Everyone's welcome. But not everyone leaves...
Nick and Amber Miller are splitting up and selling their Devon family home. But despite the desirable location, the house isn't moving. Not a single viewing so far.
When their estate agent suggests an open house event, Amber agrees, even as she worries about their gossiping neighbours attending and snooping around their home.
But Amber has more to worry about than nosy neighbours. Because thirteen people enter her house that afternoon, and only twelve leave.
Someone doesn't want the house to sell, and is willing to do anything to stop it...
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(@AvonBooksUK, 10 December 2020, 376 pages, ebook, #ARC from the publisher via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed)
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I've read and really enjoyed other books by the author and was really looking forward to this. The blurb intrigued me so I had high expectations for The Open House. I really enjoyed this book. The author does a great job of setting the scene for the location of the house, the perfect remote place for sinister things to happen and developing the character. The owners of the house are Amber and Nick, who are going through an unhappy divorce and the added pressure of not being able to sell the house doesn't help. I liked the fact you gradually find out the characters are much darker than they initially appear and not everyone is who they appear. The book has a lot of twists and turns and misdirection, exactly as you'd expect from a good thriller. The Open House combines staples of a good thriller with uneasy supernatural aspects, but is something otherworldly going on or is someone playing sinister games and why? The book is quite dark at times.
