The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
This Aussie has some serious talent.
Having read The Forgotten Garden by the same author, I was prepared for jumping back and forth through time in this NYT bestseller. Stifled, dysfunctional families, secrets, intrigues, castles, mental collapse, lost loves, and murder span the generations of two oddly connected families impacted by The London Blitz. Slow at first, but persevere--I sat up to finish the novel. I was right about the ending, wrong about the motive, and didn't expect...well, I'm not going to spoil it for you, now, am I?
There is something about the stories of dysfunctional families that never gets old.
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