The Doorman - Chris Pavone - Top Book Pick!

Thriller

Rating: 9/10

When you read as many thrillers and mysteries as I do, you learn a thing or two.

The best place to kill someone? At home. Away from witnesses and good Samaritans and security cameras with eyes everywhere. In an environment that can be controlled and a crime scene that can be scrubbed. Where evidence can be destroyed on one hand or manufactured on the other.

A doorman’s job is not an easy one. They can never fail to remember a resident’s name or the names of regular visitors. They can never call in sick, never leave early, never arrive late. They can never complain or roll their eyes at a request, no matter how ridiculous. They must be unerringly patient and relentlessly nice. They must know what the residents are proud of, what they are most ashamed of. All the dirty details of their most private problems. But they can never know yours. Not ever.

Chicky is flawless at this, and when he gets a feeling that trouble is on its way, he never even considers leaving his post.

This excellent thriller lets the reader peak behind the door of several residents of a luxury building. All while knowing that something bad is brewing.

No one can see the end coming, not in a million years. Once it happened though? It wasn’t a surprise. Not at all.

My thanks to NetGalley, Farrar, Straus & Giroux and the author for the advanced readers copy.

Book Pairing(s):The Expats by Chris Pavone, The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley, Lock Every Door by Riley Sager