Sweet Damage/Rebecca James/286 pgs.

The start of this book briefly reminded me of Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca, which I hated. A chapter into the book, I was hooked. Tim Ellison is lucky to find a cheap room to rent, in what turns out to be a mansion. The only "catch" is that the  twenty year-old owner, Anna London, suffers from agoraphobia. In addition to working at his family restaurant, Tim will be somewhat responsible for Anna. So, you have a creepy mansion, a mysterious owner, the owner's friends--a brother and sister duo who happen to be lawyers, but are also somewhat "strange," and Tim's ex-girlfriend, Lilla. It makes for a very good psychological suspense/mystery, with a satisfying conclusion!