The book has diverse characters, and the story is heavily plot-driven. It’s pretty dark and covers topics that are sensitive. I did enjoy the tiny twist in the end, it was pretty satisfying, but I liked Loreth's earlier books much better.

I loved The Maid's Diary! The perspective from which the tale is told was so unique and thrilling, and I did not have things figured out at all. I love when a thriller offers me something new with its twists, and I am thrown for a loop when they are revealed! I couldn't put this one down & cannot wait for future books from this author.

This book was so good! I never expected what was coming at the end! It was so well done and left the reader wondering the whole time!

Some steamy sex is interrupted when two people, parked under a bridge at a constructions site, witness something heavy being tossed into the murky lake water below (Hah! I thought the steamy sex might get your attention!). A car going over the brink, soon after.

Kit Darling (née Katerina Popovich) our heroine, cleans houses for a living, snoops into her client’s personal lives for her entertainment while working, and is part of an amateur theater group in her spare time – a women of many talents, who knows how to put together a great show.

Kit grew up in a ski resort town on the have-not side of the tracks. Her parents were immigrants, and for their livelihood, her mother cleaned houses and her father worked at the local sewage plant. At school the kids taunted Katarina and called her Katarina <b>Poop</b>-ovich, yet, despite her circumstances she was bright, and her immigrant parents expected great things from her. A particularly violent and cruel act on the part of her schoolmates (that was the understatement of the century) resulted in a major rift with her parents and her dropping out of High School,- both events effectively quashing all her dreams for the future.

Imagine Kit’s surprise when she discovers, quite by chance, that her newest client turns out to be none other than the bane of her youth, the popular Jon Rittenberg, who went on from High School to become an Olympic Gold Medalist. He is now married to Daisy Rittenberg (née Wentworth) the daughter of wealthy and influential Labden and Annabelle Wentworth, and is next in line for a top promotion in the resort empire founded by his father-in-law.

The timeline moves back and forth over a period of several weeks beginning with an elderly neighbor’s call to 911. The palliative Beulah Brown’s call reports a possible crime committed in the house across the street. She tells the police that the pert, young cleaner who waves up to her whenever she shows up for work, never left the residence at the end of the day. She claims that she woke to hear a scream and then witnessed two people leaving the house, carrying a heavy rolled up rug into a BMW and then one of them driving away in the BMW, followed in the second person driving off in the cleaner’s Subaru. The cleaner (Kit) was never seen again.

In the meantime, a very pregnant Daisy is anonymously being tormented for an evil act she committed in the past, an act that she has kept hidden for over a decade. Her husband, in the meantime, has just been informed that the expected promotion is not in the bag and that there is a younger, talented contender in the race. The competition and his nature, brings him to act self-destructively, including failing to keep his pants zipped up (Hah! More titillation. Are you still with me?).

Kit has taken to keeping a diary for what she considers therapeutic purposes. In her diary she writes, among other things, about her experiences snooping in the Rittenberg house while cleaning.

Clang, clang! Bells are starting to ring all over the place. I can’t do justice to this plot which gets more and more delectable, and I don’t want to ruin it for anyone reading this. All of the characters (including BF, police detectives, and neighbor) are pitch perfect. Suffice it to say that the pages flipped feverishly as I raced to the finish line.

Loreth Anne White is a brilliant author. I read her book, In The Dark, three years ago on Dita’s recommendation (oh, Dita, I still miss you so), and I have been intending to read another ever since. When I saw this on NetGalley, I leapt at the opportunity.

Thank you NetGalley and Montlake for my copy in exchange for my unbiased review. I loved this book and I love this author!

For KU Subscribers, this book is currently available with audible – nab it while you can!

I really enjoyed this thriller. As a sexual assault survivor, the overall message of believing survivors really spoke to me. I felt like the twists were well done, especially regarding the North’s’ identities. The addition of Boon and the role he played in the set up was well done as well!

4 stars instead of five because it didn’t overly “wow” me, but I still really enjoyed the book.

I haven’t seen this book much on booksta so I’ll definitely highlight it on there. Thanks again for the advanced copy!

The Maid’s Diary by Loreth Anne White
Thriller — 328 pgs
4.5/5 ⭐️

Holy moly this was a good one! It had me hooked right off the bat and I couldn’t put it down!

I love that the majority of the characters are unreliable! The Maid’s diary entries leave you wanting more and more and more. I also love how each character has something important in their back story, even if it’s irrelevant to the tale itself. Ex: speaking of the detectives husband and his early onset-dementia; I don’t read about this often but it adds a dimension to the story I didn’t know it needed!

John’s “white-male-privilege” talk made me super uncomfortable, as it always should. He’s the necessary character that you have to hate because he never understands his wrong-doings and never owns up to them, never learns or grows. His character was written so well and also brings forth life lessons and sad truths about racism, privilege, and manipulation. Aggressors will go through any lengths to victimize themselves.

I love that it talks about how social media is a highlight reel: that people never show the negatives of their lives so everyones life looks so curated and perfect. It never is.

“Appearances can be so deceptive” and ain’t that the truth!

Kit actually has a point about how people show themselves only in the positive light they want others to see on social media: their “brand”. And how is that any different from pretending to be something else? (You know it’s a problem when you start resonating with the unstable MC 😂)

I did guess one of the plot twists half way through but it didn’t take anything away from the 😱 moment!

The writing was simple, with easy delivery which made it such a quick read. I really couldn’t put it down.

I would highly recommend this to anyone who loves multiple POVs, short chapters, unreliable characters, and crazy twists. This was a thriller for the books!

Thank you NetGalley, Loreth Anne White, and Amazon Publishing for the advanced readers copy in exchange for my honest review!

This is my second Beth Moran and she is swiftly becoming one of my favourite authors. The characters feel authentic and real and the story feels so relatable. This story is emotional, uplifting and heartwarming in equal measure and I fell in love with this story and its characters. I think we desperately need a Jessie and Elliott Novella - I NEED MORE!!!!

The Maid's Diary by Loreth Anne White will keep you guessing the whole way through. It kept me engrossed with every twist and turn. I loved how there was subtle little clues along the way that you don't realize until the end.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read a ARC!

Well folks, I found another book to obsess over.

This snazzy little number over here just fed my deceitful little heart. The Maid's Diary, is a sure to be bestseller that will have the reading community buzzing long after concluding.

The Maid's Diary is filled with deceitful little clues that will lead you on a psychological maze of suspense. There is no way you will see this twist coming but when it does it will quite literally bring you to your knees.

Oh and a little birdie told me this one is FREE on kindle unlimited!

Teaser :

Kit Darling is a maid with a snooping problem. She’s the “invisible girl,” compelled to poke into her wealthy clients’ closely guarded lives. It’s a harmless hobby until Kit sees something she can’t unsee in the home of her brand-new clients: a secret so dark it could destroy the privileged couple expecting their first child. This makes Kit dangerous to the couple. In turn, it makes the couple—who might kill to keep their secret—dangerous to Kit.

When homicide cop Mallory Van Alst is called to a scene at a luxury waterfront home known as the Glass House, she’s confronted with evidence of a violent attack so bloody it’s improbable the victim is alive. But there’s no body. The homeowners are gone. And their maid is missing. The only witness is the elderly woman next door, who woke to screams in the night. The neighbor was also the last person to see Kit Darling alive.

As Mal begins to uncover the secret that has sent the lives of everyone involved on a devious and inescapable collision course, she realizes that nothing is quite as it seems. And no one escapes their past.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author, for an ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review.
I found "The Maid's Diary" by Loreth Anne White to be an addictive, complex & well written story that pulled me in right away & didn't let me go until its final page.
I enjoyed the author's writing style- how she told the story by connecting her main characters through
alternating chapters & timelines.

It kept me on the edge till the end, a page turner that I couldn't stop reading. Read it in one setting.
Read it
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine

Woahhhh this book! So good! This was a new to me author and I can't wait to read more! Thank you for the ARC

Attention suspense thriller writers, this is the way you write a thriller!

1. Read a copy of The Maid’s Diary
2. Plan on having your audience in the palm of your hand.
3. Make sure all your scenes have a kick
4. Pull those threads tightly together
5. Incorporate the wow factor
6. Be clever, be wild and mostly keep your readers hinged on your every word.

To say I enjoyed The Maid’s Secret is putting it mildly. The characters, not a likable lot, were perfect in that devious sinister way that ensnares you into their twisted lies and adventures.

Lies, pregnant women, wealthy people, a glass house, blood spattered but no victim, missing people, and a maid to not only clean up a home but deliver satisfaction to herself while kicking some characters ' butts, deservedly so to the curb.

A mind seldom forgets a grievous wrong and a person often carries and delivers a one two punch to those who rightfully deserve it.

Decidedly our maid did exactly that!

Attention suspense thriller reader, read this book and enjoy!

Jan and I had a rollicking good time with this story. It sent us around the bend and back again. You did a excellent job Loreth Anne White! Keep on snooping!

Thanks to Loreth Anne White, Cheakamus House Publishing, and NetGalley for this great story which has already published.

This was my first book by this author but not my last!

The characters:
• Kit: the maid with a snooping problem, who has a traumatic history. What she finds in her client’s home sets in motion a cascade of devastating events
• Daisy Rittenberg: Kit’s wealthy client, who is expecting her first child.
• Jon Rittenberg: Daisy’s husband, an Olympic Gold medalist, who has his own checkered history
• Vanessa: Daisy’s new friend who is also expecting a baby, and who lives in the Glass House
• Mallory Van Alst and her partner Benoit: the homicide cops, who also have interesting backstories. They are investigating a bloody scene at the Glass House. There is no body, and the main players are missing, so who was murdered?
• Beulah: The elderly neighbor: the only witness, who suffers from dementia

Told in multiple POV and timelines as this twisty crime fiction/police procedural unfolds, it kept me enthralled from the first page to the last. Each chapter opens with a countdown to the murder but the victim’s identity is kept secret until the end.

There are a lot of plot threads but it all comes together perfectly. It’s difficult in this genre to deliver a unique mystery but the author pulled it off. There were a lot of bread crumbs that I missed along the way, and I was completely shocked at the final reveal – well done, Loreth Anne White!!

I particularly enjoyed the characters of Mal & Benoit, the only likable characters, and hope to see more of them in future books.

I’ve been deliberately vague because to do otherwise would reveal surprises best discovered for yourself.

“What people choose to hide from others tells you the most about them” - Excerpt from Kit’s diary

Loreth Anne White usually writes really complex stories that get you to invest in the characters, and The Maid’s Diary is no exception.

The story centers on Kit Darling, a maid for some wealthy individuals who don’t even notice her. (She says her superpower is being invisible). What makes her job fun is that she enjoys snooping in the homes she is cleaning.

Kit also has a past- a traumatic past- that has never left her. And what she sees in her new client’s house rips that wound wide open. But she’s smart, she’s methodical, she won’t let this person get away unpunished. Not again.

I found it really fun and unique that Kit’s diary entries are included, between chapters with different perspectives from the other characters and a non-liner time line.
I’ll tell you, I did not have this one figured out!
Definitely a must-read.

My thanks to NetGalley, Montlake and Loreth Anne White for the opportunity to read and review this book.

This was an awesome book. First I have read by this author but had me searching her others on Amazon after I finished it.

The story is told through Kits (the maids) Diary.
The police are called to one of the maids clients homes and finds a gruesome bloody scene without a body.
We also see a couple who have met to have a clandestine affair as they watch the maids car being dumped into the river.
We are also introduced to two of Kits clients who are both pregnant.

Kit is a snooper. How hard would it be to not snoop while you are cleaning someone else's house? But snooping may bring to light secrets that can no longer stay hidden.

The way that all the above are tied together is brilliant. I def didn't see it coming!!

Kit Darling likes to snoop and has the perfect job for snooping. She cleans the houses of wealthy people ( who are never home when she is working). The homeowners don’t know her name and have no idea what she looks like. Kit experienced a traumatic event that has long term consequences. Her mother took a payout instead of getting help for her daughter. Money can’t make things disappear.

Kit realizes while snooping in one of her clients house they played a role in her traumatic event ( Jon and Daisy Rittenberg) Daisy is pregnant and becomes friends with Vanessa North ( who is also expecting a child) . Daisy’s marriage is on shaky grounds because Jon has had some indiscretions in the past and she suspects something is going on now.

Daisy is also receiving threatening photos, text messages, and notes on her car. Someone from her and Jon’s past is messing with them. However Daisy knows she cleaned that situation up but is afraid people will find out. Instead of reporting it to the police she does nothing ( does not tell her husband).

Now Kit, Vanessa, and her husband are missing. The police are trying to figure things out and things are not adding up. A nosey neighbor called the police to report screaming and seeing two people leave the house with a rug. This neighbor is also a nosey neighbor who reports things frequently to police and due to her medication she sometimes is unsure what is a dream vs what happened. Two Detectives are assigned to the case and are trying to figure out what happened. They soon discover Vanessa is not who she says she was.

A maid with a snooping addiction? This got me hooked within the first pages already! Who doesn’t like secrets of other people? Who doesn’t like finding out more than they should? Who doesn’t like it, really? Are there people out there who are NOT interested in knowing more about everyone and anyone?
Either way, this was some seriously gripping read! Fast-paced and twisty. Although at some points characters felt slightly flat for a brief moment – especially when I felt like the story would benefit of adding some depth and some behind-the-scenes story of why someone does what they do – the overall feel of the book was a thriller-y one, and it was thriller-y of a good amount.
I had never read anything written by this author, but now I will be looking into other books she has written!

While it was a bit slow for me to get into at first, I really enjoyed this thriller! Several twists and turns. Some unexpected but some fairly predictable. Overall good book

Highly addictive thriller that kept me guessing until the very end. Kit is a maid who cleans for very rich clientele. She keeps this job to satisfy her need to snoop. She ferrets out details that her clients would kill to keep secret. But Kit also has endured past trauma which she is forced to confront when dealing with her new clients. The story is told from multiply POV with one being that of a homicide detective. The author did an excellent job of setting the stage for an unforgettable act of revenge and retribution.