Published by St. Martin's Press Genres: Fiction, Mystery, thriller
Format: ARC, eBook
Talk about a book that demands to be talked about. High Season is a fantastic book for book clubs as there are so many points to ponder, talk about, and absorb. Twenty years ago, seventeen-year-old Tamara Drayton was found dead in the pool at her family’s mansion in the south of France. Her family, including her twin brother, Blake are devastated. Her six years old, sister, Nina was an eye witness and became the youngest person to testify in a French murder trial. Nina reported that it was her babysitter, Josie, who pushed her sister, Tamara into the water!
But memory can be a tricky thing. Now, Nina is an adult and she has vague memories of that time. She isn’t quite sure what really happened the night her older sister, Tamara was found floating in their family’s home. With a true crime documentary being made about her sister’s murder, Nina is finally ready to take a look back at the past …
High Season takes a look at family dynamics, memory, power, social class, relationships, and everything in between. Can a traumatized child’s memory be trusted? how reliable is their testimony? How much does a small child understand about what they saw or does one’s mind come up with solutions???? Was it real, what is the truth, what really happened?????
This book is told in two timelines and provides readers glimpses into all of the characters in both times. We see how they grew, how they changed, how the past affected their present lives. Readers get the POV”s of Nina, Josie, Tamara, and Josie friend, Hannah.
I found this book to be gripping, thought provoking, shocking, and evoking of emotion. I did not see the big reveal coming and loved the shock value of that reveal. I also enjoyed the many twists and turns as well. This is an exploration of memory, the truth, and tragedy.
Wonderfully written, gripping, thought provoking, and hard to put down!
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
