Outlier alert! I don’t mind a slow burn mystery, but this was painfully slow and repetitive, especially the modern timeline. I persevered holding out for some surprising twists, but all three reveals I had figured out early. In fact the plot was straight out of an episode of one of my favourite TV shows. Not saying this author has seen it, and I know there’s only a certain amount of mystery plots and that there’s bound to be similarities. Also, I think this novel could’ve benefited from being 100 pages shorter, as some of the subplots were drawn out and had little to do with the mystery. It was a miss for me I’m afraid.