The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon
Aidan Thomas is a hard-working family man and a somewhat beloved figure in the small upstate town where he lives. He’s the kind of man who always lends a hand and has a good word for everyone. But Aidan has a dark secret he’s been keeping from everyone in town and those closest to him. He’s a kidnapper and serial killer. Aidan has murdered eight women and there’s a ninth he has earmarked for death: Rachel, imprisoned in a backyard shed, fearing for her life.
When Aidan’s wife dies, he and his thirteen-year-old daughter Cecilia are forced to move. Aidan has no choice but to bring Rachel along, introducing her to Cecilia as a “family friend” who needs a place to stay. Aidan is betting on Rachel, after five years of captivity, being too brainwashed and fearful to attempt to escape. But Rachel is a fighter and survivor, and recognizes Cecilia might just be the lifeline she has waited for all these years. As Rachel tests the boundaries of her new living situation, she begins to form a tenuous connection with Cecilia. And when Emily, a local restaurant owner, develops a crush on the handsome widower, she finds herself drawn into Rachel and Cecilia’s orbit, coming dangerously close to discovering Aidan’s secret.
Told through the perspectives of Rachel, Cecilia, and Emily, The Quiet Tenant explores the psychological impact of Aidan’s crimes on the women in his life—and the bonds between those women that give them the strength to fight back. Both a searing thriller and an astute study of trauma, survival, and the dynamics of power, The Quiet Tenant is an electrifying debut by a major talent.
- File Name:the-quiet-tenant-by-clemence-michallon.epub
- Original Title:The Quiet Tenant
- Creator:Clémence Michallon
- Language:en-US
- Identifier:9780593534656
- Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Date:2023-06-20
- File Size:5.618 MB
Table of Content
- 1. Cover
- 2. Title Page
- 3. Copyright
- 4. Contents
- 5. Dedication
- 6. Epigraph
- 7. Chapter 1: The Woman in the Shed
- 8. Chapter 2: Emily
- 9. Chapter 3: The Woman in the Shed
- 10. Chapter 4: Emily
- 11. Chapter 5: The Woman in the Shed
- 12. Chapter 6: Number One
- 13. Chapter 7: The Woman in the Shed
- 14. Chapter 8: Emily
- 15. Chapter 9: The Woman in the Shed, When She Was Still a Girl
- 16. Chapter 10: The Woman in Transit
- 17. Chapter 11: The Woman in the House
- 18. Chapter 12: Number Two
- 19. Chapter 13: The Woman in the House
- 20. Chapter 14: Emily
- 21. Chapter 15: The Woman in the House
- 22. Chapter 16: Cecilia
- 23. Chapter 17: The Woman in the House
- 24. Chapter 18: The Woman in the House
- 25. Chapter 19: The Woman in the House
- 26. Chapter 20: Emily
- 27. Chapter 21: The Woman in the House
- 28. Chapter 22: Number Three
- 29. Chapter 23: Emily
- 30. Chapter 24: The Woman in the House
- 31. Chapter 25: The Woman—Before the House, Before the Shed
- 32. Chapter 26: The Woman in the House
- 33. Chapter 27: Cecilia
- 34. Chapter 28: Emily
- 35. Chapter 29: The Woman in the House
- 36. Chapter 30: The Woman in the House
- 37. Chapter 31: Number Four
- 38. Chapter 32: Emily
- 39. Chapter 33: The Woman in the House
- 40. Chapter 34: Emily
- 41. Chapter 35: The Woman in the House
- 42. Chapter 36: Cecilia
- 43. Chapter 37: The Woman in Danger
- 44. Chapter 38: The Woman, a Long Time Ago
- 45. Chapter 39: The Woman in the House
- 46. Chapter 40: The Woman in the House
- 47. Chapter 41: The Woman Without a Number
- 48. Chapter 42: The Woman in the House
- 49. Chapter 43: Emily
- 50. Chapter 44: The Woman in the House
- 51. Chapter 45: The Woman on the Move
- 52. Chapter 46: Emily
- 53. Chapter 47: The Woman in the House
- 54. Chapter 48: Cecilia
- 55. Chapter 49: The Woman in the House, So Very Close to a Girl
- 56. Chapter 50: Number Five
- 57. Chapter 51: Emily
- 58. Chapter 52: The Woman in the House, Always in the House
- 59. Chapter 53: Emily
- 60. Chapter 54: The Woman in the House
- 61. Chapter 55: Emily
- 62. Chapter 56: The Woman in the House
- 63. Chapter 57: Number Seven
- 64. Chapter 58: The Woman in the House
- 65. Chapter 59: The Woman in the House
- 66. Chapter 60: The Woman, Descending
- 67. Chapter 61: Emily
- 68. Chapter 62: The Woman in the House
- 69. Chapter 63: Cecilia
- 70. Chapter 64: The Woman Under the House
- 71. Chapter 65: Emily
- 72. Chapter 66: The Woman in the House
- 73. Chapter 67: Number Eight
- 74. Chapter 68: The Woman in the House
- 75. Chapter 69: The Woman in the House
- 76. Chapter 70: Number Nine
- 77. Chapter 71: Emily
- 78. Chapter 72: The Woman in the House
- 79. Chapter 73: Emily
- 80. Chapter 74: The Woman in the Truck
- 81. Chapter 75: Emily
- 82. Chapter 76: The Woman on the Move
- 83. Chapter 77: Emily
- 84. Chapter 78: The Woman, Almost There
- 85. Chapter 79: Emily
- 86. Chapter 80: The Woman, Running
- 87. Chapter 81: The Woman at the Police Station
- 88. Chapter 82: The Woman with a Name
- 89. Chapter 83: Emily
- 90. Chapter 84: May Mitchell
- 91. Acknowledgments
- 92. A Note About the Author
Clémence Michallon
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