In The Client, author Kat Goss introduces us to David and Natalie Kemp. They live a quiet life, she as a manuscript editor while he works compiling adverts for radio and television. Natalie has one client, Alan Peckin, who sends her pages of his books almost every day, which, together with David’s work, provides a comfortable life. But without warning, the editing work stops, and Natalie has no idea why. She discovers that none of Alan’s books have ever been published, but she has no contact with him apart from an email address. She has no personal knowledge of him at all. Natalie and David downsize and live frugally, but as Natalie fails to find another client and struggles to write her novel, she spirals into depression. She has always been a solitary individual, but now she relies on David and feels she is failing both of them. Several years later, out of the blue, she receives an email from Alan’s wife asking for help in finding her husband. David is reluctant for her to get involved, but she meets Amanda and the whole tale begins to unravel, revealing secrets no one could ever have imagined.

What a great read! I thoroughly enjoyed The Client by Kat Goss. I bonded with the characters, especially Natalie, who was so relatable. I could feel her pain, her sense of desperation, and her worries about her husband, David. Beneath the puzzles about the unexplained disappearance of her one and only client, there lies an undercurrent of fear and impending doom. It was so compelling that I had to keep turning the pages, and I must confess, I read the whole book in one day. I could not tear myself away from the story. A well-written book with just the right pace, questions that demanded answers, and a very unexpected ending. I did not see that coming. This is an author I recommend you add to your must-read list

The Client by Kat Goss is a steady-paced psychological thriller that lingers in your thoughts long after the last page. When Natalie, a freelance editor, suddenly loses her only client, her life unravels. Struggling with financial insecurity, a strained marriage, and growing self-doubt, Natalie questions everything. An unexpected email informs Natalie that Alan Peckin, the man she has worked with for years, has vanished without a trace. Irresistibly drawn to the mystery, Natalie teams up with Alan's wife to uncover what happened. What begins as a search for closure soon forces her to confront uncomfortable truths about Alan and her marriage.

The Client is about trust, loneliness, companionship, and how easy it is to lose oneself in those one loves. Kat Goss explores the fragile boundaries between work and identity, trust and dependency, and love and illusion. Natalie’s marriage to David is comforting yet complicated. Every argument and reconciliation seems more loaded than the last. Even their dog, Barley, is a source of multiple arguments, often wedged between them. Natalie feels guilty and confused, and her emotions are real and relatable. This novel is intense, and the pacing is deliberate, allowing the suspense to simmer. It drops enough hints and foreshadowing for readers to see where things might be heading, but this thriller’s charm lies in watching the mystery unfold, piece by piece, and wondering just how far things will go wrong. Readers who appreciate domestic thrillers with a psychological edge will devour Kat Goss’ The Client from cover to cover.