The Housemaid Trilogy

The Housemaid Trilogy \n?Welcome to the family,? Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I?ll soon learn that the Winchesters? secrets are far more dangerous than my own? \nEvery day I clean the Winchesters? beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. \n \nI try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew?s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it?s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina?s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband. \n \nI only try on one of Nina?s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it?s like. But she soon finds out? and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it?s far too late. \n \nBut I reassure myself: the Winchesters don?t know who I really am. \n \nThey don?t know what I?m capable of? \n \nAn unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train won?t be able to put this down! \n \nThe Housemaid?s Secret \nAs he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can?t risk losing this job ? not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe . . . \nIt?s hard to find an employer who doesn?t ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want. It?s almost perfect. But I still haven?t met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I?m sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I?m doing laundry. And one day I can?t help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything? \n \nThat?s when I make a promise. After all, I?ve done this before. I can protect Mrs. Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe. Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It?s simply a question of how far I?m willing to go? \n \nThe Housemaid Is Watching \n?You must be our new neighbors!? Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter?s hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I?ll do anything to keep it that way? \nI used to clean other people?s houses?now, I can?t believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve. \n \nEven though I?m wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell, when she invites us over for dinner it?s our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it?s like to be in her shoes. \n \nBut her cold stare gives me chills? \n \nThe Lowells? maid isn?t the only strange thing on our street. I?m sure I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at night. And when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors. \n \nDid I make a terrible mistake moving my family here? \n \nI thought I?d left my darkest secrets behind. But could this quiet suburban street be the most dangerous place of all?