Beth lives by Camden Lock with her partner Sol and their daughter Fern. Life is peaceful, but Beth is troubled by increasing unease. It could be to do with her mother's disappearance years ago. It could be her sense that Fern is keeping secrets from her.
So she goes to therapy. Dr Tamara Bywater is there to help her patients, and soon their sessions become the highlight of Beth's week. But Beth is in over her head before she realises that Tamara might not be all she seems...
What if the person you trust the most turns out to be the greatest danger of all?***
[Danger wore a sweet face]***
(@BloomsburyBooks, 11 June 2020, 384 pages, ebook, copy from @BloomsburyBooks via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 8 June via #RandomThingsTours)
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I thought I'd read the author before but it turns out that I haven't. Oh well, I enjoyed this so I may check out more of her work. Beth is a great character. I felt she was very realistic. Tamara intrigued me. She was a bit of a strange one, stand-offish, cool, calm and collected. Just what was her deal? I enjoyed the way the author played these two very different women against each other. There is something off about Tamara from start. She came across as unprofessional a lot of the time and her sessions with Beth just seemed unethical a lot of the time. It didn't help that her colleagues are also concerned about her attitude and behaviour. I enjoyed the way the author explored the boundaries between patient and therapist which at times here are very fluid. Tamara seems to be trying to lure Beth into her bed but Beth is half-convinced she's imagining things. Tamara seems to be almost cruel and calculating towards Beth, taking advantage of her issues.
