Not 100% terrible, but the two main plot lines come together too tangentially and is silly to have them both given that. Each one is wrapped up, but feels unsatisfying. Also, Isla makes too many dumb decisions and is fairly helpless a lot of the time. I guess some women are like that, but it's a little infuriating. The whole memory loss thing got to be a bit much - maybe that's why she was so dumb, she forgot how to be smart. And of course it's hiding a lot more than I really think a woman could forget. I found the romance with Alban at the end a bit gross. ( )

Isla was hired by Alban’s assistant and put up in a cabin on the McGregor’s property. Alban, his wife Jessica and their young daughter live there. What Isla didn’t know is that years prior Alban and Jessica had another daughter named Elodie who was kidnapped and murdered right there on the property in an old playhouse. Her killer was never found. Isla takes it up on herself to try to figure out what happened to Elodie and finds that this small town in Scotland is even smaller than she thought. Everyone is connected to everyone else and as she untangles the web; she learns that she is a part of it all too, but just can’t remember how. This is a "keep you on the edge of your seat" kind of book. You can’t wait to find out what mystery will be waiting on the next page. I think that Anni Taylor does a fantastic job telling the story and keeping you engaged and questioning all the characters only to be surprised in the end by how it all unfolds. An absolutely brilliant ending that I didn’t see coming. I loved this book and would recommend it to anyone looking for a good mystery to solve. ( )

Outstanding book and narration. Left me wanting more.

Photographer Isla Wilson is thrilled she's landed her dream job, but the clients who hired her are getting stranger by the day.

It sounded so perfect—a month's assignment at the lush Scottish Highlands property of architect Alban McGregor, and his wife, Jessica.

But in the woods, there's a playhouse with a chilling history.

Two years ago, the McGregors' daughter Elodie was abducted and then died in that playhouse. The townspeople insist her abductor had to be a stranger in their town. Alban refuses to knock the playhouse down, even keeping a picture of it on his wall.

Sensing the McGregors and townspeople are keeping terrible secrets, Isla plans to discover the truth.

But the closer Isla comes to uncovering answers, the more the danger mounts. And with a dense cover of snow now blanketing the town, all chance of escape might already be gone.