So have we found our first exceptional read of 2023? I guess so. For Loreth Anne White has for us here a scintillating psychological thriller in it’s truest form. The Maid’s Diary is the sort of book that makes one realise why thrillers have such a huge pull as a genre. For when you come across a genuine, fast-paced, action-packed thriller like here, it gives you a different high all together.
The Maid’s Diary is engaging from the word go. It begins in a very 90’s movie feel – a couple making out in a car in a secluded spot and unwittingly witness to a horrendous crime. Thus, the book serves you some raunchy, steamy stuff to start with – which actually wrong foots …