Coming to Find You by Jane Corry
| Coming to Find You by Jane Corry | |
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| Category: Thrillers | |
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Reviewer: Sue Magee
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| Summary: It takes a little getting into - with a split time frame -but the effort is more than repaid. Highly recommended. | |
| Buy? Yes | Borrow? Yes |
| Pages: 448 | Date: June 2023 |
| Publisher: Penguin | |
| External links: Author's website | |
| ISBN: 978-0241996102 | |
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Nancy's mother and step-father were brutally stabbed at their Sussex farmhouse and her step-brother, Martin, has been convicted of their murder. We first meet Nancy outside the court, after Martin receives a life sentence. The barrister tells her that she's received a 'silent sentence' - she's not been found guilty of anything but will have to live with what happened for the rest of her life. Of course, it's made worse because Nancy's rich - she inherited five million pounds from her mother - and the papers are making the most of it. Farmhouse slaughter daughter is one favourite epithet and rich bitch might not be printed but is undoubtedly spoken.
She can't return to her London flat or her copywriting job: the papers won't leave her alone. The only answer she can think of is to retreat to her grandmother's Regency house, Tall Chimneys, at Sidmouth in Devon. Her mother had been letting the property out but the tenants left recently and Nancy can hide there until she thinks about what to do next. There are a few problems, though. Malcolm is declaring his undying love for her and the papers now believe they were 'in it together'. There's some mystery attached to Tall Chimneys: someone disappeared from the house in the Second World War but it's difficult to find out what - exactly - happened. Worst of all though is that Nancy feels guilty about something and she's worried about the possibility of prison.
OK - you're going to need to be in the wide-awake club to get into this book. It switches back and forth between characters and time-frames. Relationships are particularly complicated during the war and ownership of Tall Chimneys is gifted from one friend to another. I ended up with a family tree to make relationships clearer, but - believe me - whatever effort you need to make, it is worth it. This is a cracker of a story.
As well as reading the book, I bought myself an audio download narrated by Meg Travers and Olivia Darnley. It was an indulgence but well worth the expenditure. The pacing was excellent and the story of Elizabeth in the war and Nancy, eighty years later, is fully brought to life. I had planned to listen to it over about a week but a couple of days relaxing in the garden saw the end of it! I'd like to thank the publishers for letting Bookbag have a review copy.
For more from Corry, try I Made a Mistake.
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