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Nanny dearest / Flora Collins.
After the death of her father, Sue Keller welcomes her former nanny back into her life, but as they become inseparable once again, Sue begins to uncover the truth about this unsettling woman and becomes concerned for the children currently in her care.
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- ISBN: 9780778311614 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 325 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Mira, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
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| Subject: | Nannies > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
"Sue Keller is lost. When her father dies suddenly, she's orphaned in her mid-twenties ... Then Sue meets Annie. It's been twenty years ... She was Sue's live-in nanny at their big house upstate, and she loved Sue like she was her own ... Sue is only tooeager to welcome Annie back into her life; but as they become inseparable once again, Sue starts to uncover the truth about Annie's unsettling time in the Keller house all those years ago, particularly the manner of her departure--or dismissal"-- - Baker & Taylor
After the death of her father, 25-year-old Sue Keller welcomes her former nanny back into her life, but as they become inseparable once again, Sue begins to uncover the truth about this unsettling woman and becomes concerned for the children currently in her care. Original. 100,000 first printing. - Harlequin
âA well-crafted debut . . . horrifying . . . Psychological thrillers fans wonât be disappointed.â âPublishers Weekly
"Unsettling, compelling, elegantly paced . . . A slick, contemporary novel that explores the wispy, nagging memories of childhood.â âJulia Heaberlin, bestselling author of We Are All the Same in the Dark
In this compulsively readable novel of domestic suspense, a young woman takes comfort in reconnecting with her childhood nanny, until she starts to uncover secrets the nanny has been holding for twenty years.
Sue Keller is lost. When her father dies suddenly, she's orphaned in her mid-twenties, her mother already long gone. Then Sue meets Annie. Itâs been twenty years, but Annie could never forget that face. She was Sueâs live-in nanny at their big house upstate, and she loved Sue like she was her own.
Craving connection and mothering, Sue is only too eager to welcome Annie back into her life; but as they become inseparable once again, Sue starts to uncover the truth about Annie's unsettling time in the Keller house all those years ago, particularly the manner of her departureâor dismissal. At the same time, she begins to grow increasingly alarmed for the safety of the two new charges currently in Annie's care.
Told in alternating points of viewsâAnnie in the mid-'90s and Sue in the present dayâthis taut novel of suspense will keep readers turning the pages right up to the shocking end.
