A pair of newlyweds, Tricia and Ethan, get stuck in a house that they were possibly interested in buying when a blizzard hits and strands them there overnight. The house, a huge five-bedroom mansion located way off the beaten path, was formerly owned by a well-to-do psychiatrist, Dr. Adrienne Hale, who also saw her patients there and recorded her sessions with them. Dr. Hale has been missing for four years and is thought by the police to have been murdered by her boyfriend, Luke. But is that what really happened? The narrative of the novel is told by switching between Tricia in the present day and Adrienne before she went missing. Tricia is not too thrilled with buying this remote house and gets bad vibes by what might have happened there. But Ethan is set to make the purchase and likes its location and its beautiful layout. During the night, Tricia looks for a book to read and discovers a hidden room containing the tapes of Dr. Hales sessions with her patients. She can't resist listening and discovers a possible motive for murder.
This was a real page-turner and of course I was totally wrong about what really happened here. There are some twists at the end that I didn't see coming at all. The author was great at leading the reader down a false path and then completely changing what she had planted in the reader's mind. I enjoyed this one a lot and I'll probably be looking for more by McFadden.
This was a real page-turner and of course I was totally wrong about what really happened here. There are some twists at the end that I didn't see coming at all. The author was great at leading the reader down a false path and then completely changing what she had planted in the reader's mind. I enjoyed this one a lot and I'll probably be looking for more by McFadden.
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