Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Release Date: February 20th, 2024
Pages: 320
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Publisher’s Synopsis:
“Iris and Gabriel seem to have it all: a beautiful home in the British countryside, a daughter happily working in Greece, and good friends Laure and Pierre from Paris, who they often vacation with. But when a young man has a tragic accident in a nearby quarry, Gabriel is the one to find him and hear his final words, leaving Gabriel with a guilty burden.
As Iris tries to help ease her husband’s trauma, they acquire an unexpected house guest. Laure has seemingly moved in after her husband’s revelation that he has had a child with another woman. Iris and Gabriel insist Laure stay as long as she needs. But Laure keeps wearing Iris’s clothes, following her every move, and asking her about the recent death of the young man.
Their only respite from the increasingly tense atmosphere in their own home comes from a couple new to town and expecting their first child. But with them comes their gardener, who has a checkered past.
With fractured relationships and secrets piling up around them, can Iris and Gabriel’s marriage survive?”
My Review:
Wow, this was a suspenseful ride. It’s very true to Paris’s writing and storytelling. So if you’ve read her books before and loved them, you’ll love this one too. This is one of those page-turners that you read in one sitting because you can’t put it down. It heavily revolves around domestic, psychological suspense and toxic friendships. I never could tell what direction this story was going to go and it had me on the edge of my seat. I really did not like the ending though. I didn’t feel like everything was completely resolved and it fell prey to the info-dump ending monologue style that I just really don’t like. But otherwise up until the final chapter I really enjoyed my reading experience. It was an exciting, creepy, fast read that we’ve all come to expect from this author and definitely worth the read.
Disclaimers:
Huge thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for gifting me an early copy of this amazing story! I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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