The Housemaid's Secret
Still trying to rebuild her life, Millie takes a new housekeeping job for a wealthy Manhattan couple, Douglas and Wendy Garrick. Their luxury penthouse looks perfect from the outside, but something isn't right. Wendy never leaves the guest room, Douglas is controlling, and Millie can feel secrets pressing in on every side. Once again, she's drawn into a dangerous household - and this time, the stakes are even higher.
- Millie - Ex-convict turned housemaid, desperate for a fresh start.
- Douglas - Millie's new employer
- Wendy - Douglas's wife
- Russell - Wendy's lover
- Marybeth - Russell's wife
- Enzo - Millie's ex-boyfriend
- Millie takes a housekeeping job for Douglas and Wendy in their luxury penthouse.
- Wendy tells Millie she is being abused by Douglas and begs for Millie's help to escape.
- Millie notices bruises on Wendy and becomes convinced Douglas is violent.
- During a confrontation, Millie shoots "Douglas" to protect Wendy.
- Wendy pretends to help Millie cover it up but is really setting her up to take the fall.
- Millie later sees a photo of Douglas online and realizes the man she shot isn't him.
- It was Wendy's plan all along: Russell, her lover, impersonated Douglas so Millie would think she killed him. Then Wendy could kill the real Douglas with Millie's gun and frame Millie for the murder thus getting Douglas' money.
- In reality, Millie only shot Russell with a blank.
- Enzo helps Millie uncover the truth: the man she shot was Russell, and he's still alive.
- Wendy discovers Douglas changed his will, leaving everything to charity, ruining her motive.
- Marybeth, Russell's wife, learns about his affair with Wendy and kills both Russell and Wendy in revenge.
- The police find evidence clearing Millie.
- Millie and Enzo reconnect and move in together.
- Millie - Alive - Cleared of murder and moves in with Enzo
- Douglas - Dead - Killed by Wendy
- Wendy - Dead - Killed by Marybeth
- Russell - Dead - Killed by Marybeth
- Marybeth - Alive - No further details
- Enzo - Alive - Moves in with Millie
- Murder
- Domestic abuse
- Gun violence
- Infertility
- Suicide
- Eating disorder
Hopeful
Publisher: Bookouture
ISBN: 9781837901319
Publication Date: February 15, 2023
Note: Details are for the original edition. Other formats, editions, and audiobook versions may be available.
