Lizzy Barber
Auteur de A Girl Named Anna
Œuvres de Lizzy Barber
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Membres
- 157
- Popularité
- #133,743
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 17
- ISBN
- 31
- Langues
- 2
Lily flees London for Cornwall and the home of the Rowe family after seeing an advert for a nanny. Her reasons for fleeing become apparent as the story progresses but Lily is looking for somewhere where she doesn't have to look over her shoulder all the time. Enter Kewney Manor and Laurie and Charles Rowe, with their children, Bess and Edward. However, what seems like a haven soon starts to make Lily feel ill at ease. Laurie seems fragile, Charles effortlessly charming, but is anyone what they seem?
Nanny Wanted is a claustrophobic and intense story of a young woman becoming embroiled in things that she knows nothing about. It's character-driven and taut with intrigue. A house like Kewney Manor has plenty of dark corners and shady attics, and the house holds its own secrets, although not quite as many as its inhabitants.
Nanny Wanted is a gothic thriller with all the hallmarks of Daphne du Maurier (Lily, working her way through the author's works in the library, would no doubt agree) and Lizzy Barber excels at conveying a sense of unease throughout.… (plus d'informations)