Lucy Foley is one of my favorite authors for a reason and I LOVED this book! Her writing is just perfection, setting up the atmospheres and the characters in such a way that they are almost completely intertwined and seem a part of the setting itself.  The characters are amazing and both so vivid but also still shrouded in secrets; like a picture that is ALMOST clear, but still with blurry edges or a suspect shadow. 

And the storytelling itself is brilliant. The way we don't know exactly what the mystery is or what the big DRAMA that has happened, only that something big has happened and we have to pick up the pieces of the past that have been scattered until the big reveal of both the crime AND the reveal.  I am equally drawn to visit The Manor and terrified of the woods and past surrounding it.  A seemingly cute town with it's dark side that I am still a bit afraid of.  So many small shocks along the way that the narration just kept trucking along and I had to hurry to keep up because we are barely given time to digest. I love love love the way this author writes and weaves and story and I cannot wait for more!!