Review | THE NANNY by Gilly Macmillan

THE NANNY by Gilly Macmillan
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Published by William Morrow
Publication Date: September 10, 2019
ISBN-10: 0062875558
ISBN-13: 978-0062875556
Pages: 400
Review Copy From: William Morrow
Edition: HC/eBook
My Rating: 5

Synopsis (via GR)

The New York Times bestselling author of What She Knew conjures a dark and unpredictable tale of family secrets that explores the lengths people will go to hurt one another.

When her beloved nanny, Hannah, left without a trace in the summer of 1988, seven-year-old Jocelyn Holt was devastated. Haunted by the loss, Jo grew up bitter and distant, and eventually left her parents and Lake Hall, their faded aristocratic home, behind.

Thirty years later, Jo returns to the house and is forced to confront her troubled relationship with her mother. But when human remains are accidentally uncovered in a lake on the estate, Jo begins to question everything she thought she knew.

Then an unexpected visitor knocks on the door and Jo’s world is destroyed again. Desperate to piece together the gaping holes in her memory, Jo must uncover who her nanny really was, why she left, and if she can trust her own mother…

In this compulsively readable tale of secrets, lies, and deception, Gilly Macmillan explores the darkest impulses and desires of the human heart. Diabolically clever, The Nanny reminds us that sometimes the truth hurts so much you’d rather hear the lie.

My Thoughts

Holy Moly!!! My head is still spinning!!

I read a previous novel by Ms. Macmillan, I KNOW YOU KNOW, and knew I had to read her latest book.

Jo and her daughter Ruby have reluctantly returned to her London childhood home and her mother after the sudden death of her husband. The move from California was only made because Jo needed financial assistance. Jo and her mother, Lady Virginia Holt has always had a strained relationship, especially since the day that her mother sent her beloved Nanny Hannah away.

After their arrival, Jo takes Ruby out on a canoe on the estate’s lake and makes a gruesome discovery, a human skull. Virginia does not want the police involved, but why? Does she know more about the death on the estate that occurred years ago? However, Jo does report it and an investigation ensues.

Then there comes a knock on the door and Jo comes face to face with her cherished Nanny Hannah. But Virginia has doubts that this is the “real” Hannah”.

The author’s written narrative creates such a vivid description of the characters and settings that I felt I was transported into the story.

The suspense had me turning the pages as fast as I could read! There were red herrings at every turn that I kept bouncing between characters as to who was the murderer and who was the victim, who was the better liar and who had the deepest secrets. The ending!!!! The ending was explosive that I am still reeling from it.

An exceptional and thrilling read that had me white-knuckled from the first page to the last word!!

Thank you, Ms. Macmillan, for another entertaining read!!

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