Review of Keep Me Close by Jane Holland

 I received a copy of this title via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. 

Someone is hurting the most vulnerable person in your life, but they can’t tell you who it is. What would you do?

When shy publisher Kate Kinley finds mysterious bruises on her mother’s arms she assumes the worst. Suffering with early onset dementia, her mother insists that nothing is wrong; it was just a clumsy accident. But was it an accident, or has her mother’s illness made her forget what really happened?

In desperate need of someone she can trust, her isolation and paranoia grow as the closest people in her life become key suspects.

With each heart-stopping revelation, Kate begins to realize that the perpetrator is no longer interested in inflicting bruises; they want blood.

Keep Me Close is a compelling story of gross immorality, a cautionary tale of how easily wicked people can take advantage of the vulnerable elderly people in your life.

My Review:

4 Stars

I really felt for the main character Kate in this story. Her family suffers a tragedy that nobody should have to endure and then she has her own personal tragedy on top of that. Shortly after that her mother falls ill with early onset dementia. Now she's her mother's primary care with the help of a part time caretaker. 

Shortly after the regular caretaker flakes, Kate must trust her mother's care to another. A woman who is seemingly perfect on the outside, but holds a dangerous secret behind those kind eyes. A secret that Kate would never in a million years guess or even fathom. 

With this new found sense of comfort at her mother being cared for Kate is finally ready to try and incorporate normal activities into her life. Activities that she's convinced herself that she doesn't need in order to live a happy and fulfilled life. 

Kate soon realizes that she should have kept her guard up. Should have been more careful about who she let into her life and her house. Now when things start going wrong and her mother starts getting her, Kate's not sure who she can trust. 

A thrilling and thought inducing book. Keep Me Close had me racing to find out who and why.