This is a psychological thriller. It is told by not one, but two narrators. The reader hears the thoughts and spoken words of both main characters – Dr. Lydia Shields, psychiatrist, and psychological study participant Jessica Farris, initially known as Subject 52.
Jessica, is a makeup artist who is struggling to make ends meet. She finagles her way into a psychological study about ethics and morality. The creepiness begins right away. Not only is the scenario fraught with irony, mischief, and deceit, but the reader gets the immediate sense that the subject is secretly being watched. Just a sense; we are not really sure.
There is intrigue, long-held secrets, seduction, marital discord, mayhem, murder, and suicide. There are lies, deceptions,and plot twists. It is all here.
I love a tightly woven psychological thriller. Yes! It is here.