Book Review: The House Swap by Keri Beevis

Book: The House Swap
Author: Keri Beevis
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Publication Date: 1st September 2026

Description

What began with trust, ends with betrayal and danger…

I needed to escape. Somewhere quiet. Somewhere safe.

So I decide to swap homes with Tom, a man I’ve grown close to, and fly to his villa in Crete with my best friend Keira. Winter sun. Empty beaches. Silence. At last, I can breathe.

At first, it’s perfect. Warm days. Still nights. No noise but the soothing sea.

Then Keira leaves. No warning. No explanation. After that, everything shifts.

The neighbours act like they know me. Too well. The handyman lingers, always nearby, always watching. Doors I lock don’t stay locked. Things move. Subtle. Yet deliberate.

I tell myself I’m imagining it. Fatigue. Stress. Anything but the truth.

But alone, with no one to reassure me, the unease twists into something darker.

Now I’m not sure what’s real anymore.

All I know is I’m far from home, and I need to get out – before it’s too late.

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Review

Poppy needs to get away, so when a male friend, Tom, offers her a place to stay at his remote but beautiful home in Crete, she agrees. Shortly after, Tom has an emergency and needs to fly to London, where her home is, so it made sense that they both had somewhere to stay, and a house swap was agreed.

Poppy travelled to Crete with her friend Keira, and it wasn’t long before a much needed relaxing getaway turned into a nightmare.

I absolutely love Keri Beevis, she always has me hooked on her books, and this one was no different. It was full of twists and red herrings. Everyone in this book had me suspicious of them.

The ending though, WHAT THE ACTUAL! I was shocked. I never even contemplated what was revealed. I am still reeling over it.

This was a fantastic book, and as always with Keri Beevis books, it was written so well that I felt I was actually in Crete, smelling the sea air, meeting the people, seeing all the sites. She has a way of drawing me into her books in the very first chapter and keeping me hooked until the very end, and then thinking about it for days and weeks later.

If you love psychological thrillers, this is definitely one for you!