The Couple at No. 9

This is fantastically written! Well thought out, an intricate plot and so many twists! I was kept guessing until the very end. I love mysteries and the one thing I love about them is that I rarely figure it out before things are revealed. 

The couple at the center of this story are Tom and Saffron. They inherited a quaint cottage in Beggars Nook at No.9 Skeleton Place. Little did they know when they moved in just how appropriate the street name would come to be. The house needs a lot of updates. They decide to extend the kitchen and in doing so have to dig up the garden. Shortly after beginning the excavation of the garden, the building workers find something, well two somethings. Two skeletons buried under the stone slabs. They contact the police and soon are inundated with looky loos and reporters. Nothing like this happens in this tiny village. 

The police of course are investigating who the bodies are. They start asking questions of Saffron. She tells them she inherited the house from her grandmother, Rose, who only told her and her mother, Lorna about the cottage recently. Rose now lives in a care facility, dementia claiming the last years of her life and any memories about what might have happened to the two people there. 

After some investigating by the police and Lorna herself, they start to unravel the events of the past, 30 years past. Startling revelations about who Lornas father is, who the bodies are and who Rose is. Without saying more as not to spoil it, the secrets she's been keeping are HUGE! 

I really liked this story! I felt the characters were well developed and the setting descriptions made me feel like I was there with them. The author does a good job of weaving the story, not just in between the characters but also the years involved. I really liked how the chapters went back and forth between differing viewpoints and years. A 5-star read and definitely one I need to have in a physical copy. I received this book free from NetGalley for an honest review.