A Slow Ruin
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3.3 • 12 Ratings
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
When Felicity marries into the wealthy Portman family, she quickly learns to navigate its tangled dynamics—an overbearing mother-in-law, a troubled brother-in-law, and his effortlessly glamorous wife Marin, who becomes an instant friend.
But everything changes the day Felicity's daughter vanishes without a trace. And Marin was the last one to see her alive.
As the search turns desperate, cracks begin to show in Marin's carefully constructed facade. Her past doesn't add up. Her charm feels like a performance. And when a disturbing journal resurfaces months later, Felicity begins to uncover a chilling pattern—one that reaches back over a century, through generations of secrets the Portman family will do anything to protect.
The deeper Felicity digs, the more she begins to question everything: her marriage, her sanity, and the terrifying possibility that she trusted the wrong person from the very beginning.
The truth will come at a cost.
And not everyone will survive it.
Customer Reviews
A real family tragedy
Pamela Crane weaves an intriguing story of 2 families relationship to a historical case of a missing person with the present day situation of a missing daughter. A bit slow reading in the beginning but picks up 1/2 way thru and ends in shocking fashion. A real mystery.
5 Brilliant Stars
Where do I begin? I'm a huge fan of Crane's, and this book was no exception to the incredible story she delivers. Alternating chapters between Felicity and Marin's perspectives, we discover what happened when Felicity's daughter Vera disappeared 6 months ago and how it ties to a 111-year cold case. There's a lot of family history to uncover, though I never could have expected the twist ending. Not in a million years. But it was oh-so-good!
I especially enjoyed Vera's journal entries in the book, getting a glimpse into the mind of a 15-year-old girl in today's world who is feeling lost, alone, battered by what we would otherwise consider a privileged life. Yet so many teen girls will relate to what Vera is going through in an age of social media, revolving-door friendships, and constant competition for a place in this world.
A gripping, emotional, thought-provoking thriller that delivers everything I look for: unpredictable, fast-paced, great writing, and complicated characters. Not enough stars for this book! Love it!