Hello there,
getting good at this regular posting malarkey however, I'm running out of books, well new books, to write about. I might just have to start re-reading some of my old favs. Not that I'm complaining, any excuse eh?
This one was a bit of a slow starter for me, took me a while to get into it. Ironic as one of the central characters Gil, is having trouble getting into his book. I stayed up reading until 1 am last night because I really couldn't put it down.
There's a lot that was familiar about this story for me, as a journalist (like Gil) I understand the research part, the frustration of not getting answers and the itch to know more about the villages mysterious new tenant is.
The mysterious new tenant is Helen or Helene, a war photographer prone to migraines, and having flashbacks to a fire she can't really remember where she vaguely remembers seeing a body on the floor.
The story follows Helen as she tries to piece the events of that night together with snippets of her life and who she suspects the body is. Throughout the story we think the body is Art, Helen's ex husband and the suspicion surrounds her as a would be murderer.
Gil is intrigued by the younger woman, and as a newly retired journalist his interest is peaked. The more he tries to put his own life back together, the more he discovers about Helen and her story.
It's a well researched story, with a lot of information about Helen's life as a war photographer and the wars going on at the time as well as a lot of information as how to stay under the radar. Like VPN's, using anonymous email addresses and numbers etc.
There is such sense of foreboding in the novel, I felt tense reading it which is exactly what this novel expects. I really liked the story, hearing Helen's story and how it ends. It's just everything I wanted when I picked it up.
I really hope you enjoy this one!
Annie xx
getting good at this regular posting malarkey however, I'm running out of books, well new books, to write about. I might just have to start re-reading some of my old favs. Not that I'm complaining, any excuse eh?
This one was a bit of a slow starter for me, took me a while to get into it. Ironic as one of the central characters Gil, is having trouble getting into his book. I stayed up reading until 1 am last night because I really couldn't put it down.
There's a lot that was familiar about this story for me, as a journalist (like Gil) I understand the research part, the frustration of not getting answers and the itch to know more about the villages mysterious new tenant is.
The mysterious new tenant is Helen or Helene, a war photographer prone to migraines, and having flashbacks to a fire she can't really remember where she vaguely remembers seeing a body on the floor.
The story follows Helen as she tries to piece the events of that night together with snippets of her life and who she suspects the body is. Throughout the story we think the body is Art, Helen's ex husband and the suspicion surrounds her as a would be murderer.
Gil is intrigued by the younger woman, and as a newly retired journalist his interest is peaked. The more he tries to put his own life back together, the more he discovers about Helen and her story.
It's a well researched story, with a lot of information about Helen's life as a war photographer and the wars going on at the time as well as a lot of information as how to stay under the radar. Like VPN's, using anonymous email addresses and numbers etc.
There is such sense of foreboding in the novel, I felt tense reading it which is exactly what this novel expects. I really liked the story, hearing Helen's story and how it ends. It's just everything I wanted when I picked it up.
I really hope you enjoy this one!
Annie xx
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