The Last Caretaker Av Jessica Strawser

<p><b>A woman in search of a new beginning is put to the test in ways she never imagined in an empowering and provocative page-turner by the author of <i>Not That I Could Tell</i>.</b></p><p>Katie’s divorce was, in a word, humiliating. So when her friend Bess offers a fresh start—a resident caretaking job at a nature preserve—Katie accepts. No matter that she’s not exactly a “nature person.” How hard can it be?</p><p>But from day one, something feels off. Katie’s new farmhouse looks as if the last caretaker barely moved out at all. When a frantic, terrified woman arrives late at night, expecting a safe place to hide, it’s clear <i>caretaking</i> involves way more than Katie bargained for.</p><p>Suddenly, Katie is no longer sure who she can trust: the brooding groundskeeper, the daily regulars—hikers, dog walkers, bird-watchers, photographers—even Bess.</p><p>As Katie digs deeper for clues in what the last caretaker left behind