Well, this is a tricky book that kept me guessing up until the end of story. A.J. Finn is very clever.
Sebastian Trapp, a mystery novelist, invites Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction, to come tell his story. This is a man who's wife and son died/vanished (?) many years ago. How, who, what, and why?
He's dying while living with his gorgeous second wife, Diana. His daughter, Madeleine is a bit of a lost soul. There's a wayward nephew, Freddie, and other strands of questionable characters.
It's up to Nicky to weave together the strands.
cover blurb - And when a corpse appears in the family's koi pond, both Nicky and Maddie are shocked to find that the past isn't gone - it's just waiting. And is it Cole, Maddie's brother, who is texting her?
p. 310 Sebastian says, "Where the mystery and the violence are mostly within you, and where the clues are almost ineluctably lead you someplace you don't want to go." "We're all in that story. Life is a thriller. The ending is fatal and the conclusion is final."
Whoa!!! This is a very good mystery/thriller. The pages turn quickly and in the end you'll say, "Holy cow! Didn't see that coming."
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