Watch Your Back

By Terri Parlato

Book Overview

"Menacing...A deliciously twisty adventure." -- Robin Micheli, PEOPLE Magazine, Best Books of December

Amid the depths of a bleak Boston winter, a recently married couple find their lives and their relationship unraveling after a series of deadly accidents, in this brilliantly twisting domestic thriller perfect for fans of Stacy Willingham, Greer Hendricks, and Megan Miranda.

Accidents happen, no matter how careful or well-intentioned you are. Psychiatrist Eve Thayer frequently reassures her patients of that fact. There are even times when accidents have good consequences--like when Eve met her now-husband, Nathan, at his collision shop after another car ran her off the road.

After a whirlwind courtship, Nathan and Eve have settled into domestic life. They have a lovely home on a quiet street, a beautiful baby girl, and even the perfect babysitter to care for her. And yet, something isn't quite right.

The stress in Eva's life is mounting, both professionally and personally. Though the clinic where she works has been remodeled since its notorious days as an institution for the criminally insane, she feels increasingly uneasy there. And in her own neighborhood, a break-in at a nearby empty house hasn't helped, either.

Detective Rita Myers hasn't yet figured out whether Eve is a target or a suspect, but every disturbing discovery in this usually peaceful neighborhood seems to revolve around her. Only as a deadly ice storm crashes through does it become clear just how far from perfect Eve and Nathan's lives really are. And as the cracks in the surface come to light, so do the sinister secrets that lie beneath . . .

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496738624
• ISBN13: 9781496738622
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Great thriller!

This was an exciting and tense thriller to listen to! All is not well between Nathan and Eve but the stakes are raised when their daughter Rosewyn is seemingingly taken one day while she is is being taken care of by Barbara (an older lady who has taken care of other children but has secrets of her own). This was an easy book to get sucked in as more and more things go wrong, secrets are revealed, and accidents, thefts, and even a murder happens. By the time everything was going on, the only person I trusted was Rosewyn! This thriller has all the good points, from Eve being a doctor at a psychiatric hospital, an ice storm during which an outage occurs, to creepy messages being left on a doll covered in blood. Very exciting and suspenseful and I enjoyed all of it! The three narrators did a great job in bringing the characters to life and it was easy to tell between them as well. I am very happy I got the chance to listen to this great story. Be warned, it is hard to put down cause you will be wondering what else is going to happen and whether the detective Rita will be able to solve it before more people end up dead or injured!