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A family’s past pursues them like a shadow in this riveting and emotional novel of psychological suspense by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of All the Little Children.

American journalist Rose Kynaston has just relocated to the childhood home of her husband, Dylan, in the English village of his youth. There’s a lot for Rose to get used to in Hurtwood. Like the family’s crumbling mansion, inhabited by Dylan’s reclusive mother, and the treacherous hill it sits upon, a place of both sinister folklore and present dangers.

Then there are unwelcoming villagers, who only whisper the name Kynaston—like some dreadful secret, a curse. Everyone knows what happened at Hurtwood House twenty years ago. Everyone except Rose. And now that Dylan is back, so are rumors about his past.

When an archaeological dig unearths human remains on the hill, local police sergeant Ellie Trevelyan vows to solve a cold case that has cast a chill over Hurtwood for decades.

As Ellie works to separate rumor from facts, Rose must fight to clear the name of the man she loves. But how can Rose keep her family safe if she is the last to know the truth?

10 Chapters and I'm loving it so far...great mystery.
Ha ha! I have the same questions as you.

Seargent Ellie (view spoiler)[I think at some point Rose or someone called her (based on the first several pages). It seems like Rose's son went missing and she went to investigate? (hide spoiler)]

Rose (view spoiler)[I think she's in a pickle. Gwendoline is very odd and a bit "scary" to me. Dylan is like a deadbeat. I think she will get that job. (hide spoiler)]

Hurtwood House (view spoiler)[ I like the mystery surrounding it! The door opening on its own gave it even more of a creep factor. I mean Grim's Holm does mean Devil's island in a river" or something very much like that, right? So the house or the entire area perhaps is possessed. Can't wait to find out. (hide spoiler)]

20 Chapters

This section got a bit confusing for me.

Stanley (view spoiler)[ I don't think he was the pedophile but I might be wrong. But I can see why if people think that, that the town hates the entire family. (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[The archaeological dig brings up a cold case situation, so how will that fit in? (hide spoiler)]

Alden (view spoiler)[has seen or heard things, or Gwendoline perhaps is telling him things. When he said, "I'm the ghost," it gave me goosebumps. (hide spoiler)]

Why was there a sudden part that talked about (view spoiler)[a kidnapping, the cell and teenage boy, etc.? It was begun suddenly and ended even quicker or did I miss something? (hide spoiler)]

Finished

Indiana Bones(view spoiler)[ I just thought that was funny but it crossed my mind I wouldn't think so if that was the remains of my loved one. (hide spoiler)]

Gwendoline (view spoiler)[ We knew she was off but I felt bad for her by the end of the story. But she killed Rhys's mom, so she still deserved consequences. She had really mentally deteriorated. (hide spoiler)]

Rhys (view spoiler)[ I kind of find it weird that he was the molester. Weren't he and Kenny the same age? I would think that if they were the same age that Kenny would've felt more inclined or okay with telling him no. But I could be wrong. (hide spoiler)]

Dylan (view spoiler)[I was starting to wonder if he had something to do with everything, especially after Meredith's confessions (hide spoiler)]

Disc (view spoiler)[ When they found that and it had the pornographic photos on it, I can't even imagine looking at them. I'm not surprised Ellie couldn't. SO disgusting! (hide spoiler)]

Rose (view spoiler)[I'm glad it worked out in the end and that her husband was not a bad guy. I guess they got their HEA. (hide spoiler)]