She grew up with a single mother who read tarot cards on the touristy pier. Harriet (Hal) Westaway has had a tough life. I just read her latest book The Death of Mrs. Then I read The Lying Game, which was pretty good. I quickly followed with In A Dark, Dark Wood, which was really good too. The first of her books that I read was The Woman in Cabin 10. I wish she had more books than I could greedily read with a crazy fury.
The ending is definitely worth the wait of the whole book. She’s like your best friend in this entire situation the confused character that you follow along with to find the truth. There’s not a lot of actual action, so you’re waiting in suspense for what happens to Hal. I almost thought this book was literary because you’re following Hal and the character-driven journey to find the truth. It really irks me more.īut I absolutely loved Hal.
When is the big thriller part going to happen? It really takes its time and I get that people aren’t happy about the pacing. Throughout the story, I was just waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Honestly, I didn’t think anything “thriller-y” was going to happen and then it did at like 90% (I read this on my Kindle). It almost reads literary because you’re following Hal around and seeing her try and discover the truth. I’ll start by saying this book was a slow burn. It’s definitely up there with twisted, but it’s difficult to explain without reading the book. When she gets there, she uncovers truths about her mother, her father, and the rest of her family. Is it her father’s mother? Is it a huge mix up? She decides to spend the last of her savings to get to Trepassen, the estate her grandmother lived in, and find out the truth (and maybe take a little inheritance). While she knows her grandparents passed 20 years ago, she’s curious as to why this lawyer is telling her another grandma just passed. When she comes across a letter saying her grandmother recently died, Hal is intrigued. But life is super hard for Hal and surviving is a daily struggle. She’s been living in her apartment alone and reading Tarot cards on the pier to make ends meet. Her mother died a few years ago and she doesn’t know who her father is.
This is the second twisted family story I’ve read this year and it was definitely twisted. Once I was done, the only thing I could think of was w hat did I just read? LOL. My friend, Ani, was so in love with this book and surprised by its ending so we’re reading it. I picked up this book for my IRL book club.
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