Published by Bookouture on September 7, 2023
Format: eARC, Audiobook
Source: Net Galley
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Also by this author: The Caretaker, The Stolen Child, I'm Following You, You Can't Hide, Her Husband's Secret, The Hotel, The Better Mother, The Waitress
I pick up the photograph from their mantlepiece and carefully wipe away the dust. The beautiful wife. Supposedly happily married and enjoying a family vacation. I know her husband killed her. And I’m going to make him pay…
This is my first job as a housekeeper, but Evan Warner doesn’t need to know that. It’s the first of many lies I’ll tell him. He just lost his wife, Lola , and now he and his young daughter Jessica are adrift. But no amount of cleaning will rid this house of the secrets that have seeped into the cracks. I never forgave Lola for what she did to me. But I can’t let Evan get away with her murder.
In their impressive home, I busy myself preparing meals and peeking at carelessly discarded mail, looking for proof of his crimes. Evan hovers and I’m sure he is watching me… even as I bond with Jessica. But whenever he catches us alone together, his face darkens. I realize I have to get her out of this house before it’s too late for her, too.
Then I find Lola’s diary, tucked away in a closet out of sight. Her words, hastily scrawled on these pages, change everything I thought I knew about this family. As I hear footsteps on the stairs, I know I’m trapped. And I’m in more danger now than ever before…
Another twisty little ride from Emily and boy was the ending of this just messed up!
From the off, you know there is something not right. You know this story is not going to be as clear-cut as you believe.
A very small cast of characters, Lola we only meet through diary entries. Evan, head honcho with an air of mystery and threat. Ariel poking her nose where she shouldn’t be and Jessica…..
I did figure out the twist, but the twist after the twist I didn’t expect! It was dark and chilling!!!
I listened to some of this book and it has dual narrators. I loved the female narrator but the male narrator was difficult for me to pay attention to, so I read the last 60% and I couldn’t put the book down!!!
I adore Emily’s writing and she had me on the edge of my seat-belted seat! I couldn’t take my eyes off the pages and blazed through. I need to see the final showdown and see what Emily had in store for me!!
Shocking!
Until the next time xxx
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