The Caretakers, Eliza Maxwell
The Caretakers, Eliza Maxwell
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The Caretakers

Author: Eliza Maxwell

Narrator: Janet Metzger, Erin Mallon

Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/14/2020

Synopsis

In the isolated estate she’s found the perfect getaway. But there’s no escaping the past in this chilling novel from the bestselling author of The Unremembered Girl.Filmmaker Tessa Shepherd helped free a man she believed was wrongly imprisoned for murder. When he kills again, Tessa’s life is upended.She’s reeling with guilt, her reputation destroyed. Worse, Tessa’s mother has unexpectedly passed away, and her sister, Margot, turns on her after tensions from their past escalate. Hounded by a bullying press, Tessa needs an escape. That’s when she learns of a strange inheritance bequeathed by her mother: a derelict and isolated estate known as Fallbrook. It seems like the perfect refuge.A crumbling monument to a gruesome history, the mansion has been abandoned by all but two elderly sisters retained as caretakers. They are also guardians of all its mysteries. As the house starts revealing its dark secrets, Tessa must face her fears and right the wrongs of her past to save herself and her relationship with Margot. But nothing and no one at Fallbrook are what they seem.

About Eliza Maxwell

Eliza Maxwell is the author of The Shadow Writer, The Widow’s Watcher, The Unremembered Girl, The Grave Tender, and The Kinfolk. She writes fiction from her home in Texas, which she shares with her ever-patient husband, two impatient kids, a ridiculous English setter, and a bird named Sarah. An artist and writer, a dedicated introvert, and a British-cop-drama addict, she enjoys nothing more than sitting on the front porch with a good cup of coffee. For more information, visit www.elizamaxwell.net.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on November 27, 2019

3-4 stars. The Caretakers has two seemingly unconnected storylines. The first is that of Tessa Shepherd a TV documentary maker and how her life unravels 18 months after making a programme about the false imprisonment of Oliver Barlow. The second concerns the caretakers of Fallwood House, elderly sis......more

Goodreads review by Crystal on October 19, 2021

Too much going on in this book. And it wasn't what I thought it would be. I was expecting a ghost story involving the old house, but it was more like a hodgepodge of storylines. For me, the most exciting part was the history of the house told by Kitty and Deirdre. I cared very little about Tessa and......more

Goodreads review by Louise on April 08, 2020

Tessa is a filmmaker who went out of her way to get an Innocent man freed. But now it looks like he's killed again. Tessa and her sister Margot inherited Fallwood, a crumbling and creepy house. Derdrie and Kitty are the caretakers of the house. They are two elderly sisters who have kept the secret o......more

Goodreads review by Joy on December 02, 2020

#TheCaretakers #NetGalley This book is for the most part about two pairs of sisters: Tessa and Margot Shepard, and Deirdre and Kitty Donnelly. The story pulled me in initially after Tessa, a filmmaker, makes a film about a man, Oliver, who was wrongly convicted of murder, and spent over a decade in p......more

Goodreads review by Holly in Bookland on April 20, 2020

*4.5 stars Tessa Shephard is a documentary filmmaker, who finds herself in the spotlight when she helps release a murderer. She believed he was innocent until something happens to dispute that. So after the unaccepted death of her mother, she finds that her mom was keeping some secrets from her daug......more

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“Suspense fans will be satisfied.” —Publishers Weekly

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