Title: House of Glass
Author: Sarah Pekkanen
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: August 6, 2024
On the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perfect lie.
A young nanny who plunged to her death, or was she pushed? A nine-year-old girl who collects sharp objects and refuses to speak. A lawyer whose job it is to uncover who in the family is a victim and who is a murderer. But how can you find out the truth when everyone here is lying?
Rose Barclay is a nine-year-old girl who witnessed the possible murder of her nanny - in the midst of her parent's bitter divorce - and immediately stopped speaking. Stella Hudson is a best interest attorney, appointed to serve as counsel for children in custody cases. She never accepts clients under thirteen due to her own traumatic childhood, but Stella's mentor, a revered judge, believes Stella is the only one who can help.
From the moment Stella passes through the iron security gate and steps into the gilded, historic DC home of the Barclays, she realizes the case is even more twisted, and the Barclay family far more troubled, than she feared. And there's something eerie about the house itself: It's a plastic house, with not a single bit of glass to be found.
As Stella comes closer to uncovering the secrets the Barclays are desperate to hide, danger wraps around her like a shroud, and her past and present are set on a collision course in ways she never expected. Everyone is a suspect in the nanny's murder. The mother, the father, the grandmother, the nanny's boyfriend. Even Rose. Is the person Stella's supposed to protect the one she may need protection from?
This was a great thriller!
A nanny falls to her death at the Barclays' estate—but was it an accident, or did someone push her?
After the tragedy, the Barclays are not only facing a bitter divorce but are also fighting for custody of their nine-year-old daughter, Rose Barclay.
Stella Hudson, a best-interest attorney who represents children in custody cases, is asked by her mentor—a respected judge—to take on Rose's case. Despite her reservations about working with younger children due to her own traumatic childhood, Stella agrees. Rose hasn’t spoken a word since the nanny's death, which resonates deeply with Stella, as she also went silent after discovering her mother’s body as a child.
As Stella digs deeper into the family’s dynamics, she realizes something feels off. It seems every member of the household had a motive to kill the nanny.
I was hooked from the very first pages! Sarah Pekkanen masterfully weaves in multiple red herrings, leaving you unsure of who—or what—caused the nanny’s death until the very end. The ambiguity surrounding Rose’s character was particularly intriguing—was she a sinister force or just a terrified child?
Stella’s character was a highlight for me. Despite her personal struggles, her determination to ensure Rose ended up in the right hands was both inspiring and commendable.
Cliffhanger: No
4/5 Fangs
A complimentary copy was provided by St. Martin's Press via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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