by J P Delaney
First published 2017
Emma needs a safe apartment after a break-in leaves her shaken. She finds One Folgate Street, a striking house of pale stone and glass with unusual rental terms. The architect who built it maintains strict control over how tenants live. No books, no photos, no personal belongings of any kind. Emma agrees to the rules and moves in. Jane arrives at One Folgate Street after her own crisis, drawn to both the space and its mysterious creator. She discovers that the previous tenant, a woman who looked remarkably like her, died under strange circumstances. As Jane settles into the house, she begins making the same decisions Emma made before her. She encounters the same people, faces the same choices, and finds herself walking the same dangerous path. The house seems to shape its occupants in ways neither woman anticipated. Jane must figure out what happened to Emma before she meets the same fate.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: psychological-suspense, unreliable-narrator
Setting: One Folgate Street
341 pages · Hardcover · Ballantine Books
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness