The Interview Book Review

Title: THE INTERVIEW

Author: C M Ewan

ISBN: 9781529095524

Publisher: Macmillan

Pages: 448

Source: Review copy from the publisher

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It’s 5 p.m. on a Friday.
You have been called to an interview for your dream job.
In a stunning office thirteen floors above the city below, you are all alone with the man interviewing you.
Everyone else has gone home for the weekend.
The interview gets more and more disturbing.
You’re feeling scared.
Your only way out is to answer a seemingly impossible question.
If you can’t . . . what happens next?

Official Summary

25 February 2022

This book was simply a WOW for me. I loved everything about this book. I found myself racing through this unable to drag myself away. When you reach for this book, you can expect a gripping tale that is guaranteed to keep you transfixed as you flip through the pages. Imagine heading off for an interview for your dream job, situated in a beautiful, modern building late on a Friday afternoon, only to discover that this interview is not exactly what you expected. You are faced with questions that have life or death consequences.

C M Ewan is another “new-to-me” author. I enjoyed this book so much that I did a little online shopping late at night as soon as I closed this book. The author manages to draw you into the story very quickly and leaves you holding your breath as you race to reach the end. I found myself completely engrossed. I loved the characters and found the storyline to be unique. This book is full of suspense, and I found myself feeling Kate’s emotions. The Interview is a gripping, edge of your seat read that grabs hold of you immediately and never leaves you a moment to catch your breath.

Kate is called to an interview for a PR position at Edge Communication late on a Friday afternoon. This position will provide her with the challenge she needs and is guaranteed to keep her busy, which is exactly what Kate needs.

When she arrives for her appointment, she is informed that there has been a change; she will not be interviewed by Amanda Palmer as arranged, a man named Joel White will be conducting the interview. This immediately leaves Kate a little back footed. Being shown into a glass cube, located in the centre of an open-plan office, with the door closed and only the good-looking Joel White in front of her, Kate is quickly rattled. However, when the questions become increasingly personal, and Joel stops being polite and friendly Kate feels something is not right. Her discomfort intensifies when she finds that they are all alone, all the other employees have left and Joel is extremely intense. How badly does she want this job? Kate finds that this interview is about more than a job. If she refuses to answer his questions, what will the consequences be?

This was a book I managed to get lost in. It did not have a single dull moment. I found myself eagerly flipping the pages curious to find out where this story was headed. The more that was revealed, the more I wanted to know. This is a clever, creative tale with a twist at the end I never saw coming. Poor Kate was left to face one surprise after the other.

Kate Harding is a woman who crawls into your heart as you flip these pages. This once strong, well balanced young woman knew exactly where she was going. However, after tragedy strikes, her world is shattered and she is left broken. When she finally has to courage to attempt rebuilding her life, she is faced with the worst possible situation and discovers how much in the dark she has been for the last fifteen months. The author did a fabulous job sharing Kate’s emotions. I found myself sharing her sadness, fear, anger and determination from page to page. I loved this woman.

This book is a five-star read which I cannot recommend highly enough. No doubt, The Interview is my book of the month for February – (I don’t normally give that away before posting my wrap up article – but this book is brilliant!)

Thriller fans, brace yourselves – this book will swallow you whole. You are going to be holding your breath from start to finish and loving every minute. Do not miss out, add this title to your TBR – C M Ewan will leave you WOW’ED with this one.

Also by C M Ewan:

LONG TIME LOST

Nick Miller and his team provide a unique and highly illegal service, relocating at-risk individuals across Europe with new identities and new lives. Nick excels at what he does for a reason: he’s spent years living in the shadows under an assumed name.

But when Nick steps in to prevent the attempted murder of witness-in-hiding Kate Sutherland on the Isle of Man, he triggers a chain of events with devastating consequences for everyone he protects – because Nick and Kate share a common enemy in Connor Lane, a man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants, even if it means tearing Nick’s entire network apart.

A WINDOW BREAKS

The chilling and outstanding standalone thriller from C. M. Ewan. If your family was targeted in the middle of the night, what would you do?

You are safely asleep in bed.
A noise wakes you.
You stir, unsure why, and turn to your partner.
Then you hear it.
Glass. Crunching underfoot.
Someone is inside your home.
Your choices are limited.
You can run. Or stay and fight.
What would you do?

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About The Author

Author bio from the publisher

C M Ewan is a pseudonym for Chris Ewan, the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of many mystery and thriller novels. Chris’s first standalone thriller, Safe House was a bestseller in the UK and was shortlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. He is also the author of thrillers A Window Breaks, Dead Line, Dark Tides and Long Time Lost, as well as The Good Thief’s Guide series of mystery novels. The Good Thief’s Guide to Amsterdam won the Long Barn Books First Novel Award and has been published in thirteen countries.

Chris lives with his wife and two children in Somerset, where he writes full time.

I owe a huge thank you to Anne Cater, from Random Things Tours for sending me a review copy of this book and including me on the tour. I loved this book and C M Ewan has sailed onto my top ten author’s list. I have already bought myself copies of Safe House and A Window Break – Sadly I have a full schedule for March so I am not going to be able to get to them for a while…. When I do, you will find my reviews here.

Are you a C M Ewan fan? Which is your favourite book? Leave a comment below and I will add it to my TBR. As always, your support of the blog is appreciated, thank you for dropping by. Until next time…Happy Reading!

                                                                               

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