After reading The Missing earlier this year, I was really hoping that the predictability of 'whodunnit' in C. L. Taylor's books was a one-off, but I'm not so sure any more? I enjoyed the writing of both books, and pretty much cast off the culprit as being way too obvious, so there was still a little bit of suspense, but I can't help feeling disappointed with it.
Strangers is told from the viewpoints of three different characters. Ursula's got a kleptomaniac habit that gets her kicked out of her flatshare, so she's looking for a new place to live. Gareth's trying to look after his mum who has been receiving mysterious postcards that she can't remember because of her dementia. Alice is on the lookout for a new man, but worries she's being stalked. The three characters' lives intersect in ways you wouldn't expect. At the same time, a number of men are being killed in their town, and each main character wonders what's happening.
I really did enjoy most of the book. I liked the different perspectives and I think they were written well. It just all sort of went downhill for me at the end - I felt that some of the conclusions to the questions you'd been asking were a bit of a cop out, and the main conclusion just fell a bit flat for me. However, if you enjoyed C L Taylor's other books, I think you'd like this.
I gave this three stars
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