Girl in the Rearview Mirror

<p><strong>An <em>Entertainment Weekly </em>hottest read of the summer - A <em>USA Today </em>hottest read of the week - A <em>Refinery29 </em>best thriller of June </strong><strong>- A <em>New York Post </em>best book of the week</strong></p><p><strong>With hairpin twists and immense psychological acuity Kelsey Rae Dimberg's <em>Girl in the Rearview Mirror </em>is as seductive as the glamorous privileged family at its center--and as cunning. An exciting intoxicating debut it will hold you until its startling final pages. </strong><strong>-- </strong><strong>Megan Abbott bestselling author of <em>Dare Me </em>and <em>Give Me Your Hand</em></strong></p><p><em>I never meant to lie. That is I never wanted to.</em><br/><br/>They are Phoenix's First Family: handsome Philip Martin son of the sitting Senator an ex-football player who carries himself with an easy grace and appears destined to step into his father's seat when the time is right; his wife Marina the stylish and elegant director of Phoenix's fine arts museum; and their four-year-old daughter Amabel beautiful and precocious and beloved. </p><p>Finn Hunt is working a dull office job to pay off her college debt when she meets Philip and charms Amabel. She eagerly agrees to nanny thinking she's lucked into the job of a lifetime. Though the glamour of the Martins' lifestyle undeniably dazzles Finn her real pleasure comes from being part of the family: sharing quick jokes with Philip in the kitchen before he leaves for work; staying late when Marina needs a last-minute sitter; and spending long days with Amabel who is often treated more like a photo op than a child.</p><p>But behind every façade lurks a less attractive truth. When a young woman approaches Finn claiming a connection with Philip and asking Finn to pass on a message Finn becomes caught up in a web of deceit with the senate seat at its center. And Finn isn't exactly innocent herself: she too has a background she has kept hidden and under the hot Phoenix sun everything is about to be laid bare. . . . </p>