This book begins with a flashback to 1966 where a young boy called John Michael Adams walks into his school playground just before the start of school . He pours petrol over two girls , strikes and throws a match , then calmly turns round and walks off .
This is the amazing beginning to a book which moves back and forth between then and the present day . Ellen Sutherland , a newly divorced woman is a holiday resort manager . One day she receives a letter from a firm of solicitors asking her to get in touch concerning a legacy she may be entitled to . She consequently discovers that she has inherited a cottage in the Cotswolds . The only snag is Ellen has never heard of Eudora Jane Nash , the old lady who has bequeathed the cottage to her . Now the mystery and suspense deepens as she strives to uncover the secrets which link her to both people .
This is an unusual and gripping psychological thriller which I thoroughly enjoyed
This is the amazing beginning to a book which moves back and forth between then and the present day . Ellen Sutherland , a newly divorced woman is a holiday resort manager . One day she receives a letter from a firm of solicitors asking her to get in touch concerning a legacy she may be entitled to . She consequently discovers that she has inherited a cottage in the Cotswolds . The only snag is Ellen has never heard of Eudora Jane Nash , the old lady who has bequeathed the cottage to her . Now the mystery and suspense deepens as she strives to uncover the secrets which link her to both people .
This is an unusual and gripping psychological thriller which I thoroughly enjoyed