Member Review

30 years after Sarah Lingate was found dead below the cliffs of Capri, Italy, the wealthy Lingates continue to return every summer to the villa where many believe they murdered her. Helen, Sarah's daughter, is determined to make this the year she escapes the family's restraints and she's working with her uncle's assistant, Lorna, to make it happen. But everyone has secrets and nothing is as it seems on the surface. The more Helen digs into the past death, the more it is likely that not everyone will leave the island alive this time.

Even though it can be summed up as rich people with rich people's problems, there's something about the slow unraveling of secrets and their dire consequences that pulled me in and wouldn't let go. A couple of things were obvious from the beginning. Still, Hays gets really creative and drops some unexpected bombs that elevate this from the pack of forgettable rich people vacationing in Europe thrillers.

Jumping around in time and between characters can become a bit tiresome when the chapters are short, but it provides a well-rounded view of everything that happened in the past and the consequences in the present, which is why I understand why Hays chose to write it this way.

Very happy thanks to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for the twisty read!