Book Review: "The Nesting" By C.J. Cooke

This has all the expectations of a great thriller with riveting action, mind blowing plots, and dangerous formations and accusations concerning murder, suicide, stolen identities, and a mysterious 'Sad Lady' story that'll send chills up your spine.

In fact right from the start we worry about the life and death of Aurelia and whether or not she truly took her life as everyone claims.

Then we go into another realm of possibility with Lexi our broken, fragile, in need of help -protagonist- who wonders if she has a biological father with Nordic roots, whether she'll write a book, and if she'll obtain employment after being tossed to the curb by her a-hat boyfriend who left her broke and heartbroken.

Now, we enter another twister with Sophie and Lexi and the entire nanny position with stolen identities at the crux of the matter.

Onward we go to the next mess working for the grieving widow Tom and his two kids : Gaia and Coco.

Of course, Lexi should be up to the task as she's empathetic and has built herself up from the bottom but will she endure it all?

As Lexi flies to Norway to take on this monumental new position she encounters Tom's partner Clive and his hyperactive wife Derry along with meeting up with Maren the loyal and devoted employee of the deceased wife.

Did I mention Tom's obsession with completion of a home, lacking in parenting skills, and all work and no play makes him a dull guy?...

Ok, well, there's this another half of the plot that thickens like pea soup and you won't want to miss it.

Hold on...wait---supernatural events at a construction site? Payback is a biotch...Don't F with Mother Nature!

Ok, but what happens during this building of this dream home scenario...?
Glad you asked!

Ever since seeing this "Sad Lady" the characters of this story are having mental 
problems..Gaia with night terrors, Aurelia thought it was hormonal imbalance, Lexi-side effect of depression and ironically even Tom who thinks he's sleep deprived.

As with many thrillers the spouse or significant other is usually the first suspect.

In this case, Tom was accused but could he truly be that cold hearted?
If only we had some concrete proof...

This just in! We have a diary!

OMG!!...Back from the grave we have the mere words of the past and it's horrific and deeply troubling set of consequences that led to Aurelia's death...but is Tom to blame or is there still more?

No doubt in my mind this will be a hit for thriller fans everywhere across the globe, over the pond, and beyond.

Thank you to CJ Cooke, the pub, Netgalley, and Amazon Kindle for this ARC in exchange for this honest review.