I am delighted to share my review today for The Companion by Jo Crow. I saw this as I was perusing through Kindle Unlimited titles.
“ Live-in companion for sick wife. Discretion required.”
Taking the job at the Harrington mansion was supposed to be Anna’s fresh start. A chance to rebuild her life. But the moment she steps inside, it’s this house isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a trap.
The high-tech security system watches her every move.
Colin Harrington, her charming yet grief-stricken employer, is far too attentive.
And Kara—the wife Anna was hired to care for—hasn’t spoken a word in years, but her presence looms over everything.
As Anna is drawn deeper into the house’s secrets, she begins to question
Why is Colin so desperate to keep her there?
What really happened the night of Kara’s accident?
Then she discovers the cassette tape.
What it reveals changes everything. Someone in the house is hiding a dangerous truth—and they’ll stop at nothing to make sure Anna stays silent.
MY REVIEW
This is a wonderful twisted psychological thriller and it was so addictive. Anna, a vocal actress who is looking for work takes an interview with Colin Harrington. He is looking for a companion for his wife Kara, she was a well-known actress who had a life-altering accident.
Anna is taken on as a friend for Kara, she is incapacitated and only has limited movements. Her nurse Flora, is overly protective and insists that Anna do as she is told to stick to a regime. Kara had been successful there had been rumours about her behaviour and drinking before the accident.
This story is almost like reading a battle of wills as some of the characters clash in their opinions. In some way, this is to be expected as they all live under the same roof. The roof is over a mansion so there is plenty of space but there are times when working together is necessary. There are a couple of unexplained incidents and accusations are made.
While Anna is a companion also has access to a studio, which allows her to work on a project with a director called Mickey. While there she discovers a cassette tape, it is a recording that has been made. After listening to it, Anna begins to wonder about life at Harrington both Manor and the people there and those who visit!
I thoroughly enjoyed this story and it was almost like a locked room as the majority of events take place at the manor, there are some trips out but essentially it remains a stationary setting. The characters are limited and there are some that you will automatically take a dislike to. The pacing in this book.is great, there is a settling-in period where Anna finds her feet and understands her role. But even then there is a sense of something being hidden, this sense deepens accusatory continues.
This has done so fearful twists, especially nearer the end of the book. suspicions run high and there is a dangerous feel as the author gradually brings her story to its climax. More twists follow and what I had thought may happen, sort of did but not how I expected.
I came across this on Kindle Unlimited and it was an engrossing book, a thriller with strong leanings towards a psychological thriller and mystery. I really enjoyed this and I would definitely recommend it.
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