Having previously read and enjoyed Such a Loving Couple by Smith, I knew I wouldn't be disappointed by The Childminder.

It's a fast paced psychological thriller that's crammed with unexpected twists and ubiquitous lies.

The characters are not all as they seem, so when they all receive a letter giving them five days in which to tell the truth you know things are about to explode and their secrets exposed.

A dark, addictive read that's unputdownable!

I don't think I've read a book by this author before & what a nice suprise, I really enjoyed this story it was a great ride!!!

“You trust them with your kid. You shouldn’t.”

This was a great thriller that you will want to keep reading to find out what is going on! There were some surprising twists and were not predictable. The ending was a surprise! This book has layers that fit atop each other perfectly. I did feel the storyline dragged on a bit.

I think this weekend I must not have been in the right mindset for most of the books I picked up. I love this publisher. The books are always a hit with me. But this one was just okay. It has to be me.

This book was a wild ride of twists and turns. The multiple POV and time jumps are done well so they don’t feel confusing. I love a book that sprinkles clues throughout that make you this ‘ahh I remember that’ when something is revealed and this book does that perfectly! 10/10 recommend for any psychological thriller lovers!

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Thank you Bookouture for inviting me to be part of the Books on Tour for “The Childminder” by Hayley Smith. This is my second book by her and it is just as good, if not even better!!.
Four moms and one dad take turns watching the kids after school every day. Everything is going well until the parents each get a letter about their darkest secrets. They decide to get away to relax and that’s when the drama stays coming!
This book keep me up late!! So many twists I didn’t see coming. Many thanks to the author, Bookouture and NetGalley for a complimentary copy of the book. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.
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This story will grab your interest from the beginning to the very end. The Child Care Circle is made up of 4 mothers and one dad. Each is assigned a specific day to pick up the 5 children and feed them and watch them until 6PM pickup time. They all have dark secrets from their past. As a treat they plan a getaway with the children for a weekend at a beach house. Secrets are exposed and lives hang in the balance. The end has a twist I never saw coming. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and highly recommend it.

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Review for 'the Childminder' by Hayley Smith.

This book is fantastically written with vivid descriptions that absolutely grip the readers attention and puts them right in the middle of it all feeling the hair raise on your arms and feeling the sweat run down your back.

WHAT did I just read!!!! WOW!!! I mean seriously Wow!! I was NOT expecting that lot fair play!!! This has GOT to start with a MASSIVE WELL DONE HAYLEY!!! Ooopps sorry, yes, needed a minute to get over that but I've just left you hanging there... Sorry.... Let me tell you more...

Firstly let's start off with the writing style, etc!! This book is an extremely well written book by this amazing author and had me gripped hook line and sinker!!! It is so smoothly and fantastically written with vivid and evocative descriptions I completely forgot I was even reading a book a few times. The blurb, title and cover really fit the storyline. Hayley's storytelling skills creates an absolutely explosive and addictive storyline that had me hooked from the gripping first chapter to the absolutely shocking ending!!!

As you can tell I LOVED the storyline. I found it to be realistic, very fast paced and I read it in just several hours!!! I loved the setting, characters, atmosphere and just well... Everything!!! Twists after shocks after turns!!! Arggghhh... Its so hard to NOT say anything about them as it will give too much away and spoil it for future readers but it definitely left me speechless over and over!!! I have read hundreds of psychological books and it gets harder and harder to keep my interest and to shock me but these fantastic authors managed it hook, line and sinker Just brilliant fair play and all links in and wraps up perfectly!!! During the book Hayley builds the tension and suspense perfectly and lead the readers up to some extremely explosive twists that I would never have seen coming. I cannot remember the last time I flew through a book so quickly. Each and every time I went to put it down to do something my fingers were itching to pick it back up as I just HAD to know what happened next!! Hayley's evocative writing skills ensure you are sucked deep into the storyline seeing everything that is happening and feeling the tension, stress and suspense that each of the main characters are going through. Hayley does an absolutely brilliant job of weaving multiple protagonist perspectives together without causing any confusion to who is saying, doing and feeling what. My heart was in my throat throughout reading this fast paced, gripping and gritty psychological thriller! I just cannot wait to get stuck into more books by this absolutely epic author and I have added all her previous books to my wish list already and look forward to what she come out with next!! It is ram packed with family, lies, twists, drama ,heartbreak, secrets, twists, tension, stress, suspense and everything you could ask for in a psychological thriller. I can't say more than that as I don't want to spoil it for future readers so if you want to know you'll have to grab yourself a copy!! You won't regret it!!

Just like with the storyline the characters come to life with Hayley's fantastic and evocative writing skills. Every one of the characters are well rounded, well filled out, realistic and strong making them all the more believable. They all have their own flaws, strengths, weaknesses and secrets. They were also all very complex and the further I got into the book and the more I got to know them it felt like I was discovering more layers the more I read. Hayley really did a brilliant job in giving them their own unique and individual personalities and ensuring they all came to life. Regardless whether I loved or hated them I was invested in them all and they all created this fantastic and nail biting page turner. I cannot say anymore about them as I do not want to risk giving anything away as this really is a gripping book that you must read yourselves!! I guarantee that you will not regret it! Hayley really has done an amazing job constructing an addictive and explosive psychological thriller with fantastic and varied characters that you just won't be able to put down!!

Congratulations Hayley on yet another absolutely explosive success!!! This is the exact reason that you are in my favourite author club!! Here's to many more successes 🥂!!!

Clear your schedules before picking this up as you will not be able to put it down!!!

Overall an absolutely page turning, addictive, gripping and explosive must read that will keep you addicted from the very start to the fantastic ending!!!

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really enjoy this author! One dad and four moms form a parent group. Each day of the week, one parent watches all the kids after school until 6pm. All of the parents receive a letter about revealing their darkest secrets. Then they get a text about paying to keep those secrets. While on edge, they all decide to get away for a weekend together. But there is something more sinister happening. The house and that weekend isn’t what they had planned it to be, but it’s something that someone planned it to be.

Smith has written so many layers and pieces into this novel that all nicely fit on top of each other and interlock nicely by the time you reach the end of the book. Part of the mystery is revealed half way, but there is still more mystery and thrills to come. There are reveals from that point until the very end! This is definitely one of those books that will keep you guessing.

I enjoyed all the characters, and the fact that they all had a secret that made them each a little untrustworthy, but there wasn’t anything to make you really dislike them. This, for me, made me want to keep reading. I find it hard when I don’t like the characters.

This isn’t a hardcore thriller book, but maybe a thriller light. Either way, thriller lovers will enjoy it!

The Childminder was a well written thriller. A group of parents take their children to the coast for a weekend away. Little do they know, they have been lured there but by whom and why slowly unravels. This is a slow burn with tons of twists and turns.

I’ve read all three of Hayley Smith’s books now and she has blown me away with each one. This latest psychological thriller from her is filled with secretive characters and twists, especially at the end.


Thank you, Hayley Smith, Bookouture, & Netgalley for my early copy! All opinions are my own.

I was torn on how to rate this one. I overall enjoyed the book but the big reveal on how Dylan died was so ridiculous to me. I can’t comprehend how the person to blame didn’t say something. How they just left that situation without going back for him. My other problem was I didn’t like any of the characters. I felt no connection to any of them. I liked the twists and turns of this book otherwise. The big one at the end was shocking. My rating for this is a 3.5

This book was packed with twists I did not see coming! Absolutely could not stop reading once I started this amazing book. Highly recommend!

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Book: The Childminder
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Sipping thoughts: I love a good “who in my group of friends is really my enemy”. Add the element of “I know what you did last summer” to it, and I am sold. I love the idea behind the childminder concept in real life, but you have to really put your child in 4 people’s hands and trust them. This book takes you on a trip through past and present POVs. Who is threatening the parents? Is it one of the group members or someone from the outside? Each couple of chapters brings a new reveal, a new unexpected surprise. And then the last twist was a great ending to a good book.

Cheers and thank you to @Bookouture and @Netgalley for an advanced copy of @TheChildminder.

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Fascinating read with plenty of twists and turns to keep you glued to the page!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for this ARC!

Wow! A twisty, fast paced read! This was a great read that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time! Keep your circle small and close!

The Childminder is another gripping and tension induced read by Hayley Smith.. This is the third book I’ve read by this author and hand on heart I have to say each one just keeps getting better and better. This book just pulled me right in from the off and I was hooked after a few pages, It’s got everything I love in a psychological thriller, plot twists, untrustworthy characters and plenty of tension.

Wow!! Twist after twist after twist!
This book felt like a quick read, changing between narrators and timelines. Overall, a fantastic book that begs to be read in one sitting.

I was given this as an ARC for a review.

A group of parents who provide childcare one day a week each. It's actually a very smart idea. When they go on a weekend away together is when things heat up and become deadly. The secrets and lies were alot to untangle as one minute I liked a character and then I would discover something else that made me despise them. The plot starts rather slow paced as we are introduced to everyone but it quickly picked up speed after that. I couldn't stop reading because I just had to know the truth and it was a real surprise. The ending is the perfect twist!

Another crazy, addictive thriller from Hayley Smith! The Childminder focuses on the lives of five parents (4 women and 1 man) who join a group where each parent agrees to watch everyone's children one day a week after school so nobody has to pay for or arrange childcare all week long. Horrible occurrences in the past had affected how these parents lived their lives, and each was keeping a big secret. Can all the childminders be trusted? Even though it got a bit kooky, certain happenings forced these parents to reevaluate what's important to them. And it had a great ending, but I wish I could see a bit more into the future. The Childminder is a quick and gripping read! Hayley Smith has become a go-to author for me, and I am already looking forward to her next book. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4! Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the digital ARC.