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Good readNot one of my regular type of book. But very enjoyable and intriguing.I’m more a rom con fan but will still recommend this book to all readers of murder mystery and even a bit of romance.Regards Neil Southcoat.
Different than usual mystery!This story had me guessing through the story line. I never guessed the true killer until it was revealed. Surprise.
This is a slow burning murder mystery, that doesn't always work for me but Louise Douglas' writing is so engaging and beautiful I couldn't help but be sucked into the story...it also helped that the further I read the more the tension ramped up. Douglas writes with such confidence and compassion about difficult subjects and I enjoyed how it was very character driven.Told not so much as a dual timeline but with some memories of the past...which are equally gripping. Having recently
Contractors demolishing Channel View Holiday Park and funfair discover human bones. Is this the body of Alice Lang missing since the 1970’s who selective mute Marnie who was ten at the time, feels she betrayed? Writer Will Jones returns to Severn Sands, is it guilt that draws him back or the desire to make someone pay if the bones are identified as Alice? This is a well written character driven slow burner mystery with Alice at the centre of the riddle. The storytelling backtracks via Will and M...
The Scarlet Dress is the second novel by Louise Douglas that I have had the pleasure of reviewing after The House by The Sea. Although I have only reviewed two of her books so far, I love her gift for creating sinister surroundings from seemingly normal settings and the depth of character research which makes for a chilling rollercoaster ride. In The Scarlet Dress, we find ourselves at Severn Sands Holiday Park, a caravan park where Marnie's father is the caretaker. Marnie herself is a dog and a...
[Blog]::[Youtube]::[Twitter]::[Instagram]::[Pinterest]::[Bloglovin] “The Scarlet Dress” is a gripping, slow-burn mystery that will glue you to the plot till the end.To begin with, I enjoyed the author’s style of writing. The story starts slowly but gains momentum midway. I got invested in the plot once Will came into town and met Marnie. The author compellingly writes the story with multiple red herrings with numerous suspects.Moreover, each of the suspects shows indications of hurting Alice
As the title suggests, a scarlet dress forms the crux of the story. Alice, a young woman, arriving alone at a small countryside town, is lost for several years. And during a recent construction job, her bones are discovered and it is confirmed that she was murdered back then. Who killed Alice and for what reason forms the suspense element of the story. But the emotional backbone to the story is provided by those people whose lives were changed irrevocably because of her death.There are a ma...
Alice Lang, 'the star of the summer' at the caravan park, has disappeared without a trace. Many lives have changed and being ruined in the wake of her disappearance. Many years after the event the heir of the property where caravan park once stood decided to sell...What is uncovered is unthinkable, unfathomable, unexpected...The Scarlet Dress is not your straightforward murder mystery or whodunit. It is a journey into vortex that a crime leaves behind. It is about what disappearance of Alice has...
Quite often, the books you love the most are by far the most difficult to review. I’ve sat at my keyboard several times today, thrown down a few phrases, tried to link them together – but I’ve really struggled to capture quite how this book made me feel. I’d usually start with a little about the story, but someone’s already sweat blood over that for the book’s cover, and I think it’s enough. But there are two distinct timelines, the 1995 disappearance of Alice Lang (presumed drowned, leaving her...
This was a slow starting novel, but as I continued to read I couldn't help being drawn into the story. The more I read the more involved the story line became. I like the way the author incorporated the two time lines and brought in memories that helped with questions generated about the lives of may of the key characters. However, did I miss the explanation of how Marnie had a daughter? Who was Lucy's father? There wasn't enough background information about Marnie's life after the death of Alic...
