The Babysitter

Author/Guide: Sheryl Browne

Why a Booktrail?

2000s: You trust her with your family. Would you trust her with your life?

ISBN: B0787FBCNH
Genre: Psychological

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What you need to know before your trail

Mark and Melissa Cain are thrilled to have found Jade, a babysitter who is brilliant with their young children. Having seen her own house burn to the ground, Jade needs them as much as they need her. Moving Jade into the family home can only be a good thing, can’t it?

As Mark works long hours as a police officer and Melissa struggles with running a business, the family become ever more reliant on their babysitter, who is only too happy to help. And as Melissa begins to slip into depression, it’s Jade who is left picking up the pieces.

But Mark soon notices things aren’t quite as they seem. Things at home feel wrong, and as Mark begins to investigate their seemingly perfect sitter, what he discovers shocks him to his core. He’s met Jade before. And now he suspects he might know what she wants …

Mark is in a race against time to protect his family. But what will he find as he goes back to his family home?

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Worcester and Herefordshire

Not a book for booktrails as the setting is vague and when the village – Farley Village is mentioned – it’s a fictional one. The main setting here is inside the head of a manic babysitter and the parents who have taken her in their homes.

Worcester and Hereford are two lovely cities to explore in the area though and if you want to try and find Farley Village, it will be somewhere in the Malvern Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

There’s no beauty in the characters in this novel but there’s plenty in Malvern to make up for it.