House of Glass is a terrifying story that you won’t be able to put down as Stella Hudson, a best interest lawyer for children during custody disputes, tries to learn as much as she can about nine-year-old Rose Barclay’s family and what really happened the day Rose’s nanny fell to her death from a third story window. The more she learns the more she questions the guilt or innocence of all of the family, including her 9-year-old client Rose. One thing is abundantly clear, Stella always has Rose’s best interest at heart and even if Rose has done something truly awful she, not her family, is the best chance for Rose to get meaningful help.
House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen, (List Price: $29, St. Martin’s Press, 9781250283993, August 2024)
Reviewed by Nancy McFarlane, Fiction Addiction in Greenville, South Carolina