Thank you for the gifted book Macmillan Audio, Libro.fm and Netgalley.
by: Jane Harper
narrated by: Stephen Shanahan
rating: really liked
Jane Harper writes character driven mysteries that are slower in pace, which is why it's surprising to me that I keep reading her work, I normally don't like books with a slower pace. But the way she writes about place and emotion and relationships is so engaging and captivating that I cannot stop wondering what she has up her sleeve next. She writes insular communities in such a way that you feel the social dynamics of them so viscerally.
This book intertwines the fallout from a 12 year old tragedy with a recent murder and since this community is so small, of course there is overlap. But how is valid and how much is speculation? And what long buried secrets will come to the surface?
I thought I had the ending to this one figured out about 3 times, but I was not prepared for the gut punch that the ending actually was.
TW: death, dementia, grief, suicide
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