Not to Disturb

by Muriel Spark

First published 1971

In a grand Geneva manor, the stylish domestic staff scheme to advance their careers and social standing. As they manipulate marriages, sabotage reputations, and even plot a murder, the household's calm veneer cracks to reveal cutthroat ambition and class resentment bubbling beneath the surface.

Genres: domestic-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, thriller

Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: cutthroat-ambition, enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator

Setting: Geneva, Lake (Switzerland and France)

Period: 20th-century

159 pages · Hardcover · MacMillan

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