It seems her grandmother Nora was distraught about a solicitor’s letter right before her fall. Her ‘homecoming’ is bittersweet for several reasons. The grandmother who raised her has had a nasty fall and is in hospital. She goes back to ‘Darling House’ her grandmother’s beautiful home atop a cliff overlooking Sydney Harbour. Jess, an investigative journalist, has returned home to Australia after two decades of living in London. Told via a dual time line, it had a book within a book trope which worked well here. This time, she weaves a narrative that is part family saga, part cold case murder mystery. Kate Morton certainly knows how to weave a story. Since they have been published in 38 languages and have been international bestsellers, it would seem I am not alone. Ever since reading “ The Forgotten Garden“, I have been a huge fan of Kate Morton’s novels.
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