The Housemaid Is Watching

"I was so excited to move here, but it’s starting to seem like I’ve chosen the least friendly cul-de-sac in town. One neighbor is hitting on my husband, and the other is judging my dedication as a mother…I wonder if moving here has been a terrible mistake.” Janis is a widowed stay-at-home mom who walks her child to the bus stop on a leash; Suzette is a realtor who is married, childfree, and audaciously flirtatious. “I wish I could say that I’m relieved when they drive away. But it’s hard to ever get rid of somebody when they live right next door to you.” Millie has always trusted her husband, and “I’ve always known my husband is an excellent liar. It just never bothered me until I suspected he was hiding something from me…His desire to help women in danger is something I always loved about him and a passion I shared.” But “Of all the people I would have thought my husband might cheat with, my sixty-year-old cleaning woman was at the bottom of the list.” Suzette’s maid Martha “was always looking out the window, watching her house, waiting for a time when I could get her alone and spill my guts. I was sure she would help me…Nobody ever suspects the housemaid.” One neighbor Janis has taken suggestive pictures of Millie’s husband not with the maid but with the other neighbor Suzette, who has recently upped her own husband’s life insurance policy. A motel about an hour away has a record of Millie’s husband checking in with a woman a few days ago. Millie’s husband also just bought a gun using a thousand dollar cash withdrawl he “forgot” to mention to Millie. Then Janis sees him going into the neighbor’s house, and the next thing we know, Suzette’s husband is dead. “This woman basically told the police she thought my husband killed a man. That’s not exactly neighborly…After all this is over, my family is going to need therapy.” Fry up a skillet of pasta alla Norma with chocolate chip pancakes for dessert and close the blinds—because you never know if The Housemaid Is Watching!

Had me hitting my nails any chance i got! The best!

Wow the book was fire!

The Book Club overall enjoyed this read and felt that this was a good ending to the series. We did feel more confirmation that "The Wedding" was necessary to the overall story plot. We also did not like how the ending confession potentially could've affected Millie and Ada. Alma: 4 Stars Anabelia: 3 Stars Ashley: 3.5 Stars Enely: 5 Stars Erica: 4 Stars Olga: 4 Stars Rebecca: 4 Stars Victoria: 4 Stars

Good story just not as good as the first one.