Published by Michael Joseph on August 8, 2019
Format: Audiobook, eARC
Source: Library, Net Galley
Pages: 448
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Also by this author: The Text
One missing. One a murderer. One trying to find the truth.
Flora has her whole life ahead of her - until the summer night she vanishes.
Her sister Heather was a good girl - until the spring morning she kills two people.
Jess Fox was once like a sister to them both.
But called home to investigate Heather's crime, she begins to wonder if she really knew either sister at all . . .
I had so many questions when I was listening to this book, I wrote most of them down when I was listening to this book. Looking back at them, the author did a nice job of making sure every single one had been answered. That is awesome! I wasn’t sure what to expect when I read this book and I only skimmed the blurb because I wanted everything to be a surprise.
What I enjoyed about this book, is each main character of Heather, Flora, Jessica and Margot had their own voice, each narrated by a different narrator. To me it added a dynamic to the book, it gave everyone their own story and their own purpose. Each suffering from different regrets or shame, some more than others. As I said, I had so many questions, why did Jess and Heather fall out as kids? What happened at the Tribune? And mainly why were two people shot dead?
I have to admit that when it came to final final reveal at the end, I knew what was coming. It didn’t phase me though, I quite enjoyed that I knew who it was, even though we had layers of misdirection to go through!
When we learn about Flora, wow, that was a shocking story. How her last day was spent, and the impact on everyone’s lives was fraught with emotion. Always typical, can’t say anymore, but I was not expecting that!
This is very much a slow burn book, we are seduced as teenagers by the older men, the lights of the fairs and as we grow up, we were on the beaten track to some kind of redemption in many ways. I really enjoyed this story and all the mini-stories that went inside with it. Things that you originally think were all linked together had no bearing at all, this I LOVED, as it was more meat on the bone to digest.
I will be back to read another by Claire Douglas as I have enjoyed this adventure for sure!
Until next time xxxx
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