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A review by jentidders
Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin
3.0
It's hard to believe that this is Schaitkin's debut, as it's so skillfully written. Combining beautiful prose with an emotional and suspenseful plot, and different narrative voices, this is a real gem of a book.
When Claire is seven years old, her family take a holiday on the Caribbean island of Saint X. On the last night, her teenage sister Alison disappears, with her body being found days later. Two local men who work at the hotel are held, but released due to a lack of evidence and shaky timelines.
Despite being a tabloid sensation, Alison's death remains unsolved and over time becomes a true crime classic, only pondered over by armchair sleuths. Claire and her family have to move on with their broken lives, without closure.
Years later, having reinvented herself as 'Emily', Claire lives in NYC and unexpectedly crosses paths with Clive Richardson, one of the men suspected of her sister's murder.
Haunted with questions about what happened to Alison, and who she really was, Claire begins engineering a way to get close to Clive, hoping to earn his trust and find out the truth. As their friendship develops, an unlikely bond grows between them
When Claire is seven years old, her family take a holiday on the Caribbean island of Saint X. On the last night, her teenage sister Alison disappears, with her body being found days later. Two local men who work at the hotel are held, but released due to a lack of evidence and shaky timelines.
Despite being a tabloid sensation, Alison's death remains unsolved and over time becomes a true crime classic, only pondered over by armchair sleuths. Claire and her family have to move on with their broken lives, without closure.
Years later, having reinvented herself as 'Emily', Claire lives in NYC and unexpectedly crosses paths with Clive Richardson, one of the men suspected of her sister's murder.
Haunted with questions about what happened to Alison, and who she really was, Claire begins engineering a way to get close to Clive, hoping to earn his trust and find out the truth. As their friendship develops, an unlikely bond grows between them