If you’re a fan of thrillers with so many twists and turns that it’s impossible to work out the story is going next, then this book is definitely for you. 

The first book by Louise Candlish that I’ve ever read (but it definitely won’t be the last), The Other Passenger begins on December 27 – when Jamie Buckby is questioned by police over the disappearance of Kit Parry, a friend who he commutes into London with every morning.

Jamie is the last person to seemingly have seen Kit alive, but the two of them didn’t end things on the *best* of terms. 

Most of the book is a back-and-forth between January that year (when the two men meet for the first time) and the current day.

Jamie and Kit met as Melia, Kit’s partner, works with Jamie’s girlfriend Clare – and she invites the younger couple over to their home for drinks. One thing leads to another and Jamie and Kit commit to a river bus commute for a year….which, as it turns out, is the beginning of the end of it all. 

As the story of what really happened to Kit unravels, it soon becomes clear that there’s more to the core four – Kit, Melia, Clare and Jamie – than meets the eye.

It’s hard not to question just how much of a reliable narrator Jamie is — and how truthful the rest of those involved in his story really are.

The twists and turns throughout the book will leave you guessing from page to page, and the characters themselves are well constructed – although not entirely likeable. 

The kind of thriller that will have you hooked from the start until the end, The Other Passenger is definitely one to add to the ‘must read’ list in 2020.

The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish, published by Simon & Schuster UK, is available now.

Thank you to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest review.