From the Bookshelf of Tyler Public Library…

[close] The house at One Folgate Street has seen many young women come and go. They all look surprisingly similar and have all suffered from a recent trauma. A very detailed and intrusive questionnaire must be filled out by prospective renters and only a luck few are chosen. One Folgate Street is a special house, a house of the future, a minimalist’s dream, and wired throughout with fancy technology to recognize its inhabitants. The Girl Before is written in two voices: Emma (then) and Jane (now). How the fates of these two young women are wound together unravels in the short alternating chapters. Will Jane suffer the same sad fate as Emma? Is the genius architect, Edward Monkford, responsible for the tragedies that have occurred at his prize winning creation? This super-fast psychological thriller is sure to please fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train.