Books like The Housemaid, The Silent Patient and Verity
Some thrillers are about a crime. The ones readers can't let go of are usually about a house: who is allowed in, who is kept out, and what the people inside have agreed never to say. If that is the kind of story you look for, here is where The Restoration fits among the books you already love.
a woman with a past takes a live-in job inside a wealthy household with rules.
The Silent Patientby Alex Michaelidesa silent woman, a painter, and images that say what she can't.
Verityby Colleen Hoovera well-paid job inside a rich man's house, and a wife no one can reach.
Rebeccaby Daphne du Maurieran isolated mansion, a gentle husband, and a dead first spouse no one discusses.
Gone Girlby Gillian Flynna marriage performed for the world, and a death that doesn't quite hold.
More books for the same mood
- Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris: the perfect husband, and a wife who is never alone.
- The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware: a live-in job in a remote smart house that watches back.
- The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins: a modern Rebecca, with a wealthy man, a lost wife, and a newcomer in the house.
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia: a young woman in a decaying mansion ruled by a controlling family.
- The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine: a glossy marriage, and what it costs to get inside it.
If the house is beautiful, the rules are strange, and leaving is harder than arriving, The Restoration belongs next on your list.
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