An intriguing book which keeps the brain working at the little mysteries that the author presents for resolution. We mainly see the story through Clothilde's diary which she kept in the days before the car crash that killed her father, mother and brother. But we know that the diary is not in Clothilde's hands, so who is it reading the story to us? And how reliable was Clothilde's point of view? She was afterall only 15 years old and brought a teenager's interpretation to her observations.

Twenty seven years later Clothilde, now a successful Parisian layer, brings her family to Corsica for the first time, and becomes obsessed with the idea that her mother is still alive. But how can that be? Surely the bodies in the car were identified at the time. And then little things beginning to occur which could not be coincidence. Clothilde's obsession strains her marriage. Then a retired policeman tells her that he has proof that the car crash was not an accident. Her father's car had been tampered with. Her family was murdered.

A slightly lower rating than I might have otherwise as given, due to some reservations about the final pages. ( )