Evie Wyld is an author completely in control of this story. The multilayered plotlines could easily be overwhelming and confusing in the hands of a less able writer - instead Echoes draws all the threads together in an immensely satisfying read.

Echoes of past lives and trauma fill this novel from the stolen Indigenous children and Hanna's memories of her disowned family, to the photograph of innocence lost and poor Max's haunting of the flat with its crevices littered with the detritus of past lives.

Hannah views her childhood with an expat's strong sense of nostalgia for a place no longer hers but the traumas of this past inform her present. Despite the often difficult subjects Echoes isn't maudlin or overly bleak and there is a feeling of hope and resilience running through the book.

I found it a more enjoyable read than Bass Rock and the cover is stunning. My thanks to PRH and NetGalley for an advance copy to review.