My review -
This
excellent story takes place on the island of Crete. Kirsty is a Scottish woman
who left home to run a kafenion on the island following a divorce. A beautiful
girl, Eleni, and her new husband, Patrick, come for their honeymoon and old
memories are stirred up. Memories and enmities. Treachery and betrayal during
WWII echo down the years and Eleni, with a half-Greek mother, is drawn in.
Kirsty is determined to find the couple when they disappear in strange
circumstances.
This
is a tightly-written and exciting thriller which saw me carrying my kindle
around for two days unable to let go. There is some breathtaking writing and
some thoughtful comment on the concept of vendetta and how family honour can
seem to overtake and overwhelm a whole life. It's not something we and Kirsty
understand but by seeing it through Cretan eyes we find an inevitable struggle
and a final acceptance. Highly recommended.
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