Intoxicating page-turning mystery
โ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ, ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐ค๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ก๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ง..โ
It is the summer of 1959 in the idyllic neighbourhood of Sunnylakes, California, filled with identical house and neat lawns and pretty fences, with every family living the American Dream.
Until one long long afternoon, Joyce, a seemingly happy housewife and mother, disappears, leaving two scared young children and a messy kitchen with blood stains.
This is an intoxicating page-turning mystery. Vesperโs writing transports the reader into life in the 1950โs with insightful observations into the issues that plagued the decade - the oppression of living the American Dream and patriarchal society, injustices associated with race, class and privilege. Just like the insufferable Californian heat, the backdrop of issues permeates throughout the storyline and we witness the fractures in societal and familial life.
Vesper uses multiple narrative perspectives (Joyce leading up to her disappearance, housekeeper Ruby and the lead detective Mick) to good effect to figure out the mystery disappearance of Joyce. This provides fascinating view points and we soon discover everyone has desire, hopes and dreams, as well as secrets.
An immersive and captivating read which will make you read until the end to understand the reasons behind Joyce vanishing.
It is the summer of 1959 in the idyllic neighbourhood of Sunnylakes, California, filled with identical house and neat lawns and pretty fences, with every family living the American Dream.
Until one long long afternoon, Joyce, a seemingly happy housewife and mother, disappears, leaving two scared young children and a messy kitchen with blood stains.
This is an intoxicating page-turning mystery. Vesperโs writing transports the reader into life in the 1950โs with insightful observations into the issues that plagued the decade - the oppression of living the American Dream and patriarchal society, injustices associated with race, class and privilege. Just like the insufferable Californian heat, the backdrop of issues permeates throughout the storyline and we witness the fractures in societal and familial life.
Vesper uses multiple narrative perspectives (Joyce leading up to her disappearance, housekeeper Ruby and the lead detective Mick) to good effect to figure out the mystery disappearance of Joyce. This provides fascinating view points and we soon discover everyone has desire, hopes and dreams, as well as secrets.
An immersive and captivating read which will make you read until the end to understand the reasons behind Joyce vanishing.