Best BookTrail of the Month – April 2023
Best BookTrail of the Month – April 2023
There were so many contenders for this month. A BUMPER month of good books. There was always going to be one that won the award however. The author I read when I feel down, read when I am happy and am always keen to return to the old houses she so lovingly sets her novels in.
Why this won April ‘s Book (Trail) of the Month
Location – the Adelaide hills
Setting – a rural country house
Characters – the Turner family – most of whom die
Overall – Brilliant in plot, twist, characters, setting and writing.
Drum roll please…..
The plot:
At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek in the grounds of a grand and mysterious mansion, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called and the small town of Tumbilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia.
Sixty years later, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for almost twenty years, she now finds herself laid off from her full-time job and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother, Nora, who raised Jess when her mother could not, has suffered a fall and been raced to the hospital.
At a loose end in Nora’s house, Jess does some digging into her past. In Nora’s bedroom, she discovers a true crime book, chronicling the police investigation into a long-buried tragedy: the Turner Family Tragedy of Christmas Eve, 1959. It is only when Jess skims through the book that she finds a shocking connection between her own family and this once-infamous crime – a crime that has never been truly solved. And for a journalist without a story, a cold case might be the best distraction she can find . . .
Short review:
I love Kate Morton’s novels that is no secret. This has to be a favourite however due to the build up to the climax, the story of love and family, the twist, the setting and the general feel of the whole reading experience. Utterly recommended and highly praised!
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