Publisher: Doubleday
Pages: 320
Format: DRC
ISBN-10: 0857525476
ISBN-13: 9780857525475
Publisher: eBook | Hardcover | Paperback | Audiobook
When Caroline and Francis receive an offer to house swap, they jump at the chance for a week away from home. After the difficulties of the past few years, they’ve worked hard to rebuild their marriage for their son’s sake; now they want to reconnect as a couple.
On arrival, they find a house that is stark and sinister in its emptiness – it’s hard to imagine what kind of person lives here. Then, gradually, Caroline begins to uncover some signs of life – signs of her life. The flowers in the bathroom or the music in the CD player might seem innocent to her husband but to her they are anything but. It seems the person they have swapped with is someone she used to know; someone she’s desperate to leave in her past.
But that person is now in her home – and they want to make sure she’ll never forget . . .
This book is going back and forth slowly filling in details and that does not always work. I often find current time or flashbacks give away something you know will influence the other side of the story but not in this book.
I am not sure if I liked Caroline or not. The way she was dealing with everything that was happening did make sense but I did not understand why she kept so many secrets. It made me doubt her motivation to keep it secret.
Despite her actions I did feel sorry for Francis often. I would have loved to know what Carl made of the whole situation but it totally fit with his character that we never get his side of things.
The book is a quick read. I could have been more psychotic but it is a slippery slope between keeping it exciting and making it bat crazy so I think it has been a good choice to keep it on the safe side.
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