This book took a little while, simply because it is quite long (by my standards - 500+ pages in the paper edition). Not a hard read - it kept me turning the pages.
The story is written from the viewpoint of a maid. This is made a little more complex by some parts of the text being extracts from a journal that she was required to write, where she embellishes the truth or even makes things up. Essentially the story is about the relationship between the maid and her mistress, who behaves in odd ways. It turns out that there are are two reasons for this: she is doing what we would call a psychological study of the servant class; she is somewhat unhinged as result of events in the past, which were learn about as the story progresses. The end of the story has a twist and, although there is a true ending, I guess the door is left open to a sequel.
As far as I can tell, this is a new author. On the strength of this book, I'll look out for anything else by her.
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