4.5/5 - Another fantastic offering from John Marrs!
I really enjoyed this and couldn't put it down. I read it within 24 hours!
A few of the reveals were slightly predictable but I totally forgave it because the tension and the mood was so brilliantly crafted throughout.
I recommend this to fans of atmospheric psychological thrillers.
Thank you to NetGalley for my ARC in exchange for my Honest review.

This book is intense, scarily real and totally addictive, This book is chilling, you will not be able to read the book without being a bit shocked, a tad ruffled.
Maggie has her whole life controlled by Nina who she lives with, in ways you can't even imagine.
this book kept me guessing and when the turns come hold on tight.
Thank you to NetGalley for my ARC in exchange for my Honest review.

Just when you think you know it all, everything will get flipped over. I read this in one day and know you will too! Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC

There is no secret that John Marrs is one of my favourite authors, every book is guaranteed to be very different and a major ‘talking point’ with readers

This book is chilling, you will not be able to read the book without being a bit shocked, a tad ruffled and majorly wowed by this story

Nina lives with Maggie, Maggie is older so Nina cooks for her and ‘keeps house’, she virtually controls her life, in fact she 100% controls every aspect of it....and when you find out how, where and why you will, like me be in for one of those ‘book shock’ moments that when they hit,they hit hard ,in fact I had to re read to make sure I had it right.....

But why is Nina doing this? What could Maggie have done in the past to warrant such behaviour and how can Nina continue a ‘normal’ life knowing what is happening at her home?,and more to the point how on earth does Maggie cope with it, the indignity, the worry and the punishments she randomly faces?

This book is intense, scarily real and totally addictive, flawless story telling and though a term easily used it really was ‘unputdownable’, John Marrs always manages to shock and surprise in his books and this does both, over and over!

Superb

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5 Stars