Saffron and Tom are a young couple expecting a baby. They are remodeling their home which they inherited from Saffron's grandmother Rose. One day two bodies are unearthed by their construction crew in the garden. The mystery to discover the identities of the bodies and whether Saffron's grandmother Rose was involved begins. The ghastly discovery helps to reunite Saffron with her flighty mother Lorna as they work together to solve the mystery.

After a surprise twist to the ending of the book, I find myself wanting to read it again and again to find all the clues I must have overlooked the first time around. Author Claire Douglas builds emotional suspense throughout the mystery by having her character Saffron pregnant and her grandmother is in a nursing home with Alzheimer's. I thoroughly enjoyed the readings by both voice actors. I thank NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to listen to this ARC copy.

Oh my goodness. To start out with, I was so bored with this one. I considered DNFing it multiple times, but I just wanted to know what was actually going on. I found myself completely missing full sections of the audio, but I didn’t go back to see what I missed and I still knew the gist of the story.

Now with that being the case, at about chapter 35, I really felt myself getting absorbed in the storyline. Things really picked up, and I found myself thinking that this is the exact reason that I don’t like to give up on books. I was fully invested in finding out who the second body was and the reason behind it all. While I did figure out the main twist earlier on, Douglas kept making me see things differently until the very end. I’m not sure if I would’ve enjoyed it more in print, but I was left wanting the beginning to grasp my attention more. The second half(ish) of the book was great, though!

Thanks to NetGalley, Claire Douglas, and Harper Audio for this gifted copy in exchange for my honest review.

Excellent narrators that improve the reading experience!

Suffron and Tom are excited to renovate a delightful cottage (happily for Agatha Raisin fans) in the Cotswolds. But, while excavating for a kitchen expansion builders find two bodies. Now Suffron and her free-spirited mother must unearth family secrets from the mysterious home and the family matriarch who is suffering from dementia.

This novel does a great job spinning a compelling mystery while exploring the idea of nature vs. nurture and the complicated bonds of mothers and daughters.

I wanted to like this book so much but unfortunately I didn't. The beginning started out great...2 bodies found in a young couples yard. As the story progressed more characters with their pov's in alternating timelines made this murky. Also, the story moved so slowly with only little bits of information that I found myself skipping pages just to get to the end.

A pregnant couple's lives are thrown into disarray when 2 bodies are discovered in their garden when they are doing renovations. As the police try to figure out who the victims are, the couple must come to terms with their family's questionable past as strange discoveries are made.

I thoroughly enjoyed this. The various narrator's did justice to the amazing plot. The only negative was that i had trouble focusing on the male narrator's words. He spoke a little to fast and for some reason my mind wandered when he spoke. With that said, the plot was amazing. Not only is there twist upon twist, but it is all entirely plausible, unlike some books in this genre. I did not figure out what happened, which is a major coup for me. I flew through this at breakneck speed. Multiple narrators and time frames add to the abundant suspense. I recommend this for fans of Ruth Ware and Gilly Macmillan.

Saffron moves into her aunt’s old home with her partner Tom and begin fixing up the old property in readiness for the arrival of their child. The renovations reveal the remains of two bodies, whom police believe to have been dead for about thirty years. They want to question Saffy’s aunt Rose; but she’s in a nursing home with Alzheimers and her memory is patchy at best. Still, she remembers something and struggles to bring the memories to the surface even as a killer sets their sights on Saffy. Douglas is an author who knows how to please her fans, providing consistent surprises and tightly woven tales