By: Emily Shiner
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About the Book
I love being a nanny. But now, the two little girls I nanny for are missing. Soon the police will be at my door—and I can’t let that happen again. I’ll tell them I’m innocent, but will anyone believe me?
Sweet little Emma and Nealie, both just four years old, live on the same block in the exclusive, gated Blackwood neighborhood—miles from my cramped studio apartment. I go between each family’s home to care for the girls. And I know all their secrets…
Their mothers were best friends until three months ago, when everything fell apart. There’s a door that’s always locked at Nealie’s house. And Emma’s house is filled with whispered arguments. I’m sure her father is having an affair.
But I tried to overlook the slow splintering of these marriages: because I Ioved the girls. Braiding their hair and then walking them to kindergarten was my favorite part of the day. But now they’re gone. Snatched from their beds.
In Blackwood, little girls don’t just vanish. The police will suspect the nanny, the person who loved them, the person with a key to both houses. I’ll swear that I’m being framed. And I will do anything to stop them finding out who I really am, or why I was so desperate to work here.
Because these families are about to pay for their secrets. But who is really in danger?
Two missing little girls?
Their desperate parents?
Or me?
My Review
This book is one big ball of mind blowing suspense, right from the first page to the very last page. The book is told through the points of view of the five main characters: Allison, Carrie, Ryan, Julie, and Kate. With every chapter, you learn a little bit more about the secrets that everyone is keeping. The author does a great job at leaving these breadcrumbs in each chapter which keeps the book interesting.
This thriller, like most thrillers, is twisty! There was not one twist that I was able to predict. They weren’t even an inkling of a thought in my mind. That is why I loved this book so much. Nothing was predictable; it felt new and fresh. The pacing of this book was fantastic, there was always some action or something revealed that kept you wanting to read more; there was never a slow or dull moment.
My favorite characters were actually the missing girls, who we didn’t get to hear from at all. The other characters I didn’t care for, but the best part about it was that it didn’t take away from the book at all. All I cared about was figuring out what was happening so that the girls could be found.
Thriller lovers are really going to love this one!
About the Author
Emily Shiner always dreamed of becoming an author. After spending years devouring stacks of thrillers, she decided to try her hand at writing them herself. Now she gets to live out her dream of writing novels and sharing her stories with people around the world. She lives in the Appalachian Mountains and loves hiking with her husband, daughter, and their two dogs.
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