Book: Behind Closed Doors
Publication Date: August 9, 2016
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Author Summary:
Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth; she has charm and elegance. He’s a dedicated attorney who has never lost a case; she is a flawless homemaker, a masterful gardener and cook, and dotes on her disabled younger sister. Though they are still newlyweds, they seem to have it all. You might not want to like them, but you do. You’re hopelessly charmed by the ease and comfort of their home, by the graciousness of the dinner parties they throw. You’d like to get to know Grace better.
But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are inseparable.
Some might call this true love. Others might wonder why Grace never answers the phone. Or why she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. Or why she never seems to take anything with her when she leaves the house, not even a pen. Or why there are such high-security metal shutters on all the downstairs windows.
Some might wonder what’s really going on once the dinner party is over, and the front door has closed.
From bestselling author B. A. Paris comes the gripping thriller and international phenomenon Behind Closed Doors.
My Review: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review. A real page turner! Jack is a lawyer for battered women. Grace stays home and tends the house and paints. Millie is Grace's sister (she has down syndrome). Millie is almost finished with school and all are looking forward to her moving in with Jack and Grace in their perfect home. But all is not as it appears to be. While there is no physical abuse there is definite mental abuse going on. There were parts of the book where I just had to close the book and read or do something else while processing what I had read. When I was able to pick the book back up and read more I couldn't put it down. You find yourself hoping for a solution and wondering where that solution will come from.
I would like to know what happens next. What happens to the characters after I finished the last page of the book?
I wouldn't mind reading this book from the other perspective. How all the planning took place, thoughts, feelings, there has to be more than what we are left with.
