A review by tristans_library
The Stranger Upstairs by Lisa M. Matlin

4.0

"Maybe it's Maybelline. Or maybe it's murder."

Would you move into a house where someone had been murdered? That's what this story is about - a house in Australia where people were murdered. It's creepy and twisted and excellent!

"Most people sweep monsters under the bed. I pull the covers back and let them crawl in."

The story has an unreliable narrator, which is my favorite when reading thrillers because I feel like it makes the story so much creepier!

It's kind of a short book at just under 300 pages, but it ended up being perfect because about the time I started to get bored (it's me, not the book