Keep It in the Family

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I’m also certain that given the right amount of time I would have polished Keep It in the Family off in just one hit. But just when they think the house is ready, Mia discovers a chilling message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE ATTIC. A story of nature versus nurture, trauma, dark secrets, family inheritance and the past, Keep It in the Family is a mind-blowing chiller.

His books include No1 bestseller and Netflix series The One, The Passengers, award winning What Lies Between Us and The Good Samaritan. What stayed in my mind the most when it came to Keep It in the Family was the debate surrounding nature versus nurture, inherited family trauma, double lives, murder, secrets and psychological tendencies. She is prepared to do anything to protect her family―but will the previous tenants stop her from discovering their secret? I’ve always desired to practice mindfulness properly, framing the moment with complete concentration.Mia is particularly disturbed by the dark history of her home and she is compelled to find out more about the past. It’s intense and intricately plotted, with everyday life slotting in with secrets from the past and present perfectly. I really needed that epilogue, it did give the story some final grounding, complete with a shocking final twist!

The discoveries are shocking, the stuff of nightmares, and it’s as Mia delves deeper that more revelations are revealed. Alluding to something sinister being connected to their new home, Mia and Finn are compelled to investigate. Even when I’d guessed correctly I discovered there were yet more crazy antics to come as this person toyed with their victims further and prolonged their torment with glee. In 2021, his speculative novel The One was adapted into a 10-episode drama series for Netflix by Misfits creator Howard Overman, and his seventh novel What Lies Between Us has been optioned by Renee Zellweger’s production company at MGM TV.I kept thinking of Tolstoy’s ‘All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Amongst numerous other awards, she is twice winner of both the Carnegie Medal, Britain's most prestigious children's book award, and the Whitbread Award. When a book opens with a quote from a notorious, sadistic serial killer you know it’s going to be a wild ride. In this chilling novel from bestselling author John Marrs, a young couple's house hides terrible secrets - and not all of them are confined to the past. Keep It in the Family follows Finn and Mia, a couple who have recently purchased their first family home. It's perhaps not surprising that Anne has openly expressed astonishment at the fact that murder in the domestic setting is not even more common.In Keep It In The Family John Marrs explores maladjusted relationships at their most extreme in a fast paced and compelling plot that left my head reeling. It's a fun story about the relationship between a boy and a father who is a generation older than that of the other kids' dads. But just as the house is nearly ready, Mia discovers a chilling message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE ATTIC.