House of Glass
‘A gripping thriller… packed with surprises’ Freida McFadden
-
-
2.0 • 3 Ratings
-
-
- £0.99
Publisher Description
"Wow, I loved this one so much! I didn't want it to be over because I was enjoying it so much, but I couldn't stop turning pages! House of Glass is a gripping thriller that was packed with surprises and compelling characters." Freida McFadden
8-year-old Rose Barclay refuses to talk after the shocking death of her nanny in the midst of her parents' acrimonious divorce. Attorney Stella Hudson is determined to help Rose speak, and discover what really happened. As Stella unravels the secrets of the Barclay family, the past and present collide with shocking consequences.
Everyone is a suspect in the nanny's murder. Even Rose.
Is the person Stella's supposed to protect the one she may need protection from?
Read what everyone is saying about House of Glass:
'The author played me like a freaking fiddle. I was so proud that I'd figured everything out. I was, shamefully, wrong. Five stars.' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This book was a next level thrill for me...Chef kiss perfection...The page turning rate of this whole read was sonic!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This book is a "WOW!"' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I never saw that ending coming, never!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'If you get a chance to pick up this book - DO IT!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Pure perfection...From the depth of the characters to the ever-ratcheting foreboding...This book will easily compete for my top read of the year.' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I gobbled this up in two days!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I had no choice but to give this exciting book five glowing stars!...Pekkanen is a master of the psychological thriller...I literally couldn't put it down.' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A page-turning thriller that will keep you up 'til the wee smalls!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I can truly say that I was hooked right from the start and stayed hooked right to the last page!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'What a wonderfully devious book!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Pekkanen (Gone Tonight) delivers a tantalizing if somewhat uneven thriller featuring a young girl who stops speaking after witnessing her nanny's death. Washington, D.C., attorney Stella Hudson, who assesses the homes lives of children involved in custody battles, is assigned to nine-year-old Rose Barclay's case when the girl's wealthy parents file for divorce. Stella heads to the family's estate in Potomac, Md., to conduct the standard interviews, but soon after she arrives, she gets the nagging sense that everyone is hiding something. She finds it particularly disturbing that all of the home's glass objects have been removed or replaced with plastic replicas. When Stella's assignment broadens to include an investigation into the death of Rose's nanny—who fell from an attic window, either by accident or because she was pushed—memories of her own traumatic childhood surface. After a promising setup, Pekkanen takes her foot off the gas, abandoning the central mystery for too long in service of middling character development. Still, she conjures up a tense, quasi-gothic atmosphere, and Stella's sleuthing is often thrilling. This has its pleasures.
