The Resident

Francis Cottam

Mar 2011 · Random House

About this ebook

Every year, three million single women in America move into an apartment for the first time. Few of them change the locks.

Juliet Devereau can't believe her luck: after weeks of looking for a place to live, she's found a beautiful, spacious apartment overlooking Brooklyn Bridge. It almost seems to good to be true.

It is... Over the weeks, a chilling sense of being watched stalks Juliet. Strange sounds wake her in the night, the mirror in the bathroom trembles, and doors she thought shut are open. Then the silhouette of a man standing in her living room makes her realise that she's not alone in there. But what's haunting her is far more terrifying than a malevolent spirit; it's alive, strong and obsessed. Suddenly Juliet is caught up in a deadly game of cat and mouse, and there's no guarantee that she'll come out alive...

Ratings and reviews

I was very intrigued at the start of the book it had a different feel to it and I couldn't predict where the author was trying to go with the story, but at some point in the story I could basically guess who the bad guy was and by the end of the book I was only reading it because I paid money for it <.<.. but all in all its a nice little book.

About the author

Francis Cottam is a full time journalist and author. His previous books include The Waiting Room, Slapton Sands, Hamer's War, and A Shadow on the Sun. He lives in London.