Author: Renée KnightPublisher: Doubleday
Pages: 304
Format: DRC
ISBN-10: 0857522841
ISBN-13: 9780857522849
Publisher: eBook | Hardcover | AudioBook
Look around you. Who holds the most power in the room? Is it the one who speaks loudest, who looks the part, who has the most money, who commands the most respect?
Or perhaps it’s someone like Christine Butcher: a meek, overlooked figure, who silently bears witness as information is shared and secrets are whispered. Someone who quietly, perhaps even unwittingly, gathers together knowledge of the people she’s there to serve – the ones who don’t notice her, the ones who consider themselves to be important.
There’s a fine line between loyalty and obsession. And when someone like Christine Butcher is pushed to her limit, she might just become the most dangerous person in the room...
Christine is a difficult character to connect too. She is efficient in her work, in the way she takes care of Mina and in her private life too. It is difficult to understand her decisions, especially as the chemistry between Mina and Christine does not always justify them.
The story is switching between now and the past. In the now chapters it is clear something has happened and Christine is trying to get a grip on it. This did not really work for me. I think I would have enjoyed it more if the story would have been chronological building up to that point. The writing is done with a great speed though and it was difficult to put the book down. It just shows again never to trust those silent observing people in a room.
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