"Flora is definitely, absolutely sure that escaping from the quiest Scottish village where she grew up to the noise and hustle of the big city was the right choice. Mure is a place shere everyone had known her all her life, and no one will let her forget the past. In the city, she can be anonymous, ambitious and indulge herself in her hopeless crush on her gorgeous boss, Joel." -- back coverSummary:.
Two weeks in a remote island villa with America's most dysfunctional family - what could possibly go wrong? The Posts are going on their first family vacation in years, and it's going to be a special one: Jim and Franny are taking their daughter Sylvia, son Bobby and his girlfriend, and Franny's best friend Charles and his husband, all the way to Mallorca for two weeks of the sort of relaxation, culture and cuisine that only Europe can offer. But there are problems. After a transgression with a twenty-three-year-old editorial assistant, Jim has been unceremoniously sacked from his job, and now his and Franny's marriage is on the rocks. Charles and Lawrence are feeling divided over their future, Bobby is mired in debt problems and stuck in a relationship that's pulling in opposite directions and his girlfriend Carmen, super-fit personal trainer and, at forty-something, far too old for Bobby, seems to have realized her mistake. As for Sylvia, she's eighteen, about to go to college, and determined to lose her virginity before she gets there . . .
Het begint met een lijk onder de vloer. Frieda deed deze gruwelijke vondst in haar eigen huis - een vondst die haar tot in de kern raakt. Nu is er wél spijkerhard bewijs dat Dean Reeve nog leeft - iets wat Frieda al jarenlang beweert - en nog altijd geobsedeerd is door Frieda. Zal commissaris Crawford eindelijk naar haar luisteren en het onderzoek heropenen? De pers is inmiddels op het verhaal gedoken, waardoor Frieda wordt gedwongen te doen waar ze een enorme hekel aan heeft: in de openbaarheid treden... Dat heeft verregaande consequenties voor Frieda en haar omgeving.