Camille Parker, journalist, for an overall unremarkable newspaper, has been assigned to a story in her childhood town of Wind Gap. She is to cover the abduction of two young girls, which could be the breakthrough piece she's after for her career. The problem is Camille has already escaped Wind Gap once, and she isn't in a hurry to return.
She has already escaped her highly-strung mother once too. A mother that drove her to self-harm. Camille's half-sister has changed a lot since she last saw her. Once a little mummy's girl, she is now a spoilt, precocious teenager and ringleader in her group of girlfriends, with some dark secrets of her own.
Camille's investigation unearths some long-buried information that threatens to upend all she knows about the people she grew up around. She needs to finish her story, before being in Wind Gap destroys her for good.
What we have here is another example of a Flynn novel that I just could not put down! The claustrophobic, small-town atmosphere is perfectly captured in Flynn's descriptions. While I didn't particularly 'bond' with the lead character (she's not entirely likeable) the narration is easy to get absorbed in and there is a realism about her.
The story itself was really engaging and I kept wondering, over and again, if I had figured out the twist. Hint: I hadn't! A good mix of a twisted family dynamic and a crime thriller. Overall, another fantastic novel from Flynn. I'm definitely a fan and will be reading more from her in the near future.
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