𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓. 𝑨 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑰𝒇 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅.

Even though it's only January, HOUSE OF GLASS is going to take a spot in my top ten thrillers of the year! This is a chilling, character driven story that is far above other stories in this genre. The characters are created as though they were sculpted from clay and then an omniscient creator breathed life into them. The reader is invested from the first page, and here's why...the Barclay family lives in a house of glass, vulnerable and exposed, after their nanny plunges to her death via an old window that wasn't up to code and was placed far too close to the floor.

This family is very good at living behind a facade, and each one is lying about the series of events that led to the nanny's death. Beth and Ian are in the middle of a bitter divorce but are living together in the family home for the sake of their 9-year-old daughter Rose. Ian's mother lives in the space as well, and after Rose witnessed the nanny's fall, she withdraws and becomes mute.

Enter Stella Hudson, an attorney specializing in serving as counsel for children in custody cases. Because of her own tragic childhood, she never takes on clients younger than 13, but her mentor, retired judge Charles, encourages her. The minute she steps foot in the house, she senses that something is off. As she's leaving, she realizes what has so unnerved her is that there is no glass in the house. Everything is plastic. What could that possibly mean?

As Stella spends more time with Rose, her unease grows. She finds alarming objects hidden in Stella's room, and she is the recipient of a drawing with the words "GET OUT" boldly written across it. The more Stella investigates, the more everyone becomes a suspect. In the midst of all this chaos come questions about Stella's own traumatic past.

Completely original and totally bingeable, HOUSE OF GLASS will have you turning pages late into the night. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for the early copy. This book will publish August 6, 2024.

Solid 4 star thriller. Enjoyed the pacing, even if I found the ending a bit fantastical. Weirdly enough, the one thing that stuck with me is if Stella ever got her fancy pen back? A loose end I either missed or didn’t get resolved. Another good standalone by this author and I’ll definitely tune into the next one.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book was so good! Absolutely 💯 loved it. Thanks NetGalley and to the publisher for this. I look forward to reading more from this author.