The Package by Sebastian Fitzek
Hardback published by Head of Zeus 12th November 2020
Hardback ISBN 9781838934477
Paperback 4th February 2021 ISBN 9781838934491
All you’ve done is taken in a parcel for a neighbour. You have no idea what you’ve let into your home.
Emma’s the one that got away.
The only survivor of a killer known in the tabloids as the barber because of the trophies he has taken from his victims.
Or she thinks she was.
The police aren’t convinced. Nor is her husband. She never even saw her tormentor properly,but now she recognises him in every man.
Questioning her sanity, she gives up her job as a doctor in the local hospital and retreats from the world. It’s better to stay at home. Quite. Anonymous. Safe. He won’t find her here.
And all she did was take a parcel for a neighbour.
She has no idea what she’s let into her home.
My review
This is the first breathtaking thriller that I have read by Sebastian Fitzek. The memories of this book stayed with me long after I finished, as the thought of staying in a hotel where you think you are safe, but for Dr Emma Stein staying in her hotel , she’s about to have a chillingly nightmare stay .
Dr Emma Stein is a psychiatrist and pregnant. She decided to stay the night at Berlins newest five star hotel, with turning off the TV as a newsreader began to report the Police have issued a warning about a serial killer.
The story starts to get a little bit creepy with written letters across the steam bathroom mirror GET OUT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!
Emma was raped in her room with the attacker shaving disastrously all her hair off.
When she is asked to take in a parcel for neighbour its for someone it’s not a name she recognised, as she knew everyone in her small cul-de-sac , but has never heard off the name on the package. She shouldn’t have signed for it or have took it in and she definitely shouldn’t open it.
The biggest question is who was it that sedated her and raped her before dragging her body out of the hotel? In the final part I was surprised to find out why this twisted person had put Emma through this tragic ordeal. With the Man giving his reasons why he did that to Emma, I personally didn’t see that it made any sense why someone would go to the lengths of doing such a thing to poor Emma. But that’s what makes this book book a success is the danger, the events and the why’s.
I would like to thank Head of Zeus for sending me a limited edition proof paperback to read and review and for very kindly inviting me to be part of the blog tour.
About author Sebastian Fitzek
Sebastian Fitzek is Germany’s most successful author of psychological thrillers. His books have sold 11 million copies, been translated into more than twenty-four languages and are the basis for international cinema adaptations and theatre adaptations. Sebastian Fitzek was the first German author to be awarded the European prize for Criminal Literature. He lives with his family in Berlin.
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