The Watcher Girl: A Thriller

Written by Minka Kent

Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

A woman’s suspicions about her ex-boyfriend become a dangerous obsession in a twisting novel of psychological suspense by Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Minka Kent.

Eight years ago, Grace McMullen broke Sutton Whitlock’s heart when she walked away. But it was only to save him from the baggage of her own troubled past. Now all she wants is to make sure he’s okay.

Only everything she learns about him online says otherwise. According to his social media accounts, he placed roots in her hometown, married a look-alike, and even named his daughter Grace. He clearly hasn’t moved on. In fact, it’s creepy. So Grace does what any concerned ex-girlfriend would do: she moves home…and watches him.

But when Grace crosses paths with Sutton’s wife, Campbell, an unexpected friendship develops. Campbell has no idea whom she’s inviting into her life. As the women grow closer, it becomes clear to Grace that Sutton is not the sentimental man she once knew. He seems controlling, unstable, and threatening. And what a broken man like Sutton is capable of, Grace can only imagine. It’s up to her to save Campbell and her baby now—but while she’s been watching them, who’s been watching her?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: May 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9781713560340

Minka Kent

Minka Kent is the Washington Post bestselling author of The Stillwater Girls, The Thinnest Air, The Perfect Roommate, and The Memory Watcher. She is a graduate of Iowa State University and resides in Iowa with her husband and three children. For more information, visit www.minkakent.com.

Reviews for The Watcher Girl

[Jenn · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I really enjoyed the narrator's performance. I was frustrated, however, by the main character's excessive commentary on and lack of insight into others' motivations/intentions. With her tech skills, I expected her to vet people and protect herself better. I also wanted more connections between the players. Like Bliss pulling the strings or being someone's mom. Novel storyline that could be truly stellar with a bit more plot tightening/connections and character development. Her Stillwater Girls book was both brilliant and satisfying btw.

[Kari VanHeulen · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I didn’t like the story as much as I liked her descriptive writing. I thought the storyline was a little weak, but I still enjoyed it.

[Chirag Boben · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Disappointing. Very slow. Not suspenseful. I would not recommend it.

[Lucille · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Well I’m giving a 3 it kept me interested all the way through and I’d like to give narration a 5 it was great. Ok main character has no heart or brain. She jumps to conclusions and is a bully she drops people out of her life like nothing and helps a stranger practically and doubts someone she used to love and know and gives herself lots of ego based credit for thinking she was the reason for her ex being upset so she actually thinks she’s the cat’s meow. Next there’s an old nanny that fits no place in the book than her adopted mom is in prison that doesn’t fit in really but the main character cuts off an actual good loving adoptive mother and a good adoptive father who cheats on mom but they are good parents and the main character has half siblings who love her like she’s not a half sibling but she’s too stupid to be grateful. Moms in prison for killing one of her father’s girlfriends that makes no sense since they were together for many years and have biological children and their adopted daughter and I hate to say it but mom was on to this but she chooses one random girlfriend that’s not important to this story kills her and is living in prison now and I can understand the main character saying dad please stop your hurting our mother and if you don’t I’m not talking to you anymore but no she cuts off him and forgets she’s had not a perfect home but she was loved. Than there’s this book the father wrote and she blamed her mother and even visited her in prison only to tell her off but didn’t stay for an explanation, I don’t know how realistic that was because if I had a loving adoptive mother I’d know everything she was and wasn’t responsible for. She meets a woman and after a week of barely knowing her decides to be her savior and bullies her relentlessly to leave her husband that happens to be her own ex boyfriend that she thinks is pining for her and only her but she decides he’s a bad man now after a whole week and pushes the new wife to leave because she thinks she’s being abused and the new wife says I have no place to go but a cabin magically shows up after a week the new girlfriend of the father is nice and it hints she could be the main character’s biological mother but it’s left open no resolving that. She also abuses her job that I think she has a clearance for and she abuses it anyway. This main character is totally unlikeable and has no instincts terrible intuition worse the whole reason she’s back visiting home after years is because her ego is so big she needs to apologize to her ex for being a mean girlfriend and ghosting him even though she gets home and sees he’s moved on to a woman who looks like herself that actually means nothing in the story. So ok great perfect there’s an epilogue and usually it ties things up accept it didn’t tie anything up, I’m not saying the ending was open the ending was ok but so many many unnecessary unexplained things in this story. With this said it will keep your interest I’ll give it that.

[huzeifav · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Story was mediocre. It would have been tolerable if I did not have to listen to the main character constant commentary and rambling. Yes we get it that ur a dark person and ur a loner and strange ect ect . Unbelievably painful to sit through. Skip the book. I am sure there is something better out there!!!!
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[Tracy Wisneski · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I waited until the end for the juicy backstory and surprise twist, but....no. Worse still, the explanation that did come didn't make sense. Several threads that just stayed unravelled. I would not classify this as psychological fiction or suspense.