The Housemate
Sarah Bailey
Reviewed by Helen
This is my first Sarah Bailey book and can I say wow what a story, a compelling, not putdown able page turner for me, this one had my mind thinking and changing direction throughout and I never guessed the ending, the characters are strong and believable and the story intriguing as journalist Oli Groves puts everything she has into investigating a cold case that she worked on as a rookie ten years earlier.
A lot has changed in ten years for Oli and when a cold case opens up and she is assigned the story, she is determined to get to the bottom of it, nine years ago a young woman was murdered in the home she shared in a Melbourne suburb with two female friends it was dubbed the Housemate Homicide but although one of the housemates was jailed and one went missing the reasons were never clear and Oli is like a dog with a bone to get the truth.
When the missing woman turns up dead Oli is assigned the story and given an assistant young Cooper Ng a podcaster to help. Investigating they uncover many secrets that has Oli reliving the past not only on the case but her personal life as well and as the web widens Oli finds that there is maybe other cases linked and maybe somehow her life as well, the plot thickens. Cooper and her work well together but danger is lurking the deeper they delve.
This is a thriller that is fast paced with lots of action Oli digs deep and causes friction not only at work but in her personal life which starts to take a personal toll on her, but she never gives up I loved how everything comes together in a very thrilling end for me, I thought Cooper was a fabulous character, I really liked him he added so much to the story. I thoroughly enjoyed this one from start to finish and would highly recommend it.
My thanks to Allen & Unwin for my copy to read and review
A lot has changed in ten years for Oli and when a cold case opens up and she is assigned the story, she is determined to get to the bottom of it, nine years ago a young woman was murdered in the home she shared in a Melbourne suburb with two female friends it was dubbed the Housemate Homicide but although one of the housemates was jailed and one went missing the reasons were never clear and Oli is like a dog with a bone to get the truth.
When the missing woman turns up dead Oli is assigned the story and given an assistant young Cooper Ng a podcaster to help. Investigating they uncover many secrets that has Oli reliving the past not only on the case but her personal life as well and as the web widens Oli finds that there is maybe other cases linked and maybe somehow her life as well, the plot thickens. Cooper and her work well together but danger is lurking the deeper they delve.
This is a thriller that is fast paced with lots of action Oli digs deep and causes friction not only at work but in her personal life which starts to take a personal toll on her, but she never gives up I loved how everything comes together in a very thrilling end for me, I thought Cooper was a fabulous character, I really liked him he added so much to the story. I thoroughly enjoyed this one from start to finish and would highly recommend it.
My thanks to Allen & Unwin for my copy to read and review
5 stars
Published August 31st 2021 by Allen & Unwin AU
