House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen #bookreview #thriller
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Title: House of Glass
Author: Sarah Pekkanen
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Publication Date: Aug 6, 2024
Page Count: 344
My rating: 3 1/2 stars
About the book:
The next thrilling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Pekkanen, House of Glass.
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?
House of Glass is not the first thriller novel I’ve read by author Sarah Pekkanen and having loved her work before I was really excited to get into this one. The story is a bit of a two for one mystery with the current events taking the forefront but also secrets from the main character’s past coming to the surface too.
Stella Hudson is an attorney who gets a call to take on a rather interesting new client in a nine year old little girl, Rose. Rose’s parents are in the middle of a divorce so Stella’s job is to determine the best out come for Rose during it all and which parent will be the be fit going forward for Rose.
This isn’t an easy task for Stella as Rose also just witnessed the death of her nanny who fell from a window as Rose looked on leaving Rose to now go silent and refuse to communicate. Stella isn’t sure the death wasn’t an accident and if something else happened that day that has traumatized Rose into silence.
House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen was a bit of a slow burn novel as it went along which isn’t always my favorite but thankfully it did keep my interest even during the slower moments. The story did have all the trademark twists and turns from the author that I was used to finding in her books but didn’t end up ranking up their with my favorites leaving me to rate this one at three and a half stars this time. A good solid story but not the author’s best in my opinion.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
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About the author:
Sarah Pekkanen is the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of four novels of suspense including THE GOLDEN COUPLE and THE WIFE BETWEEN US, and the solo author of the thriller GONE TONIGHT, will be published Aug. 1, 2023. Colleen Hoover says it is “Riveting, original and powerful. I’m a huge fan of Sarah Pekkanen’s books, and GONE TONIGHT is her best yet!”
Sarah is also the author of eight USA Today and internationally-bestselling solo novels: THE OPPOSITE OF ME, SKIPPING A BEAT, THESE GIRLS, THE BEST OF US, CATCHING AIR, THINGS YOU DON’T SAY, THE PERFECT NEIGHBORS and THE EVER AFTER. Her books have been translated into dozens of languages.
In her free time, Sarah is a dedicated volunteer for rescue animals and serves as Ambassador for RRSA India, working hands-on to vaccinate and heal street dogs in Anand, India. She also volunteers weekly for a horse rescue group in Maryland, mucking stalls and helping mistreated horses heal.
Sarah lives just outside of Washington, D.C. with her family. Please follow Sarah on Facebook and Instagram @sarahpekkanen and visit http://www.sarahpekkanen.com
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