House of Glass

A Novel

De: Sarah Pekkanen

Narrado por: Laura Benanti

Long-listed, Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2024

“Wow, I loved this one so much! I didn’t want it to be over because I was enjoying it so much, but I couldn’t stop turning pages! House of Glass is a gripping thriller that was packed with surprises and compelling characters.”—Freida McFadden

The next thrilling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Pekkanen, House of Glass.

On the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perfect lie.

A young nanny who plunged to her death, or was she pushed? A nine-year-old girl who collects sharp objects and refuses to speak. A lawyer whose job it is to uncover who in the family is a victim and who is a murderer. But how can you find out the truth when everyone here is lying?

Rose Barclay is a nine-year-old girl who witnessed the possible murder of her nanny—in the midst of her parent's bitter divorce—and immediately stopped speaking. Stella Hudson is a best interest attorney, appointed to serve as counsel for children in custody cases. She never accepts clients under thirteen due to her own traumatic childhood, but Stella's mentor, a revered judge, believes Stella is the only one who can help.

From the moment Stella passes through the iron security gate and steps into the gilded, historic DC home of the Barclays, she realizes the case is even more twisted, and the Barclay family far more troubled, than she feared. And there's something eerie about the house itself: It's a plastic house, with not a single bit of glass to be found.

As Stella comes closer to uncovering the secrets the Barclays are desperate to hide, danger wraps around her like a shroud, and her past and present are set on a collision course in ways she never expected. Everyone is a suspect in the nanny's murder. The mother, the father, the grandmother, the nanny's boyfriend. Even Rose. Is the person Stella's supposed to protect the one she may need protection from?

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2024 Sarah Pekkanen (P)2024 Macmillan Audio

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“Wow, I loved this one so much! I didn’t want it to be over because I was enjoying it so much, but I couldn’t stop turning pages! HOUSE OF GLASS is a gripping thriller that is packed with surprises and compelling characters.”—FREIDA MCFADDEN

"Brimming with tension and full of surprises, HOUSE OF GLASS may be my favorite Sarah Pekkanen thriller yet. Eerie, unsettling, and so very, very good. I couldn't put this book down!"—MEGAN MIRANDA

The narration ruins the story.

I listen to about 70 books a year, and this is far and away the worst narration I've ever heard. The reader emphasizes every single word. She reads this book like she's reading a really boring book to a group of third graders and trying to make it exciting through the inflections in her voice. I can't even say anything about the story itself since I'm not sure if my feelings about the story are influenced by the bad narration.

Painful listen

The narration is grating. It’s all I can do to get through it. I want to finish because I want to know the outcome, although I’m pretty sure I have it pretty much figured out. The story feels painfully and unnecessarily long, but that could just be because of the overdramatic, singsongy voice. It’s awful. I’m not sure I’ll finish. The writing, too seems over the top and cringeworthy at times. The main character is hard to like.

Very enjoyable! And very different plot compared to your average mystery/thriller

Some people said the narrator was bad. Her narration didn’t bother me at all but I could see what people mean, she is fairly dramatic, almost sounds like she is reading the way you read a kids book to a little child.

I like the twist and turns

That was a very good book. The only thing I didn’t like was bringing in lesbian attraction at the end.

Not Pekkanen’s best

Started off strong but midway I was eager for this book to end. My opinion may be skewed by the narrator, she used the tone often used for romance/light hearted fiction. I instantly hated Charlie just by the weird longing, whiny tone of voice she created for his character. Beth’s voice sounded like it was choking on her own words.
Regardless, I often tried to ignore the narrator and pretend I was reading the book but the story still fell flat. I couldn’t suspend reality enough to be believe that a family would allow a lawyer to insert herself this much into their lives without any pushback. Too much back story on the main character and it took away from the growing tension. Threw in a random love interest at the end without any lead up? Felt like that was thrown in there at the last minute. Not Pekkanen’s best work in my opinion.