And the story of her origin you couldn’t even make up – her parents were once incredibly wealthy socialites who died in tragic and mysterious circumstances, the true story of which has never really been known. She’s scrimped and saved to buy her small one bedroom flat and now all of a sudden, everything has changed. She could sell this house and even in its slightly run down state, it would fetch more than enough money that she would never need to worry about money ever again. For Libby, who grew up not at all wealthy, this is a shock.
It starts with Libby getting her surprise inheritance, which is a hugely valuable house in a very prestigious area of London. Not everyone is who you think they are and the way in which they all fit together changes and evolves as the story moves on. There are three main narrators – Libby, Lucy (who is in hiding in France and now that ‘the baby’ is 25, is desperate to return to England) and Henry. The story also delves back some 25-30 years into the past, to showcase what happened to Libby’s parents and how it all came about. When Libby explores her new home, she finds evidence that someone may be there and so she enlists the help of a journalist who covered the story to help her find some of the answers she craves. With all that comes some information and Libby spends a lot of time googling her birth parents and the tragic circumstances of their death and how she fit into the story. Libby has always known she was adopted and when she turns 25, she receives a letter from a solicitor that informs her that she’s now ‘of age’ and will inherit a Chelsea property from her birth parents, who died when she was just a baby.
It’s a dual timeline mystery with a bit of a sinister edge. Lisa Jewell is one of those authors that I’ve seen around a lot and I always assume I must’ve read some of her books in the past but this is apparently not true and this is the first book of hers I’ve actually read. Now you and your sister must find a way to survive… It happens slowly, yet so extraordinarily quickly. They looked harmless enough – with only two suitcases and a cat in a wicker box. You thought they were just staying for the weekend. Copy courtesy of Penguin Random House AUSīlurb :
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