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Violence
Barely any
Mild; the violence implicit in obsession and calculated undermining
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant; the psychological horror of watching someone systematically replace you
What this book is about
Michelle Frances's psychological thriller follows Emma, whose television-producer husband hires a highly capable personal assistant — who Emma watches gradually take over more and more of her husband's professional and eventually personal life. Frances's domestic thriller is a slow-burn study of obsession, vulnerability, and how thoroughly one person can dismantle another's life from the inside.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Obsession and psychological manipulation
Domestic thriller
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