This is the latest book from Sharon Bolton and it is not part of the Lacey Flint series which I have enjoyed. As a result, when I learned this was a standalone story and not part of the Lacey Flint series I was disappointed and decided I would skip reading it. I later read the glowing review in BOOKMARKS Magazine and thought maybe I should give it a second look. And I am very glad that I did as this is now my favorite Bolton book. Bolton is an excellent writer and certainly has a clever way with plot and character.
The first thing you need to know is that the book has a terrific ending so don’t skip ahead and don’t tell anyone. But this ending is perhaps the best ending of any mystery/thriller that I have read recently. I’m sure it will stay with me for quite some time.
The story is a rather simple three character play with each character telling their own story in the first person. This is not a technique that I appreciate and which I was last less than enthusiastic about when used in the bestseller GIRL ON THE TRAIN. But here Bolton makes it work because there is not going back and forth between the characters as each takes up about a third of the book. The Falkland Islands location is also unique revisiting some of the islands history such as the war between Great Britain and Argentina. My guess is that more people will be signing up on cruises that stop at Stanley after reading this book.
At the start we meet Catrin who is set on killing her best friend Rachel who killed Catrin’s two young boys. (I’ll let you learn the specifics.) Catrin is separated from her husband and is having an affair with a former British Army officer, Callum who suffers from PTS. Our three narrators are Catrin, Cullum, and Rachel.
The island is thrown into turmoil as a young boy goes missing, perhaps it’s a visitor from the cruise ship docked in Stanley. The disappearance seems remarkably similar to the disappearance of two other young boys who were never found. Islanders who always felt safe because of their small population begin to go hysterical thinking that there must be a killer on the Islands…. and suspicion slowly falls on Catrin or Callum. Then another boy disappears, Rachel’s youngest boy!
My last word is that if any film or mini-series producer is reading this you had better acquire the film rights in a hurry as this is a winner with two great parts for female leads. But don’t wait till it’s on Netflix read it before it’s in paperback.
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Story wise, it starts out nice, but within first 5 chapters you'd be able to predict the end. Fictions generally get you hooked to them, but this didn't. It was intriguing, but not all that... great. There are better books out there at this price. Beyond the initial chapters it took effort to continue reading.
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