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With the smart suspense of Emma Donoghue’s Room and the atmospheric claustrophobia of Grey Gardens, this “bizarrely unsettling, yet compulsively readable” (Iain Reid, internationally bestselling author of I’m Thinking of Ending Things) thriller explores the twisted realities that can lurk beneath even the most serene of surfaces.

What becomes of a child who grows up without love?

Marion Zetland lives with her domineering older brother John in a crumbling mansion on the edge of a northern seaside resort. A timid spinster in her fifties who still sleeps with teddy bears, Marion does her best to live by John’s rules, even if it means turning a blind eye to the noises she hears coming from behind the cellar door...and to the women’s laundry in the hamper that isn’t hers. For years, she’s buried the signs of John’s devastating secret into the deep recesses of her mind—until the day John is crippled by a heart attack, and Marion becomes the only one whose shoulders are fit to bear his secret.

Forced to go down to the cellar and face what her brother has kept hidden, Marion discovers more about herself than she ever thought possible. As the truth is slowly unraveled, we finally begin to understand: maybe John isn’t the only one with a dark side.... Thriller & Suspense Psychological Family Life Scary Mystery Suspense Fiction Genre Fiction Crime Women Sleuths Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Detective Heartfelt
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The book was pretty good and the story interesting. However, at times it was confusing on where the story was going.

Interesting, but at times confusing

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This book had potential but, slow and it dragged. Demented for sure. I recommend only for the shock. The narrative was eh.

It was slow to start

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So weird it makes you wonder about the author. Perfect Twisted psycho read for Halloween

Creeeepy

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This book is so deliciously disturbing, and the narration so amazing, I am going to recommend this one over and over!

Crazy, creepy awesomeness!

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I think someone who can enjoy a psychological thriller and is interested in true crime, but cannot handle books with a lot of violence, would like this book. As one can probably glean from the plot summary, it's an extremely disturbing story, even if it's from the point of view of the predator's sister and not the predator himself. I thought the narrator did a great job with all the different characters. But know what you're getting into; I thought it was well written but very unsettling.

Haunting and well narrated

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