01960cam a2200349 i 4500 765167110 TxAuBib 20230420120000.0 191020s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781542044578 pbk. 154204457X pbk. (OCoLC)1123231317 TxAuBib rda Maxwell, Eliza,. The caretakers / Eliza Maxwell. Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, [2020] 306 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Filmmaker Tessa Shepherd helped free a man she believed was wrongly imprisoned for murder. When he kills again, Tessa's life is upended. She's reeling with guilt, her reputation destroyed. Worse, Tessa's mother has unexpectedly passed away and her sister, Margot, turns on her after tensions from their past escalate. Hounded by a bullying press, Tessa needs an escape. That's when she learns of a strange inheritance bequeathed by her mother: a derelict and isolated estate known as Fallbrook. It seems like the perfect refuge. A crumbling monument to a gruesome history, the mansion has been abandoned by all but two elderly sisters retained as caretakers. They are also guardians of all its mysteries. As the house starts revealing its dark secrets, Tessa must face her fears and right the wrongs of her past to save herself and her relationship with Margot. But nothing and no one at Fallbrook are what they seem"--Page 4 of cover. 20230420. Sisters Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. Betrayal Fiction. Inheritance and succession Fiction. Murder Fiction. Redemption Fiction. Pennsylvania Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Psychological fiction.