<DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV><B>There's no such thing as a safe house in this gripping psychological suspense novel exploring the darkness behind daily family life, and those we let into our homes</B></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV><I>Cupboards were sticky from spilled jam and honey, and the oven smoked when you turned it on because of the fat that had built up over the years. Agatha would never, ever let her future home end up like this. She would never leave it every day like Ruth did. She would never put her trust in strangers.</I> Ruth and Christian are?just?holding their marriage together, after Christian's disastrous affair a year ago. But chaos beckons, and when the family are suddenly left without any childcare, Agatha comes into their lives to solve all their problems. But Agatha is not as perfect as she seems and her love for the children masks a deeper secret. This is a stunningly assured debut, superbly evoking an atmosphere of inexorable and sinister menace that builds to a mesmerizing climax in a story that is, at its heart, about thwarted and damaged love.</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>