This was an intriguing dual timeline mystery (1965 and present day), apparently the first in a new series, that revolves around a wealthy woman, Frances Adams, who beginning as a teenager, spends her entire life trying to escape her foretold death (by an English country fair fortune-teller) only to be murdered at her estate almost 60 years later.
Annie Adams, Frances‘ great-niece, is summoned to the village of Castle Knoll to meet her reclusive 🔻
I loved this book. As her first adult debut, Perrin has written a wonderfully complex and entertaining murder mystery set around a murder victim that we only get to see through flashbacks in her past…wish I had more of Frances, although Annie brilliantly takes up the helm of strength and determination that her great-aunt first steered. While the entire book was a treat, I especially 🔻 3d
Thoroughly enjoyed and will be looking for more from Perrin. 5/5⭐️ 3d