Exploring family dynamics by using alternating timelines, Chase (The Wildling Sisters, 2017) captivates readers, especially fans of Kate Morton, with eloquent prose and sympathetic characters." Booklist With likable characters and an intriguing mystery created by dark family secrets, this novel has ascertained that the author is one who is an ‘auto-read’ for me. Eve Chase is an extraordinary writer and The Daughters of Foxcote Manor is absolutely her best yet. No one creates families as complex, loveable and utterly believable as Chase and she is the master of the dual time frame narrative.” When she'd started the job, everything was different. She remembers Jeannie reading her reference out loud on the day of the interview, her slowly spreading smile, her hands stroking the sun of her heavily pregnant belly. "'Loyal, kind, and adored by my four children. Brilliant with the baby. Not so good on laundry or cooking. Very nervous driver. Would hire again in a heartbeat.'"

Note: This book was also published under the title: “ The Glass House”. (In my personal opinion, “The Glass House” title and the cover are a much truer ‘fit’ for this novel – but hey, they didn’t ask me. LOL) I received a complimentary digital copy of this novel from the publisher G.P. Putnam’s Sons/ Penguin Random House, at my request, via Edelweiss. This review is my way of saying thanks for a great read.

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Years later, Sylvie, seeking answers to nagging questions about her life, is drawn into the wild beautiful woods where nothing is quite what it seems.

Eve Chase is a supremo of this genre….An intricately woven novel of suspense and secrets.’ Red Magazine Well, let's get this bloody awful thing over with, shall we?" Jeannie whispers grimly. Rita nods and grapples with the gearshift. Forcing a smile for the children, Jeannie says in a loud, bright voice, "Well, hello, Foxcote! This is exciting. Come on, Big Rita. Drive in." Working as a nanny for the wealthy Harrington family, Rita Murphy is anxious about being secluded in England's beautiful yet ominous Forest of Dean for the summer. She should be. The purpose of this close arrangement is for the benefit of their teenage daughter Annie. But upon finding out about her parent’s split, will choose neither location, instead favoring a decampment at Sylvie’s mom’s cottage in Devon for the summer. For Annie, this choice has the benefit of distracting her, one in the form of a waitressing job, the other, a boyfriend, the identity of whom she chooses not to reveal to her mother over the phone.An] atmospheric mystery...Ample foreboding and evocative prose propel things to a gratifying close. Gothic suspense fans will be delighted." — Publishers Weekly Chase parcels out her clues slowly, without a hint of showiness. In the end, The Daughters of Foxcote Manor is not really about a murder, or a creepy house, but about families—the ones we’re born into, the ones we make and especially the ones we flee.” — The New York Times So, Rita had been hired, and over the course of the next fourteen months, came to adore the two Harrington children, Teddy, who was five and Hera, (Here-rah), who was twelve when she began working in the household. And there was a third child on the way, due to arrive soon as was evidenced by Jeannie Harrington’s growing baby bump. Kalbant apie šiuos laikus, sutinkame Silvi - moterį, išgyvenančią skyrybas ir sužinančią dukters paslpatį, apversiančią visą jų gyvenimą aukštyn kojom.

The Glass House is a well written drama with a couple of mysterious elements. Through a couple of characters and two different timelines, we discover how two families end up connected to each other, and what secrets they have been keeping over the years.This is my third Eve Chase book and the third one that I’ve rated 5 stars. I just can’t think of something I would deduct for in her books! I love the mysterious settings, fascinating characters, and the way she brings it all together at the end in unexpected ways. At first there was nothing to indicate what would tie the stories together, but hints and facts were dropped in a way that was quite perfectly judged, until I knew and understood everything.