A review by nixbix_reads
A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay

2.0

This was a strange read. For the most part, I thought it was very readable & I was quickly sucked in. Paul’s confusion about whether things were happening or not was intriguing, and his search for understanding after almost being murdered by a colleague & friend had me rapidly turning the pages. There’s an obvious villain who is just so creepy, and I would have liked to see more of him in the story. However, the last 25-30% of the book is what ruined this for me. There’s a couple of wild plot twists, and I just felt that the story was getting into ridiculous territory. It almost felt like there were two storylines jammed together & it didn’t work for me.