📖 Book Review ~ The Girl in the Attic by John Nicholl

 

Boldwood 
8 April 2026

My thanks to the publisher for the opportunity to read this book 

Olivia thought she knew darkness. Her childhood. The years in care homes. The fear of abandonment. The fear of loss and failure.

Now, as the door clangs shuts behind her – with her captor’s promise ringing in her ears that she’s ‘his’ forever – she realises that nowhere before has been as dark as her attic cell.

But, under the eaves, as she shivers in the cold and recalls how she was taken, Olivia starts to make a plan.

Because only she knows that the girl in the attic isn’t as innocent as her captor thinks… and that the deepest darkness might just be within her..

📖 My Review..

Once again this author hits out of the ball park with a tense, and it must be said really dark, thriller which drags you in from the very start especially as Olivia has, by the time we meet her, already known such fear and disruption in her life so that you can’t help but pray that she avoids any more evil. Her break out chance of independence doesn’t end well and without giving any of the storyline away what follows is just the start of an evil and dangerously twisted story which, to my reckoning, only gets more and more terrifying. There were several times when I read with the hairs on the back of my neck standing up and I was so relieved that I was reading on a bright and sunny afternoon. The complexity of the plot held me in its spell and I became completely mesmerised by what was unfurling on the page.

Taut, tight and tense The Girl in the Attic is another gritty and suspenseful thriller by an imaginative writer who brings the dark side of human nature alive in a addictive story which grips grips the start and which doesn’t let up until the horrifying nightmare ends for Olivia.

About the Author

John Nicholl is a Welsh author renowned for his gripping psychological thrillers and crime novels. Born and raised in West Wales, Nicholl draws upon his experiences as a former police officer, child protection social worker, and lecturer to craft compelling narratives that delve into the darkest corners of human nature. His work often explores themes of justice, psychological manipulation, and the resilience of the human spirit.

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