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The Maid's Diary

Loreth Anne White

4.02 AVERAGE

dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I thought this was going to be meh, but it turned out to be so good! I couldn’t put it down. What a satisfying ending! 

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This was GOOD and well worth the 5 star rating. Told in multiple perspectives. Kit is a maid and when she stumbles across the house of someone from her past, she knows she can't let the opportunity pass. Snooping is her thing, but how far will she go? Daisy is married and pregnant, and is convinced she's being stalked. She confides in her friend, Vanessa, but she can't confide in her husband, Jon. He won't believe her.

There's too much to even sum up here. This was so good, totally unpredictable and very very entertaining!
adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Pretty decent mystery with lots of twists and turns.

Read for mystery book club, November 2024.

I am sitting here absolutely stunned, wondering what on earth I just read. This book is nothing short of mind-blowing.

After hearing so many rave reviews, I was hesitant to pick it up. I worried it couldn’t possibly live up to the hype. I delayed and delayed, but I finally caved and got it on Kindle. From the moment I started, I was hooked. I couldn’t stop thinking about it, even at work. Desperate to keep going while multitasking, I hunted down an audiobook version, and when I saw it on Audible, I used my last credit without hesitation.

And wow—what an experience. This story is a masterclass in tension, trauma, and the unexpected. The way it explores victims and survival is utterly haunting, and the twists had me gasping out loud. It’s gripping, unrelenting, and left me questioning everything by the end. I can’t stop thinking about it, even now. If you’re on the fence about this one, don’t wait—read it. You’ll be stunned too.

It was OK. The puzzle pieces came together in the end, but the various theories I had in my head were better than on the written page.

I read 'The Patient's Secret' & loved it. Thinking that book might have set the bar too high. Regardless, I enjoyed this read & would describe it as juuuuicy. Mia was not something I was expecting & the ending is definitely not something I could have predicted.

If you like Freida McFadden, you'll enjoy this author!

TW: Rape, gang rape, stalking, coerced abortion, involuntary drug use
dark mysterious tense medium-paced

I had so much fun reading this book! It pulled me in right from the start and kept me invested. Loreth Anne White masterfully weaves a layered mystery through dual timelines, combining diary entries with a present day investigation to build suspense and deepen the intrigue. And I genuinely didn’t see the twists coming, they completely caught me off guard and the pacing kept everything tense and engaging. Highly recommend! I’m excited to read more from this author 📚

Poor Sylvia. I hope it was quick.

JonJon got off easy with the icyhot.

Daisy definitely votes against her best interests.

Pop off Katarina Popovich. Or Kit. Or Vanessa. Or Kat. Or Mia.

A story of being whoever you need to be to get a job done.

i really liked all of the different perspectives and the idea of the book. i thought this was so fun to read and kept me very hooked. the topics it touched on were super important and i liked that the author didn’t shy away from them. i feel like the ending was very rushed and i don’t understand the timeline of the events for how it could have possibly made the murder happen? it doesn’t make sense to me. but maybe i just didn’t understand.