allysunsun's review
3.0
A very well done mystery novel set in a very small town in Provence. We follow April a photographer to this small town where there is more going on than meets the eye. An eccentric bevy of side characters only adds to the story and keeps you intrigued until the end. Unfortunately I did predict the ending but it took some twist to get there so I did enjoy it. I look forward to trying more from Karen Hugg in the future.
Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review.
Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review.
outsmartyourshelf's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
3.0
Newly divorced nature photographer, April Pearce arrives in Provence for an assignment for a travel magazine. On the first evening, April goes to a local lavender field to take some photos & sees a teenager running away from someone, covered in blood. April tries to find out what happened but no-one in Saint Lazare wants to talk to her about it. Her hotel room is ransacked, & her camera vandalised, & the locals grow more & more unfriendly, except for local Mayor, Cedric, & a group of rich, young people on holiday there. What is the village hiding?
The descriptions of the countryside are wonderful; rich, detailed, & evoking a real sense of the reader being there. The actual plot is a bit muddled, & characters are introduced, have some vague relevance to the plot, & then disappear again, without the reader knowing what happened to them. It was also rather slow & the main character took ages to actually do anything.
My thanks to NetGalley & publishers, Woodhall Press, for the opportunity to read an ARC. I am voluntarily giving an honest review.
The descriptions of the countryside are wonderful; rich, detailed, & evoking a real sense of the reader being there. The actual plot is a bit muddled, & characters are introduced, have some vague relevance to the plot, & then disappear again, without the reader knowing what happened to them. It was also rather slow & the main character took ages to actually do anything.
My thanks to NetGalley & publishers, Woodhall Press, for the opportunity to read an ARC. I am voluntarily giving an honest review.
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