When their famous actress mother disappeared, their pharmaceutical tycoon father sent the sisters away from the beautiful Mediterranean island they loved. Now ten years later Manon and Thaïs return to the island for a ten year retrospective on their mother’s life. They have never really believed she died and now the hope to find clues to her disappearance.
When she disappeared, their mother was working on a script, The White Fox. They hope the script may offer clues to what happened. The sisters are very different. Manon is anxious because she believes she is not really like her mother. Thaïs, a social media celebrity, is more outgoing, but inside she hides her grief and fear.
The book is filled with the mystery of the island, its' people, and the girl’s family secrets. It’s a strange place filled with dark mystery, toxic family secrets, and a long past glamour. The book was well written, almost lyrical. The island scenes were beautifully drawn if sometime verging on horror.
The sisters’ characters were well delineated. The book moves from one sister to the other so we’re able to get the perspectives of both. My only problem with the book was that it was rather slow starting. It finally picked up after the middle. I thought the inclusion of sections from the lost play was interesting and added a lot to the story.
I received this book from Net Galley for this review.
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