A review by ilman002
The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier

4.0

I enjoyed this tale of home invasion in a small French hamlet. The prose is beautiful and leisurely paced but it keeps you on edge. It's a fine example of psychological literary thriller done right. The characters are well-developed and everyone has a secret, which keeps you guessing until the end. Mauvignier masterfully builds tension and the novel gets progressively darker as you read. I would recommend this book to the fans of psychological suspense and literary fiction.