📖 Publication Day Book Review ~ I’ll Be Watching You by Deborah Masson

Random House
Transworld
26 February 2026

Thanks to the publisher for my copy of this book

He sees everything.

As a CCTV operator, Casey can monitor the streets of Aberdeen and keep people safe, all from the comfort of his chair.

He knows your secrets.

You are one of his favourite people to follow. He keeps an eye on you even in your most private moments, when you think you’re alone.

But now he wants more.

There's a reason he’s learnt your routine like the back of his hand. Casey wants revenge. And when you know as much as he does, it’s easy to take advantage…

📖My Review..

Casey works as a CCTV operator, hidden away behind the scenes in Aberdeen city centre, keeping people safe and watching their movements as they go about their business. After a troubled childhood, Casey needs to be in control, he is good at watching, and waiting, and underneath the general facade of his troubled personality is a person with dangerous scores to settle. 

Deeply unsettling at times, I followed the story with interest, not always sure of the direction of where the story was going but so compelling was the writing that I was determined to stay with it and my goodness what an exciting ride it became as the story really started to bite. I was left completely engrossed in the plot, the writing and the way in which this fascinating story of revenge and retribution unfolded.

Packed with tension, jeopardy and real sense of horror I’ll Be Watching You is a really cleverly put together thriller. It kept me so much on the edge of my seat that I read the book in one sitting. It’s definitely a story which will stay with me for a quite a while.

☕️Best Read with..A strong coffee and a plate of shortbread biscuits.

About the Author

Deborah Masson was born and bred in Aberdeen, Scotland. Always restless and fighting against being a responsible adult, she worked in several jobs including secretarial, marketing, reporting for the city's freebie newspaper and a stint as a postie – to name but a few. 

Through it all, she always read crime fiction and, when motherhood finally settled her into being an adult (maybe even a responsible one) she turned her hand to writing what she loved. Deborah started with short stories and flash fiction whilst her daughter napped and, when she later welcomed her son into the world, she decided to challenge her writing further through online courses with Professional Writing Academy and Faber Academy, where she wrote her award-winning debut novel Hold Your Tongue, the first in the DI Eve Hunter series. I’ll be Watching You is her first standalone thriller.

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