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The title for The Killer in the House tells you a couple of important things. First, obviously, there’s a killer! But, to me, the bigger clue in the title has to do with the domestic setting: the house itself and the secrets inside.
In the book, down-on-her-luck Renee takes new a job as a live-in housekeeper for a wealthy family that’s also trying to get a fresh start. The father, Ed, has just been exonerated of the high-profile murder of his first wife, thanks to a sensational true crime podcast. Now, he’s excited to reunite his family and face the world again, a triumphant and vindicated man.
But from inside the house, Renee sees the secrets Ed’s family hides from public view. As she folds laundry and washes dishes, she begins to suspect that danger still threatens the family, and she can’t help but take risks (and then bigger risks) to assemble the whole story from the clues that never made it into the podcast, clues hidden inside...[read on]
Q&A with Lauren Reding.
--Marshal Zeringue
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