The House Swap

When Caroline and Francis receive an offer to house swap — from their city apartment to a house in a leafy, upscale London suburb — they jump at the chance for a week away from home, their son, and the tensions that have pushed their marriage to the brink.

As the couple settles in, the old problems that permeate their marriage — his unhealthy behaviors, her indiscretions — start bubbling to the surface. And while they attempt to mend their relationship, their neighbor, an intense young woman, is showing a little too much interest in their activities.

Meanwhile, Caroline begins to uncover signs of life in the stark house: signs of her life. The flowers in the bathroom or the music might seem innocent to anyone else, but to her they are clues. It seems the person they have swapped with is someone who knows her — someone who knows the secrets she is desperate to forget.

Rebecca Fleet's domestic thriller unfolds across two timelines and shifting points of view, turning a house swap into the backdrop for a crumbling marriage, a long-buried affair, and its fatal consequences.