The number-one bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt - a compulsive, riveting and bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity and motherhood.

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A RICHARD AND JUDY PICK
WINNER OF THE DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

'Creepy, shocking, compulsive' The Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR
'Unnerving, addictive.' Grazia
'The smartest thriller you'll read this year.' Independent

The baby is dead. It took only a few seconds.

When Myriam, a brilliant lawyer, decides to return to work, she and her husband look for a nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite and devoted woman who sings to their children, cleans the family's chic Paris apartment, stays late without complaint and hosts enviable birthday parties. But as the couple and their nanny become more and more dependent on each other, jealousy, resentment and suspicions increase, until Myriam and Paul's idyllic domesticity is shattered . . .

What readers are saying:

***** 'Haunting. . . I will be pressing it into the hands of anyone who passes me.'
***** 'Shocking, daring, and utterly compelling.'
***** 'It had me hooked right from the start.'

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