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What happens when the person you hire isn't who you thought they were? Or the great job you thought you scored turns into a nightmare?
Thrillers where domestic employment has a dark side. Perfect for the 'just one more page' reader.
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The Perfect Nanny: A Novel
Leïla Slimani - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
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"Is The Perfect Nanny the next Gone Girl? This author's book on a killer nanny is next year's must-read." - The Telegraph The #1 international bestseller and winner of France's most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt - the first book by a Moroccan... |
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A Woman Alone
Nina Laurin - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print Length
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A high-stakes, pulse-pounding thriller from the bestselling author of Girl Last Seen. |
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The Night Visitor
Lucy Atkins - Quercus
Format: Hardcover
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You have the perfect life... How far would you go to protect it? Professor Olivia Sweetman has worked hard to achieve the life of her dreams, with a high-flying career as a TV presenter and historian, three children, and a talented husband. But as she stands before a crowd at the launch... |
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The Turn of the Key
Ruth Ware - Gallery/Scout Press
Format: Book
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When she stumbles across the ad, she's looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss - a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten - by the luxurious "smart"... |
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The Nanny: A Novel
Gilly Macmillan - William Morrow
Format: Book
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When her beloved nanny, Hannah, left without a trace in the summer of 1988, seven-year-old Jocelyn Holt was devastated. Haunted by the loss, Jo grew up bitter and distant, and eventually left her parents and Lake Hall, their faded aristocratic home, behind.
Thirty years later, Jo returns... |
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The Au Pair
Emma Rous - Berkley
Format: Paperback
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Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother, Danny, were born in the middle of summer at their family's estate on the Norfolk coast. Within hours of their birth, their mother threw herself from the cliffs, the au pair fled, and the village thrilled with whispers of dark cloaks, changelings,... |
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Then She Was Gone: A Novel
Lisa Jewell - Atria Books
Format: Book
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Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenaged golden couple. She was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her.
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The Safe Place: A Novel
Anna Downes - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover
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Superbly tense and oozing with atmosphere, Anna Downs's debut is the perfect summer suspense, with the modern gothic feel of Ruth Ware and the morally complex family dynamics of Lisa Jewell.Welcome to paradise...will you ever be able to leave?Emily is a mess.Emily Proudman just lost... |
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Verity
Colleen Hoover - Independently published
Format: Paperback
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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.
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The Other Mother: A Novel
Carol Goodman - William Morrow
Format: Book
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When Daphne Marist and her infant daughter, Chloe, pull up the gravel drive to the home of Daphne's new employer, it feels like they've entered a whole new world. Tucked in the Catskills, the stone mansion looks like something out of a fairy tale, its lush landscaping hiding the view... |
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Misery
Stephen King - Viking
Format: Print book
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Paul Sheldon, author of a series of historical romances, wakes up in a secluded farmhouse in Colorado with broken legs while Annie Wilkes, a disappointed fan, hovers over him with drugs, an ax, and a blowtorch, demanding he bring his heroine back to life. |
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An Anonymous Girl
Greer Hendricks - Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Large Print
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The next novel of psychological suspense and obsession from the authors of the blockbuster bestseller The Wife Between Us Seeking women ages 18-32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed. When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology... |
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Lock Every Door: A Novel
Riley Sager - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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The next heart-pounding thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager follows a young woman whose new job apartment sitting in one of New York's oldest and most glamorous buildings may cost more than it pays. No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing... |
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