Homecoming
A Sweeping Intergenerational Mystery From the Number One Bestselling Author
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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- 5,99 €
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- 5,99 €
Publisher Description
'Lush, rich, beautiful . . . Homecoming is Kate Morton at her very best' – Kristin Hannah, bestselling author of The Women
Discover this breathtaking mystery of love, lies and a cold case come back to life, from the multi-million-copy bestseller, Kate Morton.
Adelaide Hills, 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day, in the grounds of a grand country house, a local man makes a terrible discovery. Police are called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most mystifying murder investigations in the history of Australia.
London, 2018. Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for nearly two decades, a phone call summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother, Nora, has suffered a fall and is seriously ill in hospital.
Seeking comfort in her past, Jess discovers a true crime book at Nora’s house chronicling a long-buried police case: the Turner Family Tragedy of 1959. And within its pages she finds a shocking personal connection to this notorious event – a crime that has never truly been solved . . .
‘If you haven’t read Kate Morton before, do yourself a favour’ – Graham Norton
Readers love Homecoming by Kate Morton . . .
‘Will leave you glued to the very last page’
‘Plenty of turns to keep you guessing’
'A thrilling mystery'
‘Heartbreaking, beautifully written and superbly constructed’
'One of the finest storytellers of her generation'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Morton (The Clockmaker's Daughter) delivers an eerie epic involving a wealthy family's mysterious deaths in Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It's Christmas Eve 1959, and patriarch Thomas Turner is abroad on business, leaving behind his wife, Isabel, and their four children. One day, neighbor Percy Summers happens upon the family while riding his horse. At first, it appears they're resting on blankets after a swim, but upon closer inspection, he realizes they're dead and that baby Thea is missing from her basket. A painstaking investigation begins, and Percy is grilled by a detective who was brought in from out of town. Morton then cuts to 2018 as journalist Jess Turner leaves her London home to travel back to Adelaide after her grandmother, Nora, injures herself in a bad fall. At Nora's house, she finds an old book about the unresolved Turner deaths, which Jess never knew about, and discovers the family's connection to her own. Jess's gripping inquiry into what happened brings up staggering revelations. Along the way, there are beautiful descriptions of the region's landscape and canny insights into the neighborhood's tight-knit community. This is Morton's best yet.
Customer Reviews
3.5-4
I’m not sure how I feel about this book. The story will most likely stay with me, for a while at least, but at the same time, if I’m being honest, I was a bit bored while reading the book. I found it way too long, the endless descriptions and flashbacks got tiresome (“get to the point already!”). The story itself is an interesting one albeit quite predictable, especially if you’ve read other Kate Morton books! I saw plenty of the plot twists coming almost from the beginning of the story so that too probably took some of the fun away!
Overall, it’s an average read and IMO not her strongest one.