Mystery begins to follow Aggie Dunkirk when she exhumes the past's secrets and uncovers a crime her eccentric grandmother has been obsessing over. Decades earlier, after discovering her sister's body in the attic, Imogene Flannigan is determined to find justice. Two women, separated by time, vow to find answers . . . no matter the cost.Something about the story reminded me of the WWII film Mrs. Miniver . . . the era, of course, though this story takes place a year after WWII ended rather than during it (and in Wisconsin, not England). But there's also the unexpected and devastating death of not the soldier, but rather one on the home front who should be safe.
There's a strong theme about grief, and no hard and fast answers. But though there is no cure offered for getting over the death of a loved one, the author does offer hope for joy, even alongside sorrow.
Wright (as always) does a perfect job balancing the two timelines and keeping each one as enthralling as the other. It helps that they're pretty intimately intertwined, with the past timeline physically affecting the present timeline.
If you like the movies Casablanca and Mrs. Miniver, with their bittersweet endings, I'd encourage you to give this book a try. It might be a generations-old murder mystery rather than straight drama, but the 1946 timeline would have fit well with those films, and the present timeline completes it. Highly recommended!
Thank you Bethany House for the complimentary e-book. I was not required to write a positive review, and all opinions are my own.
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