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Today's mystery takes us across the pond to Ireland!
Synopsis:
A dying wish. A devastating secret. Should the truth really stay buried?
The four Bliss siblings have a loving but complicated bond, but when their mother, Dorothy, dies seemingly without a will, this relationship is put to the test. As the mourning siblings try to make sense of the situation, one of them is caught with a secret: before she died, Dorothy entrusted her favourite daughter with her will and a letter—and told her to destroy them both.
Of course it was Anna their mother turned to for this mission. Miriam, the eldest, is far too sensible; Sebastian, the baby, too sensitive; and Clare, the middle child, has always been too rebellious to rely on, and long ago cut herself out of her siblings’ lives.
But what Anna finds in the documents could change everything. Do the other siblings not deserve to know what it is about them that their mother was so desperate to hide? And if it is revealed, will the Bliss family ever be the same again?
Review:
Family dysfunction has a name and it is Bliss! Set in Ireland, this story could be told anywhere. Sibling rivalry is universal, but add in the time of the Troubles and after, and you have an unique look at a time period many of us know about. the Bliss family is no different than most families, except their dynamic was changed by a late in life baby. But where most families would have problems with the youngest, with the Bliss family it is the second oldest, Clare. Why does Clare seem cut from a different gene pool from the rest? When their mother dies, they may find out why. But will it change the sibling dynamic? Or stregthen it? This is a book to be savored and enjoyed, but a must read!
About the Author
Bestselling author Imogen Clark writes contemporary women’s fiction about the secrets that hide at the heart of the families that she creates. She lives in Yorkshire, England with her husband and children (who hopefully have no such secrets to tell!)
Imogen initially qualified as a lawyer but after leaving her legal career behind to care for her four children, she returned to her first love - books. She went back to University, studying part-time whilst the children were at school and graduated with a BA in English Literature with First Class Honours.
Imogen’s great love is travel and she is always planning her next adventure. If you’d like to connect then please visit her website at www.imogenclark.com where you can also download a FREE heartwarming short story, The Bucket List, when you subscribe to her email list.
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