(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

Muna's bedroom is a dark windowless cellar and her activities are confined to cooking and cleaning. She’s grown used to being maltreated by the Songoli family; to being a slave.
She’s never been outside, doesn’t know how to read or write, and cannot speak English.
At least that’s what the Songolis believe.
But Muna is far cleverer - and her plans more terrifying - than the Songolis, or anyone else, can ever imagine...

Yeah, I don't really know how I feel about this. I have read a lot of Walters' novels - some are awesome, some not so much. And that's the quandary I am in with this book. At times, I felt that familiar sense of unease that permeates a lot of Minette's writing and I was excited for it - but at other times, I just wanted to throw it across the room as it bored me to tears. I don't know if that is something to do with the length (about 170 pages) - that the author just couldn't work out exactly what she wanted it to be - but for me it was just a so-so piece of story.

I can't even begin to describe my confusion at the last few pages...


Paul
ARH