Ellie has her own secrets and the whole situation spirals out of control in quite an unrealistic way with some rather large plot holes. We also have chapters written from an unknown perspective alternating in although as you knew it had to be linked to what was happening in the present it didn't make it too hard to guess why it had been included. There was an overabundance of scene building and description and use of repetitive phrases which added nothing to the story and made for a frustrating read.
Overall, there's nothing in Nobody But Us that you couldn't guess from its blurb and first few chapters and although it highlights an important topic, it's a predictable and disappointing read. It is also certainly not a locked room thriller! Thank you to NetGalley & Penguin Book UK - Michael Joseph for the chance to read the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
