I did see what you see and did Mr. Swanson, and it was dark and so enjoyable all at the same time! Do You See What I See is a mysterious, eerie novella. The story takes a group of people, puts them in a lavish house on Cape Cod and dismantles their characters one by one. Yet even though you may think you know what is going to happen, trust me you won’t. Of course there may be a murder as well…
Author Nicholas Child has been asked by his agent to go and assist one of her clients, a popular author by the name of Marco Tavares who seems to be having a difficult time with writing his latest book. She is so desperate she is willing to pay him because he will have to spend the Christmas holiday there, but Nicholas has nowhere else to be and decides this will be perfect for him. A beautiful house working on the Cape with one of the premiere authors and he’s getting paid!
But his arrival is a bit strange. He is met by Marco’s wife Mauve, his sister and grandmother. He soon discovers Marco has also invited a few friends for the holiday as well. This was not exactly how he thought a writing session with Marco would go. He also finds out Marco seems to enjoy imbibing more than writing and spends most days at bars in town. There seems to be a great deal of tension, arguing (and drinking) by all and as he tries to convince Marco to work with him it seems to be a losing battle.
Then after a pretty bad night of drinking Marco is found dead and another body floating in the ocean. Murder is suspected. What could have possibly happened after everybody went to bed? It feels to Nicholas that everybody had a good reason to kill Marco.
So, Nicholas composes a list for the police with clues for them (and us).
What is discovered is no one is really who they seemed to be.
Did You See What I See is suspenseful, startling and the ending a complete surprise!
Thank you #NetGalley #WilliamMorrow #PeterSwanson #DidYouSeeWhatISee for the advanced copy.
