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Title: Watching You Author: Lisa Jewell Published: 2018 Call # FIC Jewell
Headmaster Tom Fitzwilliam is revered by all the locals as he has repeatedly cleaned up school district after district, and Bristol is no exception. Parents and students alike all admire his kindness, patience and understanding of the youth he looks after. No matter how many new cities they move to for Tom to save, Tom’s wife Nicola and his son Freddie have never really felt connected. In an effort to combat this, Freddie begins a project where he is researching others through photographs, of particular interest are teenage girls. However, Freddie does catch some odd interactions between his father and another woman as well as an odd woman hiding in their bushes.
Meanwhile, Joey Mullen and Alfie, her husband of only a few months move to Melville Heights with Joey’s seemingly perfect brother, Jack, and his pregnant wife Rebecca, only two doors down from the Fitzwilliam’s. Joey and Jack are incredibly close, but Joey has never fully understood his feelings for Rebecca who is sullen and elusive toward Joey. Though, she’s hesitant to say anything as Joey has never had a great grip on her own purpose, especially after losing her mom while she was only in her twenties. Even more confusing to her, when Joey sees Tom, she simply can stop thinking about him.
“Super Head” Mr. Fitzwilliam easily connects with teenagers, perhaps too easily. At least that is how one of his students, Jenna Trip, sees it. Jenna’s mom has an odd obsession with Tom, and is sure he is hiding something. One of Tom Fitzwilliam’s admirers is Beth, Jenna’s 15-year-old best friend. She’s sure Beth and Mr. Fitzwilliam are sneaking around, but is she imagining it? Is she just taking cues from her unstable mother?
When murder strikes in the affluent Melville Heights neighborhood it has everyone guessing. From the beloved school headmaster, Tom Fitzwilliam - to the ambivalent newlywed, Joey Mullen - to the 15-year-old student, Jenna Trip and her unhinged mother – the reader is entranced to find out how this wide cast of characters is connected, who can be trusted, and if they do have secrets – who has been watching?
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