What a great book thoroughly enjoyed throughout read it super quick didnt want to put it down....would definitely recommend this book to others

Where Everything Seems Double was a compelling read. And one that had me flipping through the pages. I enjoyed this book alot. The writing was just spot on loved the writing and the characters I was hooked.
A really good book!

Thank you Netgalley for the advance reader copy of Where Everything Seems Double by Penny Freedman in exchange for an honest review. Gina receives an email from Eve saying that Gina has ruined Eve and Colin's lives with her meddling. Gina had discovered that Colin had lied to the police about the murder of a 13 year old girl. Gina then heads up to Cumbia, in the Lake District. Gina and her granddaughter, Freda, ride the train up there.
This was an interesting story. I enjoyed the many layers of family and friend relationships. I find it so curious to see the difference in people's public and private faces.

Penny Freedman introduced us to her amateur sleuth, Gina Gray, over a decade ago. Now, six novels later, she's back, in the company of her thirteen-year-old granddaughter Freda.
Gina and Freda are in the lake district to help an old friend of Gina's. It is no longer the innocent idyll of Arthur Ransome's Swallows And Amazons. A teenage girl is missing.
This is a beautifully written mystery, with well-drawn characters, deserving of one's empathy. I love all the literary references in the text. An absolute pleasure to read.

Where Everything Seems Double was a very enjoyable read. From the start I liked the character Gina -- probably because I'm of a similar age and it's rare to find books about 60+ women that does not portray them as old ladies.

Gina's relationships with her children and grandchild Freda are convincingly portrayed, in particular that walking-on-eggshells feel of dealing with the ups and downs of a moody teenager who every now and then reverts back to being gran's favourite girl..

There is a strong sense of place: you easily imagine the scenes around the hotel and lake where the story is set, as well as the ferry and town. The characters are equally distinctive. It all helps to pull you into and get invested in the story.

'Where Everything Seems Double' is a clever title: just about everything in this novel allows for a 'double' interpretation. You're left guessing about who is really what they seem and who is hiding what. Is what apparently happened what actually happened? It's intriguing and keeps you hooked.

I like that the story is not deeply twisted and strange: it's just obscure and odd, and hard to figure out (like moody teenagers, I suppose!). It's more cozy mystery, but with a modern twist. There's nothing terribly complex about this novel, but what it sets out to do it does very well. A perfectly good scone.

It's well written, well observed and nicely plotted. And charming. Gina can definitely be accused of recklessness in bringing her 13 year-old granddaughter along with her on a sleuthing mission, but it makes for an engaging and entertaining novel. I look forward to reading more by Penny Freedman.

Fantastic! Nothing to complain about here - good story, characters, dialogue and pace. So tempted to flick to the back page as I was so desperate to get to the resolution to the mystery but the dialogue helped me keep my discipline! Great relationships between characters, not all of whom are very likeable, and a sharp, descriptive style.