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Ten years ago, three young women were housemates, when one night one ends up dead, another disappears, and the third is suspected of killing them both. Now, the missing woman may have resurfaced as an apparent suicide. Reporter Oli is trying to piece the story together while navigating life with her fiancé and his twin daughters. A fun mystery—she definitely got me with a red herring and I didn‘t guess the ending.

A great read from start to finish. The characters were excellently portrayed and the story flowed with ease. There was just enough intrigue to keep my senses tingling and a few shocks along the way.

I only got 1. Waiting for my #AussieSecretSanta parcel to improve that number 😁

I‘m cruising the Whitsundays this week, I have 3 parcels to collect and one COULD be my #aussiejinglebells swap. Home tomorrow and will let you know.

Set in Melbourne, this is a solid crime thriller about three housemates that begins with the murder of one. The story is filtered through Oli, who works as a crime reporter for a newspaper. There's overlapping timelines & issues, & Oli herself is troubled, but I like that there were no cheap twists to derail the plot. I also liked that it showed how print reporting was dealing with the onslaught of digital content & podcasts in the 2010s.

Love a zesty Aussie crime novel and Sarah Bailey never disappoints. The Housemate is a really compelling read, the crime it explores is complex, and Bailey plays with past/present timelines to pace the unravelling effectively. I enjoyed the journalistic perspective, which made a change from a more standard investigative perspective. Lots to love here, and although at times there seemed to be too many fragments, they all come together in the end.