Carolyn Stark is
about to have it all. She has the Manhattan apartment, great cars, a
handsome husband, money and now her crowing achievement, a palatial
beach house. She’s planned the housewarming party as much to
showcase her fledgling decorator business as the house itself, but
things are going wrong. Her husband, Jason, is lying to her. He
doesn’t really want to attend the party and shows up with a
surprise Russian mistress which leads to a very public fight.
Then there’s
Aidan. Carolyn first spotted him on the beach watching the house. At
first she was afraid he was casing the area. Then he shows up as a
bartender at the housewarming party. He witnesses the fight between
Carolyn and Jason. When Carolyn uses him for a night of revenge, she
thinks it’s over, but Aidan has other obsessive ideas. One of them
is using the other, but which one.
This is a
psychological thriller with plenty of twists. It seems obvious what
is happening between the lovers, but is it really. The narrative
moves at fast pace with twists and turns almost leaving the reader
breathless. There is always the nagging suspicion that Carolyn, the
narrator, is not telling the whole truth.
If you enjoy
psychological thrillers, this is a good one. It will keep you
enthralled from the first page. The book keeps you guessing until the
author pulls everything together for a surprising ending.
I received this book
from St. Martin’s Press for this review.
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