Many thanks to NetGalley and Random House for gifting me a digital ARC of this wonderful book by Nathan Oates - 5 stars!
After escaping from NYC to the Vermont countryside, Gil is living happily with his wife and two daughters, working as a professor at the local college. Then he receives word that his estranged wealthy sister and her husband have died in a car accident, and their son, Matthew, is coming to live with them until he goes to college. Gil and his wife, Molly, are worried about bringing Matthew into their home because he was a troubled child. But when he arrives, he's polite and seemingly unaffected by his parents' deaths. When he signs up for Gil's creative writing class, however, his writings seem to spell a dark side towards his parents and Gil's own family.
Wow - this book was so tense and I couldn't put it down. The fear and paranoia that Gil experiences jumps off the pages to grab you. Gil is desperate to make his family see beyond the polished persona of Matthew to what he believes is the dark hiding within. Both Gil and Matthew appear to be somewhat unreliable narrators, so that the reader is left questioning the true reality of the situation. That ending was perfect! Highly recommended.
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