How far will she go to find the answer – and how much is she willing to lose?” “That the woman sleeping in their house will stop at nothing to get what she wants. And she trusts him – doesn’t she? But Marisa knows something is wrong. “Or is it all just in Marisa’s head? After all, that’s what her Jake keeps telling her. Is it the way she looks at Marisa’s boyfriend? Sits too close on the sofa? Constantly asks about the baby they are trying for? “In Jake, Marisa has found everything she’s ever wanted. She puts her toothbrush right there in the master bathroom, on the shelf next to theirs. She makes herself at home without any self-consciousness. The blurb reads: “ Sometimes Marisa gets the fanciful notion that Kate has visited the house before. She grows wary and distrustful of their lodger, Kate, and by page 100-or-so, I was convinced that I knew what was going to happen – but I was so very wrong. Released in 2021, Magpie’s opening chapters are dark and unsettling, depicting Marisa’s side of the story which centres around her pregnancy and relationship with Jake. Magpies have long been the subject of superstition, and this domestic thriller from Elizabeth Day is one you’ll find yourself reading with raised brow suspicion throughout. One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy.
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