Alistair's Reviews > The Carer

Siblings, Robert and Phoebe have struck gold; someone apparently suitable to care for their elderly, widowed father James: Mandy, pudgy of figure, face and mind. Snobs as they are, they find their father's instant take to Mandy strange, but after several disastrous appointments, they are simply grateful, however guilt-ridden, to accept Mandy at face value. But James starts to change. His highly-valued academic brain has been submerged under Mandy's personality - something not unnoticed by Robert and Phoebe. As they increasingly mistrust Mandy's hold over James, an event occurs that moves the plot towards James and his late wife, which will bring surprises and shocks for the siblings.
Moggach writes so effortlessly, one has to remind oneself what a skill she possesses.