The Girl On The Train storyline could easily be seen as a “Rear Window” type, but instead of the recuperating neighbour, the main character is a commuter watching from a train window.
Rachel is the eponymous girl on the train. She is an alcoholic and after having a heavy night drinking, she finds herself at her flat with bloodied hands, scratches on her body, but absolutely no idea what occurred.
Rachel having lost her job due to her drinking problem is worried that she’ll be evicted by her landlady so sets off to “work” on the train each morning. This train happens to travel by the house that she once shared with Tom, her ex-husband, who still lives in the house with new wife Anna and their young daughter.
The story is narrated from the points of view from three main characters, all female, Rachel, Anna and Megan. And it’s the disappearance of a young woman Megan a few doors down from this house that sets the main events in motion which will ultimately change the lives on these main characters forever.
The stories told by Rachel and Anna are from the aftermath of Megan’s disappearance, whilst Megan’s story is being told up until the point of her disappearance.
I really enjoyed the chronological order of each storyteller, and the way it switches between each narrative really increased the drama for me.
Other characters in the book are the police officers, but these officers are minor characters, but slowly we learn more from them about the main characters, and that all is not what it seems, making this a very entertaining mystery.
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