It's more of an "Yeah, who else could it be' moment and then you promptly forget what happened earlier. But soon things start to happen, her visions become real, the noises in the house trigger her paronia.

But going through Elizabeth's belongings stirs up bad memories that Caro would prefer that they had stayed buried. Adele Parks deals with this particular topic in a good way, I think, she explores all the possibilities, gives her characters free rein.

Along with the house, comes a number of outbuildings and an attached cottage with a sitting tenant, Craig, with whom she forms more than just a casual friendship. As one might be able to guess from my rating I didn’t exactly go cuckoo for Cuckoo and found this one really not to be my cup of tea. Recently separated from a boyfriend, she decides to take on the task of clearing out the house as she waits for the estate to clear probate, as it will give her a place to stay, and a fresh start. She has taken a sensitive subject, a subject not widely heard about and created a page turning, enjoyable and captivating story. There is one thing I’ve discovered following a marathon read of thrillers—my family isn’t nearly as dysfunctional as I previously thought.

Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks , is sure to move, grip and delight her fans, along with readers of Liane Moriarty, Lisa Jewell and Shari Lapena. The way that the author creates tension around the house was very effective and I was curious to see how it would all play out. I'm pretty sure I say this after every Adele novel - but The Stranger in my Home, is definitely her best yet. The build up is slow and steady, but also had me antsy wanting to flip to the last chapter to find out how the story ends.It becomes obvious almost immediately that the people in the small town her stepmother lived in do not think much of Caro. When Caro’s sister claims to not want anything to do with their stepmother’s things or any part of the inheritance Caro chooses to move back home to sort things out while fleeing a bad relationship. Her estranged older sister is written so heavy-handed in her agreeable attitude and mean-girl sweetness, that I wanted to kick her down a hill. I'd found out about Cuckoo while reading Friend Request, which was runner-up in The Bath Novel Award 2017. I’ll admit I was pretty creeped out and I found myself wondering how Caro could even stay in that house.