Friday, May 13, 2022

Six top creepy novels involving childcare

Jason Rekulak is the author of The Impossible Fortress, which was translated into 12 languages and was nominated for the Edgar Award. For many years, he was the publisher of Quirk Books, an independent press, where he acquired and edited multiple New York Times bestsellers. He lives in Philadelphia with his family.

Rekulak's new novel is Hidden Pictures.

At CrimeReads the author tagged "six of my favorite books featuring inquisitive nannies, creepy children, supernatural forces, curiously distant parents, disapproving housekeepers, and so much more." One title on the list:
Nanny Needed by Georgina Cross

Here’s yet another nanny taking yet another job in yet another glamorous dwelling. Sarah finds work caring for a small child in a penthouse apartment on New York City’s upper west side. She doesn’t have good employment references, or any experience dealing with kids, but her new employers offer her the gig, anyway. There’s just one very twenty-first century complication: Sarah must agree to sign an extremely restrictive NDA. Because “discretion is of the utmost importance.” (Also because this family is up to no good.)
Read about another entry on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue