by Emma Curtis
SYNOPSIS
Three women. Three secrets.
Claudia's life imploded ten years ago when she was convicted of the murder of her child. Now she has done the unthinkable and confessed to manslaughter in order to be granted parole - her only hope of finding out what really happened to Tilly.
Sara is married to Joe, Claudia's ex-husband, and they have a young child together. She finally has everything she ever wanted, but Claudia's release threatens the perfect life she has created.
Anna was the babysitter who let Claudia and Joe down on day their daughter disappeared. Married with a child of her own, Claudia's reappearance in her quiet cul-de-sac is an unwelcome surprise.
These three women are tied together in more ways than they realize. But only one of them is capable of killing.
REVIEW
Wow, where do I start with this review?!? I knew from the synopsis that this was going to be a dark thriller. The subject matter is always going to be one that resonates with me having two young daughters myself, but I wasn't expecting it to be quite so tense right from the outset. I just love a thriller where you are so convinced on a characters guilt or innocence that you are completely blindsided when, within the space of one page, you start to doubt everything you previously thought.
In this case there are three women - Sara and Anna are determined to continue pushing Claudia's guilt regarding the disappearance/murder of her daughter. Whereas Claudia, who has always maintained her innocence, is desperate to go right back to the start and prove them wrong. She knows that she wasn't involved, but has to find a way to justify her claims.
The characters in this book are so strong and the guilt and grief exhibited by Claudia and her ex-husband Joe felt very realistic despite that fact that their situation in the story is quite extreme.
Domestic tension, gaslighting, abduction, mental health struggles, fear, unreliable narrators - I couldn't ask for more from a thriller. The Babysitter really was for me, a read in one sitting situation. There was no way I was going to wait until the morning to finish this one! A gripping story, a shocking thriller and overall just a brilliant book that I will not hesitate to recommend to any psychological thriller fans.
Thanks to Random Things Tours - @RandomTTours, Emma Curtis @emmacurtisbooks and Corvus Books - @CorvusBooks for the opportunity to read and review.
Publisher: Corvus Genre: Thriller / Psychological Thriller
ISBN: 978-1838959722
Pages: 416pp
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