Unusual, original and so twisty it is head-spinning

This is an extraordinary novel that is both a tour de force and a shapeshifting taker of very big liberties 🤩 It feels at first like an unexpected, and enjoyable mash-up of Agatha Christie Miss Marple elements with Michael Connelly Lieutenant Bosch-like vibes, as two very different sleuths investigate a series of different yet oddly similar murders masquerading as suicides. The suspense and intrigue build up separately in both Scotland and California, before colliding, turning the two stories into one and the two sleuths into a reluctant partnership, as the narrative hurtles towards a more and more full-on scenario that suddenly takes a sharp turn into something so twistily bizarre it almost halted me in my tracks--but transforms once more into something else, rather more poignant, which is worth persevering with. Yet it seems the surprises just won't stop coming 🤩
It won't be to everyone's taste but it certainly is amazing. And it is superlatively well-narrated, the voices perfectly pitched and perfectly evoking the two central characters' very different worlds and personalities.

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