Book Review for Look In the Mirror by Catherine Steadman

 Look In the Mirror by Catherine Steadman

Published July 30, 2024 by Random House 

Genre:  Mystery Thriller

Taken from Goodreads:  When Nina’s father dies, she is left something in his will: a gleaming dream vacation home in a balmy tropical paradise.

Still grieving her father's death, Nina learns she has inherited property in the British Virgin Islands—a vacation home she had no idea existed, until now. The house is extraordinary: state-of-the-art, all glass and marble. How did her sensible father come into enough money for this? Why did he keep it from her? And what else was he hiding?

Once an ambitious medical student, Maria is a nanny for the super-rich. The money’s better and so are the destinations where her work takes her. Just one more gig, and she’ll be set. Finally she’ll be secure. But when her wards never show, Maria begins to make herself at home, spending her days luxuriating by the pool and in the sauna. There’s just one rule: Don’t go in the basement. But her curiosity just might get the better of her—and soon she’ll wish her only worry was not getting paid.

 

My Thoughts:  I could not put this book down.  I was so intrigued with Nina’s father’s house and how she did not know about it before he passed away.   The description of the house and the island brought it to life for me as I read.   I could picture the large glass windows, the steep staircase to get to the house, and the glamour of the house itself.  I enjoyed that I was taken on a room to room tour so as the story went on, I could picture exactly what Nina and Maria were seeing. 

The other characters in the book are all small parts of the story but needed to make the story work.   As each one was introduced, I tried to figure out what their parts in the story would be.   Most of them, I did not figure out until the author wrote it.  But once I knew, I could not go back and unsee who they really were. 

Look in the Mirror is the first book of Catherine Steadman’s that I have read but I am already looking forward to reading more.   I will recommend this book to any thriller reader.

 

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Meet Catherine Steadman:   Catherine Steadman is an actress and writer based in North London, UK. She is best known for her role as Mabel Lane Fox in Downton Abbey and is currently filming on the new Starz television series 'The Rook'. She grew up in the New Forest, UK, and lives with a small dog and an average sized man. Something in the Water is her first novel.