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A review by irish_bookfairy
The House by the Sea by Louise Douglas
4.0
My second book by Louise Douglas and although not as good as "The room in the attic", I still enjoyed it. Anything to do with old buildings with family secrets will grab my attention. I don't even care that most of it was predictable and that not all characters were likeable, that's close to reality anyway.
We follow Edie and her ex-husband Joe in their struggles of life after losing their 6yo son. Edie blamed her mother-in-law, Anna, and even at Anna's death after 10 years, her hatred is still fresh.
Even though Edie would love nothing more than to never have to deal with Anna, she finds herself meeting Joe at the Sicilian airport to deal with Anna's Will.
Both her and Joe are left the family's villa in Sicily and now have to decide what to with it and all what's left inside. Trying to make a quick escape, Edie wishes to sell it fast and move on. But naturally that ain't happening as fast as she liked and things starts to change for the estranged pair.
We follow Edie and her ex-husband Joe in their struggles of life after losing their 6yo son. Edie blamed her mother-in-law, Anna, and even at Anna's death after 10 years, her hatred is still fresh.
Even though Edie would love nothing more than to never have to deal with Anna, she finds herself meeting Joe at the Sicilian airport to deal with Anna's Will.
Both her and Joe are left the family's villa in Sicily and now have to decide what to with it and all what's left inside. Trying to make a quick escape, Edie wishes to sell it fast and move on. But naturally that ain't happening as fast as she liked and things starts to change for the estranged pair.