Charlotte Williams (4) (1954–)

I'm so glad I got this book as a First-Read- Win. I would have hated to missed out on it. It's the 2nd of a two part series. I'll be reading the 1st installment pretty quick. It's sad because Ms. Williams passed away in 2014, hopefully someone will pick the series up it's great and would be well worth it.

This book literally grabbed me from the prologue, I knew I was hooked. It's about a young aspiring artist( Elinor Powell) , her family owns a very prominent art gallery in the area. She was given a very valuable painting when she was younger that she left in her unlocked cottage one night when she went out and didn't lock the painting in the safe. Someone walked in and stole the painting and during the crime someone very important to the family was murdered. This case baffled the police as well, so there was an ongoing investigation that was going on. One DS was especially interested in the case and even though she was told to move on she still had a nagging feeling about the case.

Elinor is having such a hard time adjusting to everything that her GP suggested she see a therapist to help her work these issue out. She was referred to Jessica Mayhew who is has a full plate in her professional and personal life that the last thing she needed was to get involved with troubled patient but she sees a challenge and decides to take her on. She has mixed feelings about the crime that had taken place plus the patient herself. Jessica sees herself getting pulled in with this manipulating family and it really takes over her life.

It's set in the Welsh countryside, with a lot of beautiful historical landmarks. This book kept leading me into different directions, from the start of the book and it so many different directions even from the very start. It's one of the best psychological thrillers I've read in awhile.… (plus d'informations)

This murder mystery focuses on a therapist, Jess, and a particular patient of hers whose mother has recently been murdered, and the issues Jess is having in her personal life. Jess and her husband have recently separated and she's learning how to navigate single motherhood of her two daughters and how to get back into the dating scene. When Jess gets a new client, Elinor, who is an artist who is suffering from claustrophobia since her mother was killed recently. Elinor has a twin sister Isobel, and Isobel's husband Blake is a suspect in the murder. Through Elinor, Jess finds herself getting more involved in the world of art, finds a new boyfriend, and gets much more involved in Elinor and Isobel's drama than she would like. I thought the mystery was well-built and suspenseful, but that the ending was hurried and didn't live up to the rest of the story. I was glad to have received this via Goodreads First Reads.… (plus d'informations)