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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard and Sundance Award-winning filmmaker and podcast creator Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, Gaslight is a tense thriller that dredges the inner workings of cults, the susceptibility of young minds, and the fragility of both friendship and marriage. Rebecca is living a peaceful life in Nevada with her husband, Tom, and their two young children. Her past is in the past and she does a good job of keeping it there, until her old friend, Danny, shows up on the doorstep one morning, throwing her sweet family life into turmoil. Danny is nothing but a reminder of what Rebecca fled all those years ago, and all the secrets she's keeping from Tom. She tries her hardest to manage the situation and figure out what Danny wants, but all Rebecca seems to find are layers upon layers of deception. That deception has a lot to do with ISB, the cult Danny has been part of for ten years; a group of spiritual seekers living deep in the woods, cut off from their families and friends, led by a charismatic leader who's a master at manipulation and mind control. Is Danny here because she's trying to break free from the cult? Or is she on a recruiting mission? It's hard for Rebecca to know when Danny's telling the truth and when she's lying, but one thing's for sure: her presence might just blow up Rebecca's life. As she scrambles to figure out Danny's intentions, Rebecca begins to lose sight of the people she loves most--and the danger closing in on them all.
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Gaslight by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and Sara Shepard
Fleeing a cult pregnant isn't easy, staying under the radar so they don't find you... The constant fear but when her best friend turns up at her door one day, pregnant and starving, Rebecca knows she can't turn her away but why she is there now, she knows it could be much more sinister than she is letting on.
This one was great. The writing was really good and I loved all the cult stuff. Massively creeped me out and the psychological mind F-ing that Ben was doling out to his followers made me cringe. Those poor people. Rebecca's husband irritated me a lot in the book and sometimes Rebecca wasn't written as well as I would hope but all in all, this was a cracking novel and the pace was perfect. I listened to the whole thing in one sitting.
4 stars