Losing a marketing job and facing a mortgage he can no longer cover, Blake Porter rents out a room in the brownstone he shares with his fiancee.
The lodger, Whitney, arrives easy to like and difficult to explain. Neighbours start treating Blake differently, a smell of decay settles into the house however hard he scrubs, and noises break up his nights while he works out how much of his own history someone has already pieced together. Freida McFadden structures the novel as a steady narrowing of options, with the house itself doing most of the work.
Things worth knowing:
• A standalone thriller centred on a house share that curdles
• Financial pressure used as the engine behind every bad decision
• A gradual reveal of what the narrator would rather keep private
• Themes of privilege, revenge and reputation running underneath the plot
A fit for readers who enjoy domestic thrillers with a male lead and for anyone continuing with McFadden after The Boyfriend. Find it at Boipoka.
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