Thanks so much to NetGalley, Mulholland Books, and Sabine Durrant for the opportunity to read and review this book. I was unfamiliar with this author and, truthfully, found myself kind of plodding through most of this book. However, the ending definitely bumped up my rating!
Paul is a liar. He pretty much lies about everything and anything from where he lives, his writing successes, even his travel arrangements. He meets up with an old school friend, Andrew, in London who introduces him to Alice. Alice has a home in Greece and is planning on staying there in the summer with Andrew's family. Paul is desperate to get invited, mainly because he's broke and out of his housesitting job. He finally wrangles an invitation. Alice is obsessed with the disappearance of an island girl 10 years ago and invites the girl's parents to the summer house also.
Things move very slowly in this book but once you read the ending, you'll understand the necessity of the slow build up. None of these characters are likeable but the ending really redeemed this book for me.
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