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The House Swap by Rebecca Fleet
2.0

Disappointingly not a thriller of any kind and likes to just dance around facts. Also has sex scenes that got real boring as I literally had no investment. The "Twist" is dumb, especially with the audiobook production. Would have worked better with a single narrator instead of four.

If want something that's actually a thriller then go for [b:You Let Me In|39856154|You Let Me In|Lucy Clarke|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1523816644l/39856154._SY75_.jpg|61641277]. It's actually a thriller and I didn't question not finishing it. It has a similar feature of someone renting their House to someone while they away.

This book does have Thriller elements, like an obvious mystery that you know will be solved as soon as you know what terrible secret the MC has, so it's not thrilling at all. There's also the Husband's mystery drug problem, that he started because of stress, so it is a prescribed drug. I know it's not antidepressants but imagining it was and his wife was just arse really fitted with this book. It's never stated so feels very McGuffin.

Full review here.