First published 2012
Beatrice cannot accept what everyone tells her. Her sister would never kill herself. She repeats this desperately after learning the terrible truth. The disappearance, the frantic search, the body found in snow. Police, friends, even their mother believe it was suicide. Beatrice does not. She ignores the danger and investigates on her own. The truth proves more disturbing than her worst suspicions. In the second novel, Grace lies dying in intensive care after a horrific school fire. Her son Adam attended the school. Her seventeen year old daughter Jenny fights for life in the next room, badly burned. Grace exists between life and death, conducting her own investigation. She remains herself, alert and rational, but has left her body. Nothing appears as it seemed before. Each answer creates new mysteries. Then everything spirals beyond control.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
720 pages · Paperback · Swiat Ksiazki
Content warnings: death, suicide