In the isolated estate she’s found the perfect getaway. But there’s no escaping the past in this chilling novel from the bestselling author of The Unremembered Girl.
Filmmaker Tessa Shepherd helped free a man she believed was wrongly imprisoned for murder. When he kills again, Tessa’s life is upended.
Was it a dream? A misplaced memory back to plague her, like a child bent on mischief, poking at her with a pointed stick? The possibility isn’t so bothersome as the thought that the tears were real, shed in the dead of night with no one to hear but Kitty in her sleep-addled state.
She’s reeling with guilt, her reputation destroyed. Worse, Tessa’s mother has unexpectedly passed away, and her sister, Margot, turns on her after tensions from their past escalate. Hounded by a bullying press, Tessa needs an escape. That’s when she learns of a strange inheritance bequeathed by her mother: a derelict and isolated estate known as Fallbrook. It seems like the perfect refuge.
A crumbling monument to a gruesome history, the mansion has been abandoned by all but two elderly sisters retained as caretakers. They are also guardians of all its mysteries. As the house starts revealing its dark secrets, Tessa must face her fears and right the wrongs of her past to save herself and her relationship with Margot. But nothing and no one at Fallbrook are what they seem.
Eliza Maxwell is the author of The Shadow Writer, The Widow’s Watcher, The Unremembered Girl, The Grave Tender, and The Kinfolk. She writes fiction from her home in Texas, which she shares with her ever-patient husband, two impatient kids, a ridiculous English setter, and a bird named Sarah. An artist and writer, a dedicated introvert, and a British-cop-drama addict, she enjoys nothing more than sitting on the front porch with a good cup of coffee. For more information, visit www.elizamaxwell.net.
I really loved this book! Written with two different storylines coming together at the end, the writing style was great, and the imagery created when reading was amazing; such beautiful places and so well described.
There are some unexpected twists and turns and it held my attention well throughout.
The plot centres on Tessa, whose life has been turned upside down after her film helps a convicted murderer be released and then when he kills again, Tessa is hunted. She escapes to find her family and that doesn’t quite work out as expected either. Leading through to a secondary storyline full of tragedy and secrecy, guilt-ridden, and lost Tessa emerges the other side.
The two storylines intertwine together through the latter part of the book and are told through alternate points of view by some adorable characters that you can’t help but fall in love with.
A really great novel that you shouldn’t miss out on!
Thank you to Net Galley, the Publisher and the Author for a free advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
| Title | The Caretakers |
| Author | Eliza Maxwell |
| Series | N/A |
| Format | eARC |
| Page Count | 313 Pages |
| Genre | Romance |
| Publisher | Lake Union Publishing |
| Release Date | 14th April 2020 |
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