Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Reviews of The Deep End

The Deep End
The Deep End
Author: Joy Fielding
ISBN-13: 9780451148025
ISBN-10: 0451148029
Publication Date: 6/2/1987
Pages: 380
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 22

4 stars, based on 22 ratings
Publisher: Signet Book
Book Type: Paperback
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

14 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed The Deep End on + 130 more book reviews
Suspenseful!
reviewed The Deep End on + 170 more book reviews
The first Joy Fielding book I ever read that got me hooked on her. Great story! Loved it!!
puzzler2 avatar reviewed The Deep End on + 6 more book reviews
a psychological thriller
reviewed The Deep End on + 19 more book reviews
An emotionally charged mystery. Keeps you on the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next.
reviewed The Deep End on + 31 more book reviews
as usual for fielding, a wonderful read.
reviewed The Deep End on + 131 more book reviews
Good suspense from Joy Fielding. Good beach read.
reviewed The Deep End on + 13 more book reviews
I enjoyed reading this book, but it is not one of her better stories.
reviewed The Deep End on + 5 more book reviews
THIS IS A VERY GOOD BOOK.
Tunerlady avatar reviewed The Deep End on + 581 more book reviews
If you love Joy Fielding and the female in peril type of book, you'll love this one! I love the way she writes from a female perspective and I can really get into the book. Lots of twists, turns and surprises.
reviewed The Deep End on + 720 more book reviews
From the dust jacket cover: "Joanne Hunter's secure suburban world is flying apart. Her husband of nearly twenty years has walked out. Her best friend Eve, once her Rock of Gibraltar, is strangely distant. And her grandfather, who provides the only parental comfort Joanne has left, lies ill and helpless in a nursing home. Like the unfinished swimming pool in her back yard, its deep end yawning ominously below her bedroom window, Joanne feels hopelessly empty, lost in a void of despair.

And then there are the phone calls. The raspy voice on the other end is neither young nor old, not quite a man's, yet not quite a woman's. At first merely an unsettling annoyance, these calls soon become something more. In her Great Neck, New York, community, three housewives have been brutally murdered, and Joanne fears the killer now may be stalking her. But no one-not the police, nor Eve, nor her husband-takes her worries seriously. As she desperately tries to get on with her life-caring for her two daughters, finding a job, even awkwardly attempting her first date in over twenty years-the menacing caller persists. And soon all Joanne Hunter can think about is the growing horror that comes with each ring of the telephone, and the disembodied voice that whispers in her ear...'You're next.'"
harmony85 avatar reviewed The Deep End on + 982 more book reviews
Everything is falling apart for Joanne Hunter. Her husband of nearly 20 years has walked out. Her best friend is strangely distant. And her grandfather lies ill and helpless in a nursing home.

And then there are the phone calls. At first annoying, they soon become something more. In her Great Neck, NY, community, three housewives have been brutally murdered, and Joanne fears the killer may now be stalking her. But no one-the police, Eve, nor her husband-take her seriously. As Joanne tries to get on with her life, the threatening calls continue.

Joy Fielding has once again combined contemporary domestic situations with heart-stopping chills and suspense.
reviewed The Deep End on + 161 more book reviews
THE PHONE RANG. SHE PICKED IT UP AND A CHILLING VOICE SAID; "YOU'VE BEEN A BAD GIRL."
reviewed The Deep End on + 181 more book reviews
This was a really good book---great mystery.
reviewed The Deep End on + 3088 more book reviews
didn't read it