The Caretakers

De: Eliza Maxwell

Narrado por: Janet Metzger, Erin Mallon

Duración: 8 h y 33 m

Resumen del Editor

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.

©2020 by Amber Carter. (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Suspense fans will be satisfied.” (Publishers Weekly)

so many twists I'm dizzy!

This was a fast paced, engrossing read for me. Sometimes I find a twist at the end of a story to feel contrived, but in this book the twists were central to the plot which was slowly revealed. I really enjoyed this book and loved the narrators voice.

Wow! This book kept giving and giving!

I read the reviews before purchasing this one. I was apprehensive because I was also annoyed at the narrator’s voice after listening to the sample but the storyline was still intriguing enough that I wanted to give it a chance. To me, at least, the voice got better and fit perfectly with the character. The other narrator did speak quickly at times, but even that fit the character she was reading for.

At times this book is a mystery thriller and at times it is what I would call a “woman’s drama”. I am a woman myself, but never voluntarily watch Lifetime movies or read books like this. I just don’t go in for that kind of stuff.

That being said, I not only Don’t Regret my purchase, but will be looking for others by the same author. Not everything in this book is perfect (some cheesiness that is difficult to stomach) but DANG! This woman can write mystery! I said in the title that the book keeps giving because it gave my favorite part (a twist) over and over again. I didn’t know it was possible to reach the climax of a book, then find more and more and more. It felt it only got deeper and more complicated and was really, really good.

Fantastic read!

The characters were very very real, and I could identify with them. Following along as the book opened up more clearly two storylines. The book became more and more intriguing towards the end, and I just could not put it down.

Excellent book!

My favorite book of the year and impossible to put down even after it's over.

Excellent read

Captured and kept my attention. Lots of great twists. Heartbreak. Unrequited love. Twisted minds. Everything a girl could ask for in a good book.

WOW !!!!!

The book began good and got even better in the middle and the end . I didn't expect it to end the way it did, however it was a pleasant ending - I totally loved it!

outstanding

keeps you in the dark till the end.
well worth your time.
great character development.

Loved it!! Very twisty, but worked

I liked that it took more than two paragraphs to wrap up the story. cleary the author had a vision from the get-go!

“The CareTakers” was too confusing at times

Tessa is a film maker, documentary type. She helps a man that she’s fought for to be released from prison. She positively believes he was innocent of killing many. After she gets him out of prison, let’s just say, he was NOT INNOCENT & murdered AGAIN. Her ‘great thing’ she thought & others thought, went from popular to everyone turning against her & her life basically falls apart.

In addition, she was responsible for setting this murderer free, her mom dies! Tessa and her sister Margot haven’t spoken forever, but their mothers death brings them to speak again..BUT then in their moms will it says their mother was adopted & an estate once owned by her birth family is left to Tessa & Margot.
There is so many plots & subplots after the initial beginning..

In the estate sisters Dierdre & Kitty are living there as caretaking it.

Every other chapter is either from the present and then from the past with horrible secrets..

Unfortunately I started losing ‘The Caretakers’ as a book & reading it. There was so much going on I either wanted to stop reading all together or send it back..but I didn’t bcuz the subplots/past chapters were interesting, so I kept plodding through.

Also I didn’t even like Tessa and Margo! All they did was argue & fight over ‘something’ Margot was always acting like you ‘owe me’ attitude & I found myself yelling out “Why are you too so miserable!!”

There was just too much to get into and the confusion at times overwhelmed me too! I don’t want to give away the OMG moments..so I’ll leave it here with my review. I just couldn’t keep up!

The narration was good for the “past” chapters but it seemed like there wasn’t much differences in the voices of the present chapters. I would still recommend this book by Eliza Maxwell, if you don’t mind, past & present, subplots, etc. And I will keep reading her books! This one just had me re reading too many times!

Absolutely Fantastic!!

the best book I've read in a while. A must have. you will not be able to put it down love it, love it, love it. Leaves you with the creepy, weird feeling that takes a while to dispense with!