Look in the Mirror
the addictive, heart-pounding thriller from the author of Something in the Water
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'Addictive, thrilling, intoxicating' LISA JEWELL
'An utter white-knuckle ride of a plot' LUCY FOLEY
'A must-read' SARAH PEARSE
In this paradise you won't like what you see . . .
When Nina's father dies, she inherits a gleaming dream vacation home in a balmy tropical paradise - one she had no idea existed. The house is extraordinary: state-of-the-art, all glass and marble. How did her sensible father ever have enough money for this? And why not tell her about it? Desperate to uncover why he hid such a big secret, she decides to visit.
Maria, once an ambitious medical student, is now a nanny for the super-rich. The money's better, and so are the destinations - like this new assignment in the British Virgin Islands. But when her wards never show, Maria begins to make herself at home, spending her days luxuriating by the pool. There's just one rule: Don't go in the basement. But her curiosity might just get the better of her. And soon, she'll wish her only worry was not getting paid.
As both women's timelines intertwine, dark secrets start to unravel and one thing quickly becomes clear - nothing could have prepared them for what they are about to encounter.
'Sinister, stylish and shocking' CHRIS WHITAKER
'It will leave you breathless' JANE FALLON
'A seductive, expertly plotted page-turner' LOUISE CANDLISH
'An utter white-knuckle ride of a plot' LUCY FOLEY
'Smart and spinge-tingling' HARRIET WALKER
'Engaging, twisty and highly original' PETER JAMES
'Utterly compelling, twisted and original' LUCY CLARKE
'An astonishing adrenaline rush of a novel' DANIELLE TRUSSONI
'Addictive, thrilling, intoxicating' LISA JEWELL
READERS LOVE CATHERINE STEADMAN
***** 'Love, love, love this book'
***** 'Can't wait for her next one' 5* reader review
***** 'Literally couldn't put it down' 5* reader review
***** 'Absolutely gripping' 5* reader review
***** 'So many twists and turns' 5* reader review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A British academic receives a shock from beyond the grave in Steadman's propulsive but ultimately disappointing latest (after The Family Game). Nina Hepworth, 34, teaches literature at Cambridge and has lived most of her life in the shadow of her brilliant mathematician father, John. After John dies of natural causes, Nina learns that he owned a piece of prime real estate in the British Virgin Islands, which he's left to her. Stunned, she flies to the Caribbean to inspect the premises, a glass-and-steel mansion overlooking a private beach. Soon, however, Nina's elation is tempered by her discovery that the house is rigged with all sorts of unsettling surveillance technology, prompting questions about what her father was up to. In a parallel story line set in the recent past, a young nanny named Maria takes a live-in gig at the same house, only to be ghosted by the people who hired her. She happily sticks around, but before long, she begins to suspect that she's being watched. Toggling back and forth in time, Steadman briskly builds toward the bloody revelation linking Nina's and Maria's stories. Unfortunately, it's an implausible letdown. This fails to stick the landing.
