I read Fiona Neill’s previous novel Friends, Lovers and Other Indiscretions and enjoyed it, so I was pleased to see that Fiona is back this year with another novel. Fiona has moved to new publishers Penguin and has been given a much-needed cover makeover, and I think this one really suits the book and the quite dark aspect of the story. It’s out on August 18th, I’ll be looking out for it, and here’s the synopsis:

“What would you give to see behind the doors of the perfect family?

The Skinner family’s nanny, Ali Sparrow, has the ideal view when their luxurious lifestyle shatters overnight. For the past decade Nick and Bryony Skinner have ridden high on the economic boom, sparing no expense – especially when it comes to spoiling their four children.

But the Skinners’ luck is running out and, as their children are only too aware, money doesn’t always buy happiness. And when it emerges that city banker Nick has been keeping a secret that places him and Bryony at the centre of a very public scandal, he vanishes, leaving Ali holding the family together.

So how will she react when she’s approached by the press for the inside scoop? Will she remain loyal to the family who let her into their home? Or will she tell all about the employers who never saw her as more than a part of their expensive furniture?”

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