A lot has been said about this book, and a lot of people may feel the same as I did when they finished reading it.
I closed the book and thought, “at last” a look at the struggles women had in the professional world during that time—but done is an unusually engaging way. Her differences were what drove the story. She was not the ordinary housewife or mother. Against all odds, she found perhaps the one man who could appreciate her for what she was—and then lost him. This book highlights the people who don’t fit the mold.
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"A unique heroine ... you'll find yourself wishing she wasn’t fictional." —Seattle Times…
We follow three main characters, none of whom are your normal, likable, main characters, into a dark and twisted world.
Millie arrives on the doorstep of a wealthy couple with not much to offer. She is broke, homeless, and on parole. Even though she has a feeling something is off in the household, she has few options. The story is fast-paced—a what-will-happen-next pace that makes for a good thriller. As you follow the twists and turns, and you think you know how it will end—surprise. And that too, makes the perfect thriller.
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Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.
I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies…
This book drew me in from the start. Lowen, an author, is having a terrible day. Her mother died recently after a long illness. Even though they had a difficult relationship, Lowen took care of her in her final days.
We find her in her New York City apartment trying to get back to her former life without her mother to worry about. But she has other worries now, and finding work is at the top of the list. After a chance meeting on the way to meet her publisher, she ends up meeting a stranger who hires her to be a ghostwriter for his famous author wife, who is home recovering from an unnamed and slightly mysterious affliction. And it’s then that her problems really begin.
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Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.
Sweet Magnolia, Georgia looks anything but a place where a murder would occur. But Abby Spencer, soon-to-be ex-detective Spencer, knows that there is no such thing as a perfect place. Her arthritis had made it difficult for her to pass the physical, so at 49, she was now redundant. But Abby knows there is one final case she must solve. Someone doesn't want that to happen. Abby learns that her detective skills can still be used, with or without a badge.
