Book info

• Title Magpie
• Author Elizabeth Day
• Year 2022
• Genre Thriller

Sometimes Marisa gets the fanciful notion that Kate has visited the house before. She makes herself at home without any self-consciousness. She puts her toothbrush right there in the master bathroom, on the shelf next to theirs. In Jake, Marisa has found everything she’s ever wanted. Then their new lodger Kate arrives. Something about Kate isn’t right. Is it the way she looks at Marisa’s boyfriend? Sits too close on the sofa? Constantly asks about the baby they are trying for? Or is it all just in Marisa’s head? After all, that’s what her Jake keeps telling her. And she trusts him – doesn’t she? But Marisa knows something is wrong. That the woman sleeping in their house will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Marisa just doesn’t know why. How far will she go to find the answer – and how much is she willing to lose?

Thoughts

I listened to the audiobook of this and although the subject matter wasn’t really of huge interest to me, the way it was read and the way the story unfolded and then totally twisted back on itself made me want to keep listening. It was a tense and moody story, not so much thriller but the kind the gets under your skin until you reach the satisfactory ending.

Rating: 4 / 5