![]() ![]() ![]() As Jess reads this book for herself, we read along with her to be drip-fed facts and clues about a terrible tragedy that occurred back in 1959. Jess discovers a book under her grandmother’s pillow called “ As If They Were Asleep” by a true crime journalist named Daniel Miller. Jess’s journalistic curiosity leads her down a road that exposes long hidden family secrets, dare I say skeletons? It seems her grandmother Nora was distraught about a solicitor’s letter right before her fall. Her ‘homecoming’ is bittersweet for several reasons. The grandmother who raised her has had a nasty fall and is in hospital. She goes back to ‘Darling House’ her grandmother’s beautiful home atop a cliff overlooking Sydney Harbour. Jess, an investigative journalist, has returned home to Australia after two decades of living in London. Told via a dual time line, it had a book within a book trope which worked well here. This time, she weaves a narrative that is part family saga, part cold case murder mystery. Kate Morton certainly knows how to weave a story. Since they have been published in 38 languages and have been international bestsellers, it would seem I am not alone. ![]() Ever since reading “ The Forgotten Garden“, I have been a huge fan of Kate Morton’s novels. ![]()
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