- this edition from my local library
- published 2022 by Michael Joseph
- ISBN 978-0-241-14494-1
- 362 pages
Synopsis (publisher)
After the funeral of her mother, Sally, Alice Kent is approached by a man claiming to be her father.
She had accepted Sally's many faults, and her reluctance to ever speak of the past. But faced with this staggering deception, Alice knows she must uncover the whole truth about her mother.
Whatever the cost.
As Alice journeys into the past she discovers her mother may never have been the woman she claimed to be . . .
My Take
Some will point out that this isn't my usual fare of crime fiction, but there are a number of crimes described, and it is based around mystery.
Angus Tweedy's claim to be her father, and to have been gaoled for bigamy with her mother at first upsets Alice Kent, but then sets her off on a quest to learn as much about her mother's life as she can. She tracks down former friends of her mother and manages to piece together answers to many questions.
What Alice finds out is interspersed with a third person narrative which details episodes in her mother's life from when Sally was a small child.
An interesting novel which also reminds us of how the world has changed in the last 80 or so years.I will certainly read more by this author.
My rating: 4.5
I've also read 4.5, LIAR
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