Book info

• Title The Sudden Departure of the Frasers
• Author Louise Candlish
• Year 2015
• Genre Mystery

When Christy and Joe Davenport are handed the keys to Number 40 on picture-perfect Lime Park Road, it should be a dream come true. But it's strange that the house was on the market for such a low price. And that the previous owners, the Frasers, had renovated the entire property yet moved out within a year. And that none of the neighbours will talk to Christy. As her curiosity begins to give way to obsession, Christy finds herself drawn deeper into the mystery of the house's previous occupants - and the dark and shocking secret that tore the street apart...

Thoughts

At first I quite enjoyed reading this, it’s well written and the characters are well drawn. You really get a sense of how protective and secretive this street is, and how being all alone in the new house might make you a bit paranoid. But it was so drawn out, I kept reading because I wanted to know what the big secret was, but it really took a long time coming. And then in the end, it turned everyone into unlikeable people so I felt a bit disappointed.

Rating: 2 / 5