When Eleanor accidently stumbles upon her grandmother’s murder scene, she comes face to face with her killer. The catch is, she has prosopagnosia—face blindness—, so she’s unable to recognize them.
As the days pass, she remains haunted and increasingly paranoid by her death, and when a lawyer calls her to inform that she’s inherited her old family manor in the Swedish woods, she decides to visit it with her long-time boyfriend along with the lawyer himself.However, as a blizzard sets in, they’re all stuck inside … with possibly the killer, and she has to figure who it is before it’s too late.
The Resting Place by Camilla Sten is a twisty turvy domestic thriller and an intimate portrait of a dysfunctional family that’ll constantly leave you guessing.
However, I’m entirely conflicted on this one because I had night and day experiences between the story’s two POVs.
On one hand, we have Eleanor’s POV where her story is like a classic psychological thriller: a group of people are stuck inside an old manor during a blizzard, and someone inside might potentially be the murderer.
This is a fantastic set up, and it’s her perspective that felt claustrophobic and gave me that edge-of-your-seat thriller feeling.
On the other hand, the other POV is told by a maid named Annushka, who, as we slowly find out, holds clues to Eleanor’s family’s terrible past. However, it felt unnecessary. I thought the alternating timelines ruined the pacing and I think it would it would have felt less disruptive if Eleanor had found parts of Annushka’s diary or notes in smaller bits and pieces.
Overall, the story would have felt more gripping to me if it had been told from a single narrator, but it’s still an atmospheric read that’s perfect to cozy up with during the winter.
Thank you, NetGalley and Minotaur Books, for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Book Details:
Publication Date : March 29, 2022
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN : 1250249279
Pages : 336
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