When Glen is accused of a horrid crime, a dark shadow falls upon him and his wife Jean, the seemingly perfect couple. However, Jean stands by her husband, telling everyone that he is innocent, must be innocent. When Glen dies, the police and the press gather fresh hope that Jean will finally tell
her story and that they will finally know what happened to the little girl Glen was accused of…mehrWhen Glen is accused of a horrid crime, a dark shadow falls upon him and his wife Jean, the seemingly perfect couple. However, Jean stands by her husband, telling everyone that he is innocent, must be innocent. When Glen dies, the police and the press gather fresh hope that Jean will finally tell her story and that they will finally know what happened to the little girl Glen was accused of abducting...
The story is told from different perspectives, jumping back and forth in time from one chapter to the other. The titles of the chapters sound like a list of roles in a theatre play ("the widow", "the detective", "the reporter" etc.) and this novel resembles indeed more a psychological drama than an action thriller.
The author, Fiona Barton, has a great talent for creating characters that I find fascinating and realistic and at the same time disturbing for I always had the impression that they hide something, that their real intentions are unknown to the reader.
She thus masterfully creates the peculiar atmosphere where you have the feeling that you cannot trust anybody, not even your own judgement...
