‘The Child Across The Street’ by Kerry Wilkinson is a psychological thriller with everything I expect from this brilliant author. I always look forward to a new Kerry Wilkinson book! Thank you to Bookouture and Netgalley for the book in order to take part in this new blog tour.

Abi has had to return home to Elwood to sort out her dads affairs after his death. It isn’t a place she has been anywhere near for twenty years and she isn’t planning on staying for long. On her approach to the house, she witnesses a hit and run of a young boy. This begins a search for the driver in which Abi is requested by the police to stay at her dad’s for the foreseeable to help with the investigation, so Abi is now stuck in a place that holds nothing but bad memories and hurt.

So begins Abi’s memories, all the reasons she left them behind. They all come flooding back and she is wary of being the only person to witness the hit and run which plays on the paranoia of her own guilt of leaving previously and why she left.

Not as fast-paced as I would expect but a slower pace that builds up and allows us to delve into Abi’s life and her past a bit like taking one piece at a time and learning all about her and what drives her. I saw the neighbourhood in my mind’s eye and the characters were believable and fitted well together in the story.
Plenty of twists and turns in this story about deceit, lies secrets and ultimately friendship. An ending I didn’t guess but it was fun to try!