Homecoming by Kate Morton

In a small Australian town in 1959, Isabel Turner is out with her family for a picnic. Her husband is overseas, and she is grappling with the care and attention it takes to raise four children on her own. Tragedy strikes that afternoon, entangling the town in an unsolved murder case for years to come.

Skip forward sixty years and Jess, a struggling journalist from London, receives a call regarding her grandma, Nora who has had a fall and is unresponsive in the hospital. When Jess returns to the family home in Sydney, she finds out that her grandma had fallen trying to climb the stairs up to the attic. It had been said that Nora was rather flustered leading up to the fall, so Jess takes it upon herself to search for clues as to what had been upsetting her. She quickly finds some interesting bits of evidence, including a true crime book about the Turner family.

This is one of those books that keeps you pondering, even when the book isn’t in your hands. I found myself speculating about the characters, they’re relationships and trying to piece together the mystery, pages ahead of time. I’m a huge Kate Morton fan and this novel did not disappoint.

Kate Morton is an international bestselling author who has won several awards throughout her career. Her debut novel, The House at Riverton, was one of the most successfully UK debuts of all time. It sold multiple millions of copies and has contributed to her success of being one of Australia’s biggest publishing exporters. Kate grew up in Queensland, Australia and now lives with her husband and three children in London.

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