Many thanks to Harper Collins/Harper Perennial for gifting me a digital ARC of the new book by Claire Douglas - 4.5 stars rounded up!
Young couple Tom and Saffron, who is newly pregnant, move into a house given to them by their mother, Lorna, who inherited from her mother, Rose. Tom and Saffron are excited about the house and are busy making changes, including an addition to the kitchen which required excavation. When two bodies are found buried in the yard, everything changes. The bodies appear to have been buried over 30 years. The person with the most knowledge would be Rose, but she is currently in a care home with dementia.
What a great story, told from multiple POVs and timelines, as the mystery deepens around who the bodies are and how they got there. The fact that Rose had dementia made easy answers out of the question, so the reader, along with the characters, have to do some detective work. One of the best parts for me was the personal interaction between the characters - there are lots of back stories explored and relationships between couples and parents are intriguing. Lots of twists but all perfectly executed!
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