Um. Wow! This book (link) was amazing!!!! I have read several others by McFadden. I actually just chose her book The Housemaid for next week’s book club. I think this one is even better than The Housemaid (blog link). Here is the synopsis:
Quinn Alexander has committed an unthinkable crime.
To avoid spending her life in prison, Quinn makes a run for it. She leaves behind her home, her job, and her family. She grabs her passport and heads for the northern border before the police can discover what she’s done.
But when an unexpected snowstorm forces her off the road, Quinn must take refuge at the broken-down, isolated Baxter Motel. The handsome and kindly owner, Nick Baxter, is only too happy to offer her a cheap room for the night.
Unfortunately, the Baxter Motel isn’t the quiet, safe haven it seemed to be. The motel has a dark and disturbing past. And in the dilapidated house across the way, the silhouette of Nick’s ailing wife is always at the window. Always watching.
In the morning, Quinn must leave the motel. She’ll pack up her belongings and get back on the road to freedom.
But first, she must survive the night.
First, let me say I love Psycho, the old Alfred Hitchcock movie. I even love Bates Motel tv series. My mind is blown how she was able to intertwine that story into her own unique version. I am pretty good about figuring out the mystery but not with McFadden’s books, especially this one. I was blown away towards the end of the book!
Second, the ending has a redemptive aspect to it. And to not tell spoilers of a recent book I just blogged about but I had recently read a book where the ending was so disturbing and sad, where an innocent person was deliberately allowed to fall for a crime he didn’t commit only to teach him a lesson. It was just all so wrong! Although the same suspense and mystery is in this book, there is closure and happiness in the end.
If you have not read any of Freida McFadden‘s books and you love psychological thrillers, you are totally missing out. I think this was my fourth book of hers to read and was by far my favorite! I could not put it down (and that is saying a lot for someone who is busy teaching and tending to two daughters in school).
Now, enjoy these pictures of this spectacular muscadine jelly I just made!!!!
