A Shadow at the Door
by
Jo Dixon
Publication date: 3rd January 2024
Genre: Crime / Thriller
Pages: 373
RRP: $32.99AU (trade paperback)
Source: Courtesy of the publisher
Review: A Shadow at the Door
Remi has built a new life for herself since her marriage breakdown and thrown herself into renovating her dilapidated sandstone house. When her savings mysteriously disappear from her bank account and her ex-husband starts pushing her to sell the house Remi decides to take in tenants to cover her mortgage repayments.
Josephine and Emerson, both women having moved to Tasmania to start a new life, move in.
A Shadow at the Door is a compelling domestic thriller. Jo Dixon once again immerses her readers in the beauty and seclusion of Tasmania, highlighting the bitter cold of a Tasmanian winter. The story held my interest as the multi-generational friendship evolved and inner secrets emerged.
Jo Dixon realistically depicts how online trolls can destroy a reputation and how years of emotional abuse can undermine a person's confidence and self-worth. I love how Jo Dixon built empathy for her characters in A Shadow at the Door. I couldn't help but want them to succeed.
Told through multiple points of view Jo Dixon delivers a gripping thriller with an enticingly twisty plot and an underlying message of friendship.
A Shadow at the Door is a worthy second novel to Jo Dixon's block-buster debut The House of Now and Then.
My rating 5 / 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Read my review of The House of Now and Then
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