Kate Legge

We are not at all sure that a crime has been committed. Certainly a death has occurred.

Leith Kremmer's friends meeting at their monthly book club think she is very chipper. She even has champagne for them, but none suspect the secrets she has kept. In a way they have all kept secrets and Leith's death has a domino effect. The police begin an investigation, interviewing both the members of the book club and their husbands. Leith's mobile phone hints at the tip of an iceberg.

Marriages aren't show more always what they seem, and sometimes it doesn't take much for them shred.

An excellent read, with the answer to that final question held to the very end. show less

This is a book about relationships, the marriage relationship, and the relationships that we have with our friends, and it asks the question how well do we know our marriage partner or for that matter our friends? How much do we tell them of what is happening in our lives?
Leith has been married to her husband George for a long time but soon after we meet her at the beginning of the book she dies tragically. Through the eyes of her friends, the members of the book club she runs, we learn more show more about the relationship between George and Leith and her friends are surprised to learn more about their marriages.
Leith and George have been married for a long time. George is a successful Family Court judge who has taken to hiding in his own space to practise his golf swing and Leith is a very private person. After she dies George must sift through the clues that she left behind, the freezer full of meals, and the suitcase under the bed and ask the inevitable question was she planning to leave him?
This is a good read which leaves you with things to ponder. All of the relationships in the book are not as they first seem. Lies have been told and things left unsaid and as you would expect this has only lead to greater problems. show less

"Climate is what you expect and weather is what you get." This novel, of interconnected lives, explores love, family, art and the weather. The novel evokes Sydney in the summer beautifully.

This story is about both ends of the spectrum of dementia and a child with ADHD.