Release Date: Expected 31st August 2023
Publisher: Penguin Michael Joseph
Welcome to The Confession Room. An anonymous internet forum where everyone is welcome to come and confess anything they want - affairs, stealing, lying … even murder. Former police officer Emilia always keeps her eyes on the room, always hoping for a clue about the one crime she never solved. But instead, she finds something worse - a confession of murder, and they keep coming. Someone has started a dangerous game, and nobody knows the rules.
Emilia knows she needs to get the bottom of the secrets of the room - before her own name appears.
"That's the true pain of this place. Who will be the survivor? Who will be the victim? And which would you prefer?"
A deliriously dark, feverish story about secrets and death that you definitely shouldn’t be reading before bed (even though I did exactly that.)
Immediately we are given a glimpse into a horrific series of events, dripping with tension and fear so palpable it’s suffocating — before ripping us away back to normality and a false sense of security as the world is carefully built up, introducing Emilia and letting us build a bond with them. A former police officer turned PI with a troubled past and deep-rooted anxiety — but a little too much morbid curiosity. She was undeniably endearing and her passion and wit made her so charming.
All the while we’re slowly learning about Emilia, we jump between perspectives of her and a stranger, who’s already realised how deadly the Confession Room can get — and we’re left anxiously waiting with the dramatic irony of seeing the depravity before Emilia knows. All that’s left is to to see how all these potential victims connect — and what the end game really is.
As the action starts, it moves into a fast-paced cinematic thriller with high stakes and loaded intensity. With a saw-esque, hidden villain everybody is a potential threat, everybody a potential victim. It carefully dissects not only how panic spreads through the public, but the strange obsession we can have with the dead and the disturbing things that go bump in the night.
Escape room meets saw meets battle Royale — this is a high-stakes, explosively nerve-wracking thriller with chilling settings and searingly sharp twists.
Immediately we are given a glimpse into a horrific series of events, dripping with tension and fear so palpable it’s suffocating — before ripping us away back to normality and a false sense of security as the world is carefully built up, introducing Emilia and letting us build a bond with them. A former police officer turned PI with a troubled past and deep-rooted anxiety — but a little too much morbid curiosity. She was undeniably endearing and her passion and wit made her so charming.
All the while we’re slowly learning about Emilia, we jump between perspectives of her and a stranger, who’s already realised how deadly the Confession Room can get — and we’re left anxiously waiting with the dramatic irony of seeing the depravity before Emilia knows. All that’s left is to to see how all these potential victims connect — and what the end game really is.
As the action starts, it moves into a fast-paced cinematic thriller with high stakes and loaded intensity. With a saw-esque, hidden villain everybody is a potential threat, everybody a potential victim. It carefully dissects not only how panic spreads through the public, but the strange obsession we can have with the dead and the disturbing things that go bump in the night.
Escape room meets saw meets battle Royale — this is a high-stakes, explosively nerve-wracking thriller with chilling settings and searingly sharp twists.
"The Confession Roo left behind many victims. Not all of us dead."
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I was gifted an advanced reviewers copy of this title in return for an honest review. Please check content warnings before reading as this title contains subjects that may be triggering or upsetting.
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