#SuspenseMonday
Kate Morton meets Daphne du Maurier in this atmospheric
debut novel about a woman who discovers the century-old
remains of a murder victim on her familyβs Scottish estate,
plunging her into an investigation of its mysterious former
occupants.
Following the death of her last living relative, Hetty
Deveraux leaves London and her strained relationship behind
for Muirlan, her ancestral home in Scotlandβs Outer
Hebrides. She intends to renovate the ruinous house into a
hotel, but the shocking discovery of human remains brings
her ambitious restoration plans to an abrupt halt before
they even begin. Few physical clues are left to identify the
body, but one thing is certain: this person did not die a
natural death.
Hungry for answers, Hetty discovers that Muirlan was once
the refuge of her distant relative Theo Blake, the acclaimed
painter and naturalist who brought his new bride, Beatrice,
there in 1910. Yet ancient gossip and a handful of leads
reveal that their marriage was far from perfect; Beatrice
eventually vanished from the island, never to return, and
Theo withdrew from society, his paintings becoming
increasingly dark and disturbing.
What happened between them has remained a mystery, but as
Hetty listens to the locals and studies the masterful
paintings produced by Theo during his short-lived marriage,
she uncovers secrets that still reverberate through the
small island communityβand will lead her to the identity of
the long-hidden body.
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