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Compulsion

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Frankie Barnes suffers from OCD...Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a condition in which a mentally disturbed person is driven to repeat various actions, over and over. In Frankie's case, her only release is in cleaning, so she decides to put her obsession to work in a practical way by working as a cleaner in other people's houses. She particularly covets the house of her present employer, a single, wealthy woman, with no relatives or close friends, so devises a plan to murder her and just move into her house as a squatter. After her plan succeeds, and after hiding the body, her "gottahaveit" urges kick in again so she moves on to work at another attractive cottage, keeping the first house as a base. The owner of the cottage has too many friends around for Frankie's original plan to work again, so she's thinking of moving on when she is forced to call for the services of a plumber to fix the pipes in the first house, but unfortunately for this poor man, his nosiness brings about his demise. The strain of murder and body disposal proves to be too big a strain on Frankie's fragile mind and causes her to have a stroke, after which her manipulative and sadistic ex boyfriend moves in with her as her carer but with his own agenda in mind. This book is a frightening glimpse into the mind of a mentally ill person with decided homicidal tendencies, and is written in very short chapters which work very well to keep the story flowing.

Frankie Barnes suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder of hating germs and needing everything to be sterile, she even showers ten times a day. This means she is rather good at her job as a cleaner. She is also rather good at her hobby as a serial killer and taking over the lives of her former rich employers. She is satisfied with her latest acquisition of a mansion with her former employer in a coffin under the floor until a persistent plumber will not take no for an answer, meaning she can no longer live happily in the mansion. Speech therapist Alex Levin is looking for a housekeeper one day a week, Frankie is looking for a new acquisition but life doesn't go as smoothly as Frankie plans when after an emergency ex boyfriend Bo is on the scene and she can't remember what she was doing lately let alone the plan she was carrying out.

Not a bad book but it does drag on in parts and relies heavily on the amnesia factor for the story to happen which just seems too convenient. I have also read Deadly Games as well as Twisted Minds by Norman which are in a much higher quality league.