The Nanny

A Novel

By: Gilly Macmillan

Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Patience Tomlinson, Ben Eliot

“Dark, twisty and full of characters you’ll love to hate, The Nanny is the perfect read for a chilly winter’s night.” (Ruth Ware, New York Times best-selling author)

“The Nanny kept me in white-knuckled suspense until the very last page. Gilly Macmillan’s breakout thriller is a dark and twisted version of Downton Abbey gone very, very wrong.” (Tess Gerritsen, New York Times best-selling author)

The New York Times best-selling author of What She Knew conjures a dark and unpredictable tale of family secrets that explores the lengths people will go to hurt one another.

When her beloved nanny, Hannah, left without a trace in the summer of 1988, seven-year-old Jocelyn Holt was devastated. Haunted by the loss, Jo grew up bitter and distant, and eventually left her parents and Lake Hall, their faded aristocratic home, behind.

Thirty years later, Jo returns to the house and is forced to confront her troubled relationship with her mother. But when human remains are accidentally uncovered in a lake on the estate, Jo begins to question everything she thought she knew.

Then an unexpected visitor knocks on the door and Jo’s world is destroyed again. Desperate to piece together the gaping holes in her memory, Jo must uncover who her nanny really was, why she left, and if she can trust her own mother....

In this compulsively listenable tale of secrets, lies, and deception, Gilly Macmillan explores the darkest impulses and desires of the human heart. Diabolically clever, The Nanny reminds us that sometimes the truth hurts so much you’d rather hear the lie.

©2019 Gilly Macmillan (P)2019 HarperAudio

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This book was a wild ride! Twisted and entertaining plot line and great narration. It doesn’t disappoint!

Great book!

I completely enjoyed this book with all its unexpected twists. The Narrators were great as well!

Interesting!

Story kept me intrigued with some twists and turns at the end that I didn’t expect. . Good performances. I listened to at night and sometimes fell asleep so would have to go back as the story jumps between years back and then back to present time.

You won’t regret this one!

I loved everything about this book. There were just enough plot twists to keep me interested and guessing throughout. I was pleased with the ending. The narrators did a fantastic job with their performances. I have zero Co playing about this book and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

wow! had me guessing to the end.

This is the type of mystery I love! fast paces yet wonderful details that are important to the plot. highly recommend it.

you can go home again, but should you?

Jo never wanted to move back to her childhood home. In fact, she moved to the other side of the world to get away from it. In California with her husband and daughter, Jo had a happy life, far away from the childhood that caused her so much pain. And then it fell apart. Her husband was killed suddenly in a car accident. They had no savings nor insurance, as he was trying to set up his own business and everything was going toward that. And then Jo’s immigration status was revoked, and she had no choice but to return to England, to her childhood home, to Lake Hall, where her mother still lives.

When Jo was a child, she had a beloved nanny named Hannah. Jo adored her and the special relationship that they had. Jo’s mother Victoria didn’t like Hannah as much. She felt like Hannah was coming between her and her daughter. But then Hannah mysteriously disappeared, and Jo was devastated. Victoria hoped that they could repair their relationship at that point, but instead it just drove them further apart. As adults, that mother-daughter relationship is still strained. But Victoria does have a glimmer of hope—her ten-year-old granddaughter Ruby.

Victoria adores Ruby, and Ruby draws closer to her grandmother in a way that Jo isn’t completely comfortable with. But with no money, Jo has to find a job, and that means she needs help watching Ruby. So when Jo’s former nanny Hannah shows back up in their little town, it’s perfect for Jo. Her beloved nanny can now watch Ruby for her, and Jo can go to work and try to rebuild hers and Ruby’s life.

But is Hannah really who she says she is?

A grisly discovery in a nearby lake, human remains with a skull that was clearly broken, raises questions about who the woman claiming to be Hannah is as well as who was killed and dumped in the lake. As the investigation goes on, more and more secrets are brought to light, and Jo finds that everything she thought she knew about who she is and what happened in her childhood is in question.

Gilly Macmillan is a master of modern thrillers, and The Nanny is no exception to her exciting, twisty thrill rides. One revelation after another spins the story in new directions, and each new uncovered secret brings gasps and goosebumps in this complex story of family, class, and burning resentments. If you need a roller coaster family story to help you pass some time this summer, The Nanny should be high on your list.

I listened to this on audio, and that was an especially fantastic way to be immersed in this story. The chapters are told from different perspectives through time, and narrators Clare Corbett, Patience Tomlinson, and Ben Eliot take turns to bring this story to life in a beautifully dramatic fashion. This one is highly recommended.

Good pace with Naive Characters

I really enjoyed this audio book because the near raider kept me alert and ready to hear what would happen next but the main characters were very naive with the exception of the nanny. It is worth the read if you can buy this audio book on sale

Enjoyed it until the end

What a good book. I didn’t want to put it down. The story was well told and captivating.

Good Book

I would have said great book but I definitely struggled with all of the bouncing back and forth but with that being said the ending was amazing. In other words it all tied up amazingly well!
the narration was well put together.

Interesting in the Beginning...

but as I got deeper into the storyline it got REALLY INTERESTING.
Definitely kept my attention analyzing where it might take me next.