Six friends go on vacation after they graduated from college. Now ten years later, the secret that they all had kept is coming back to haunt them. While they are there, their beautiful neighbor, Severine, hangs around with them any chance she gets. The women of the group not very happy about, but of course the men loved it.
Kate gets a phone call from Tom, who tells her Severine's body has been found in a well on the farm, and now the police are opening up a murder case. The only one who is not a suspect is Theo, as he died in the war. Alain, the police officer, is conducting interviews on all of them. They all know that none of did this murder, but as the investigation continues, they are unsure... Somehow, Kate seems to be the main suspect, but why? Kate knows that she didn't do this, but she really is not sure about the rest of them, even her best friend Lara. Complicating things is the fact that Kate has struck up a little romance with Alain.
As the police continue to look into things further, more and more of the secrets are starting to come out. At the time when they were on vacation, Kate was dating Seb, Tom was dating Katie. But now Seb is married to Alina, and Tom and Lara just never worked out. They all were pretty sure that they saw Severine get on a bus out of town, so they really don't know how the body got in the well.
Somehow, one of these six friends is now wondering, do they really know each other at all?
Lexie Elliott writes one of the murder mysteries that really had me going. I thought I had THE FRENCH GIRL figured out, but then another twist happened. I truly enjoyed the storyline of these six friends. Not only is the secret of the murder going to come out, but other secrets are also going to come out.
Elliott made me feel like I was one of the characters in the book. I think I was probably like Kate. Maybe because she trusted some of the people that she shouldn't have. Makes you wonder how much you really know your friends. I also liked the way that Elliott let us see each of their personalities. From the start, I didn't care for Cara, just something about her. Each of them has their own backstory. I'd really like to see a sequel to this book, to see how they all handled all the secrets. I think mystery fans will really enjoy THE FRENCH GIRL.
We all have our secrets...
They were six university students from Oxford--friends
and sometimes more than friends--spending an idyllic week
together in a French farmhouse. It was supposed to be the
perfect summer getaway...until they met Severine, the
girl next door.
For Kate Channing, Severine was an unwelcome presence,
her inscrutable beauty undermining the close-knit group's
loyalties amid the already simmering tensions. And after
a huge altercation on the last night of the holiday, Kate
knew nothing would ever be the same. There are some
things you can't forgive. And there are some people you
can't forget...like Severine, who was never seen again.
Now, a decade later, the case is reopened when Severine's
body is found in the well behind the farmhouse.
Questioned along with her friends, Kate stands to lose
everything she's worked so hard to achieve as suspicion
mounts around her. Desperate to resolve her own shifting
memories and fearful she will be forever bound to the
woman whose presence still haunts her, Kate finds herself
buried under layers of deception with no one to set her
free...
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