The Boy at the Door

from fhudnell

This is yet another twisty novel with an unreliable female narrator. While I haven't encountered this exact plot before, I've seen that structure way too many times. In this case the "big twist" was telegraphed so early in the book that it hardly counted as a twist at all. In the affluent communi...

from kbranfield

3.5 stars. The Boy at the Door by Alex Dahl is a dark, twisty-turny Scandinavian mystery. On the surface, Cecilia Wilborg appears to have it all. Her husband, Johan, is a wealthy banker, and they have two daughters, Nicoline and Hermine. Cecilia works part time as an interior designer and she h...

from grumpydan

When picking her daughters up from swimming, Cecilia Wilborg agrees to drop off a young boy whose mother didn't get him. Turns out the address they have is an abandoned home. Cecilia can't leave him there and takes him back to her house. That's when all the trouble begins. As the story unfolds, w...

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This book was dark, disturbing, and a bit of a hot mess and yet I couldn't put it down. Cecilia Wilborg has that "perfect" life. She has a beautiful home, a rich and successful husband, and two daughters. But guess what? It could all come crashing down when a mysterious little boy enters the pict...

from SilversReviews

Cecelia had a perfect life with a perfect husband, two daughters, a beautiful home, and an enjoyable part-time job. One night could change it all. Cecelia picked her daughters up from swim practice, and as she waited for them to change, she was asked to take a young boy home because his parents d...