Sarah Slade is a therapist and a self-help influencer who with her husband, Joe, just bought an old Victorian house in Melbourne where a man went crazy and murdered his entire family. Cozy! Her goal is to flip the house for a profit and document the journey on social media.

Sarah and Joe's marriage is already falling apart when they move in, and living in the inhospitable house doesn't help. The neighbors want the place bulldozed, and Sarah starts getting mysterious notes and threatening gifts. When she hears strange sounds in the attic at night she starts questioning if it's just the neighbors, or if the house itself doesn't want them there either.

This would freak anyone out, but the notes specifically refer to a dark past that Sarah and Joe moved to escape. Someone knows Sarah isn't who she says she is, and she's worried that her job and status will all come crashing down around her.

If you don't like unlikable main characters and unreliable narrators, steer clear of this book. Sarah was a garbage person. That being said, what a wild ride. Every time I thought I had figured out what was going on in this story something else would happen that made that impossible. I find that with thrillers there's a fine line between the good kind of "I didn't see this coming" and "I didn't see this coming because it makes no sense/what is happening". This one stayed on the right side for me but toed the line a bit, I think just because there were SO many different threads to the story.

I liked some elements of the plot twist in this a lot, but wish they'd been fleshed out more and given time to breathe. It can be fun when thrillers hit their climax and everything unravels at once, but I felt like if that part had been expanded some the ending would have been more satisfying for me personally. Overall I liked this story's concept and the author's writing, and will keep an eye out for her future work! I also really appreciated her author's note at the end on mental health and writing.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publishers, & the author for the advance copy in exchange for my honest review.