Out of Her Depth

Decent suspense novel, odd ending. Unlikable characters. Worth reading. The main premise is that Rachel, who is about to start University at Cambridge in the fall, takes a summer job in Tuscany working at a hotel, hopefully to work on her Italian skills. She meets fellow co-worker Diana, who is fun-......more

Out of Her Depth by Lizzy Barber is a suspenseful thriller novel. The story in Out of Her Depth is one that is told by alternating timelines with one from the past, around twenty years before and one in the current time. During the summer before Rachel begins her time at university she is given an op......more

3⭐ Genre ~ psychological fiction, drama fiction Setting ~ England & Italy Publication date ~ July 12, 2022 Est page Count ~ 381 (p+ 44 chapters) Audio length ~ 13 hours 29 minutes Narrator ~ Ell Potter POV ~ single 3rd Featuring ~ dual timeline ~ now & then, toxic friendship, death, revenge Rachel tells the......more

As a huge fan of psychological thrillers involving toxic friendship when they are done well - with real sense of character and place and talented writing - I had high hopes for Out of Her Depth and I was not disappointed. Set over one hot Summer in Italy and then decades later, Out Of Her Depth is a......more

This ticks all the boxes of what you want in a good thriller! An under graduate from Cambridge goes to work as a maid in Florence and gets sucked into the ‘Mean Girls’ world of the privileged rich kids out there. It jumps back and forth from then to now which is good but the ‘Now’ chapters dragged a......more