Out of respect for the author I will always try to finish a storyline that doesn’t really suit my taste. The ending was very good and interesting but took an awful long time to reach conclusion. Not my cup of tea but will continue to look out for other Caro Ramsay novels as having enjoyed her previous work.

Having and loved all the Anderson and Costello mysteries, this one one-off was even better. Really well constructed and the characters made this a marvelous read. Caro Ramsay deserves be more well known here in the States.
Thanks to Netgalley for the advance.

While I quite enjoyed this book, I ended up being a little confused at times and the ending was very “Death in Paradise” where the inspector gets all the suspects in one room before naming the killer. I feel certain areas needed a greater explanation to make more sense.

Overall, a book that is a quick and easy read but it doesn’t quite live up to expectations.

Megan's sister is dying. After three years away from her family she is going back to the family estate. While there she discovers things aren't what they seem.
A story of family dysfunction and murder.
Great storyline and characters.

Megan has gone home to visit her sister Melissa who is very seriously ill and on her death bed.
This is a story about a dysfunctional family that failed to hold my interest.
Thank you to NetGalley and Black Thorn for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

Not another of Caro Ramsay’s Anderson and Costello series but a standalone story of a privileged Scottish dysfunctional family, dealing with disappearance and death. When Megan Melvick returns home to the family estate, Benbrae, to bid her dying sister goodbye, she is unsettled. Not only by her sister’s final whispered word - ‘Sorry’ - but also by the presence of her absent mother’s close friend, Heather. Does the latter have designs on Megan’s father?
‘The Cursed Girls’ focuses on women whose lives have been blighted in some way. However, their stories, and the novel as a whole, failed to hold my attention, perhaps because some of the issues raised have been explored engagingly in other recent psychological thrillers. I also feel that the influence of the past on the villain’s behaviour is skimmed over a little too simplistically. Difficult to write more without dropping plot spoilers.
My thanks to NetGalley and Black Thorn for a copy of this novel in exchange for a fair review.

Looking for a quick suspense read.? This is it! Not exactly what I was thinking it was going to be. But overall good read! I guess it was a little predictable. Enjoyed the character development.
I would recommend totally.

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A good read.
Megan Melvick has returned home after a three-year absence to visit her dying sister, Melissa, for the last time. As she approaches the grand Scottish country estate where she grew up, the memories come flooding back. Just what did happen on the night of Melissa's wedding five years before? Where has Megan and Melissa's mother disappeared to? And why does Melissa whisper that solitary word before she finally slips away: Sorry.
In order to overcome her demons, Megan must confront her painful recollections of that terrible night, the night of Melissa's wedding. The night somebody died. But can she really trust her memories? And who is so determined that she should forget?
Thanks to NetGalley and Publisher for giving me an advanced copy of this book.

Fast paced roller that literally kept me on the edge of my seat until the last page. Characters are realistic and the story draws you in quickly. I highly recommend this book.