This is pretty good.
A contemporary mystery thriller, narrated largely by Kim, the mother of Tallulah, the disappeared girl in question, and Sophie, the partner of the headmaster in the local fee paying school. Tallulah is a teenage mum, still at school, living at home with Kim, the baby and unhappily with her partner Zach, who is a bit of a control freak.
The Surrey village is also inhabited by a wealthy and pretty bohemian family the Jacques who live in an old manor house. Bored and frustrated by Zach, Tallulah begins an affair with Scarlett Jacques, the charismatic daughter of this family. So quite a complex background of characters.
After a party starting in the local pub, Zach and Tallulah don’t return home and disappear completely. The plot is basically the unravelling of this mystery, full of complexity and a huge number of characters. But the unravelling is well put together as various clues and signposts in the plot come together and make sense.
So good, probably as a quality and long beach read.
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