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Mark Edwards
"Mark Edwards always delivers Taut, gripping, scary and original - a fabulous read "--Robert Bryndza, #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling authorA beautiful home. A loving wife. And in-laws to die for.Gemma Robinson comes into Elliot's life like a whirlwind, and they marry and settle into his home. When she asks him if her parents can come to stay for a couple of weeks, he is keen to oblige - he just doesn't quite know what he's signing up for.The Robinsons arrive with Gemma's sister, Chloe, a mysterious young woman who refuses to speak or leave her room. Elliot starts to suspect that the Robinsons are hiding a dark secret. And then there are the scars on his wife's body that she won't talk about . . .As Elliot's in-laws become more comfortable in his home, encroaching on all aspects of his life, it becomes clear that they have no intention of moving out. To protect Gemma, and their marriage, Elliot delves into the Robinsons' past. But is he prepared for the truth?From the two million copy bestselling author comes a tale about the chilling consequences of welcoming strangers into your home.
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Author
Mark Edwards
Pages
380
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Published Date
2019
ISBN
1542006619 9781542006613
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"4.5⭐️"
Rhon
"Great mystery "
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Sharon
"This story takes a shocking and unexpected turn to say the least lol"
Nikki Nieto
"I basically just finished this novel out of spite. I wanted to put it down so, so many times. I will start by saying that I absolutely hate first person.<br/><br/>But more than that, this novel was just horrible. The characters were flat and horrible. I couldn't muster a single feeling for any of them. I really hated the main character. He just felt so weak and whiny, hardly ever doing anything. Maybe that was the point, but he didn't feel like he had any substance. His personality traits were being an orphan and being a doormat. That's it.<br/><br/>The story dragged on and on. It really didn't need to be that long. The beginning was so painfully slow. Something happened in the middle. And then it was slow for a loooong time again before more things started to happen. The string of bad things happening, one after the other, at the ending seemed cliche and overdone.<br/><br/>The "twist" at the end was also stupid. There was no point to it. This book did nothing for me but take up my time. I've read some pretty bad books in my time, but I have to say that this one is the worst. This author is definitely not for me. I'm just glad this was one of my prime first reads and I didn't actually pay for it. I'm a bit sad that I wasted my pick on this garbage.<br/><br/>Here are the major spoilers for people who don't want to finish this trash but might still want to know what happened (not in any particular order):<br/><br/>Gemma arranged her meeting with Elliot all along.<br/>Jeff and Lizzy abused their children.<br/>Elliot was accused of child molestation by the little girl he was private tutoring but it turned out she coached.<br/>The next door neighbors were killed.<br/>What happened in France was that Chloe killed her boyfriend because he was leaving her.<br/>Turns out Chloe killed most of the people who died in this book.<br/>Elliot poisons Jeff and Lizzy.<br/>Stuart slips on a puddle of wine and falls on the broken bottle and dies.<br/>Elliot burns his house down to get rid of all that evidence.<br/>Gemma dies by going into the burning house.<br/>The cat lives."
Bran Brandt
"I loved the author's writing. I couldn't put the book down! Unfortunately it just kept getting more and more unrealistic and the ending left me unsatisfied. Very interesting premise, but wouldn't read it again."
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Elizabeth Fordham
"Great story that kept me guessing"
Johnny Marciano
