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as Stella returns to her family home secrets are uncovered and mystery and intrigue follow

Stella had loved her childhood spent on the island of Evergreen, just off the Dorset coast.  Stella was 11 years old in 1993 when she, her parents and her siblings, Danny aged 15 and Bonnie aged 17, suddenly left the island in the middle of a storm after being told that they were leaving because her father had got a new job.  Her mother has since died and her father has remarried but is suffering from dementia.  Her brother Danny left home 18 years previously and hasn’t been in touch since.  Stella concentrates on helping her sister Bonnie, who is a recovering alcoholic, and her family.  Now 25 years later a body is dug up in the garden of their old home on Evergreen and this gives Stella a reason to return to investigate this.  Bonnie tries to dissuade her from going but Stella goes and finds that when she gets there she is far from welcome from the local community she knew.  Slowly all the family secrets from 25 years ago are revealed and the real reason they left the island.  I thought it was a very good plot, with interesting characters and I was kept guessing right until the end.  A highly recommended read
Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

A good storyline although it moved a little slowly at times so I feel the book could have been shorter. Set in two time periods - then and now - the story starts with the family suddenly leaving their home on an island overnight. Told through the eyes of Stella the next we read is the news of a body discovered buried near to the garden of the house they left all those years ago. Stella returns to the island to try to uncover what happened.  When her brother is arrested after confessing to murder, she is certain be didn't do it but how can she prove it? A few twists towards the end but not too much of a shock when the full tale emerges.. Worth a read

I really enjoyed Park's previous novel 'Now You See Her' so I was really intrigued by her latest book. Stella is shocked when she sees her childhood home on the news - a body has been found buried near her garden. The story opens with the family escaping the island she was brought up on in a strange circumstances, in the middle of the night in a bad storm. What did the family need to leave so quickly?

The story follows Stella as she returns to the island to try to figure out what happened and how her family is involved. I really enjoyed how the book moved back and forth from the past to the present day. The characters were really well developed and each had their own distinct personalities and problems. The descriptions of the island were great and I really felt like I was there.

Although I really enjoyed the story, the reason for my rating is I felt there wasn't much of a twist, which I was expecting. There was a twist in there but I predicted it before it happened - which I don't usually manage! However I found it an interesting and fairly unique story which I would recommend if you enjoy domestic thrillers.

DNF. Thank you for the review copy but this book wasn't for me. Couldn't connect with the writing or the characters and it just wasn't for me.

This was a really enjoyable read - and kept me hooked to the end. 
Stella and her family live on a remote island and her childhood is idyllic. One evening however in the middle of a terrible storm, her parents make them all leave with no explanation. Years later, her father has left her mother and her brother Danny walked out one day never to return, but Stella still yearns to return to the island.
A body is recovered buried in the woodland at the bottom of their old garden and this spurs Stella to go back and find out what happened.
The story flits from present to past and bit by bit we discover exactly who the body is and what happened that fateful summer.
A really unusual theme, but one I thoroughly enjoyed.

A fascinating story, moving between the troubled present and the seemingly idyllic past, about families and secrets.

I loved the idea of a remote island where people move to find peace or to run away. I loved the contrast between how the protagonist felt as a child (part of the tight community) and now (an intruder).

Despite the thrill-like elements, I found the pace slower than I would have expected.

Fascinating story that keeps you involved even though it leads you to and fro and backward and forward. Definitely recommended.

This is a brilliant story, very descriptive writing and easy to read. Not read a story like this one before. A good storyline. Lots of suspense and intrigue. 

The story starts in 1993, the Harvey family flee Evergreen Island amidst a storm in a boat to start a new life. But why? Why not wait till the storm has gone? The sea is quiet and it is safer to use the boat to cross the water?

We then cut to present day, Stella has grown up and is a family counsellor, working in a shared building with other professions. She is in contact with her sister Bonnie, although it’s a strange relationship and totally lost all contact with her brother Danny. When she gets home one Friday from work, about 10ish and puts the TV on. When the news comes on she glances up to a reporter standing outside a house. It’s their old house, some of it is different but it’s their old house. There has been a body found on Evergreen Island! Near to where she used to live or even in their old garden! She rings Bonnie straight away. She asks if I will tell Dad but I don’t really speak to him about the island anymore. He is losing his memory now and I can’t stand his new wife, things aren’t the same.

On the Sunday, Stella receives a visit from the Police. They wanted to talk to her about the incident on Evergreen Island. Apparently speaking to everyone who had lived on the island. They wanted to know where she lived exactly and with whom. Who their closest neighbours were. One of the policeman is interested in the pictures of her family on the island, especially of her sister. He is interested in a bracelet she is wearing, ones I made and sold the summer we left. He wanted to know who I sold them too. 

On Tuesday, Stella is off to the island to start looking into the past and see if she can work out who the body belongs too. Who had the bracelet?

A very intriguing story which keeps you turning the pages to find out who did it. A sister who is interested and one who is not, bit like chalk and cheese. 5 stars from me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone for this arc in exchange for an honest review.
I loved this book. It contained a sprinkled mix of all the ingredients needed to make a good psychological thriller. From the first page I was drawn in, and then captivated by the intrigue and mystery, and then the intensity as the plot unveiled. 
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend.

Stella, along with her brother & sister, grew up on the idland of Evergreen. Situated off the south coast of England it had only a hundred residents & everyone knew everyone else. When her family decided to leave the island suddenly one stormy night she is devastated. She never forgot the place or her friend Jill. Now many years later, she sees that Evergreen is in the newa. A body has been found, buied just outside the grounds of where the used to live. Her brother (who was always a little odd) is estranged from the family. Her sister hated the place & wanted nothing to do with it, but Stella had always wanted to go back. When she returns she finds that the islanders have closely guarded secrets & they do not want her there.

The story switches from present day to when the family ere living on the island. The twists & turns kept me glued to the page & just when I thought I had things figured out, another curve ball came out of nowhere.

This was a good five star read. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for letting me read & review this book.

An enjoyable read, although I did get a bit confused about who was who on the island at times and it was a bit slow in places. That said, the ending was very good and overall I would recommend it.

A tale of a community closing ranks to protect their own. At one point Stella Harvey had been one of their own, until her parents had rushed 11 year old Stella and her siblings, Danny and Bonnie off the tiny island of Evergreen off the Dorset coast. Stella has spent the next 25 years wanting to go back. Now her mum is dead, her dad had dementia, and when she sees Evergreen on the news as they have found a body outside of her old house, Stella feels a pull to go back. What unfolds is a sorry tale that shakes Stella to the core and could take the foundations away from their family. Stella needs to look into the body and how it got there, but will she implicate one of her family? Who can she trust? A story of secrets and how you never really know who to trust. What are the villages hiding? #netgalley #evergreen #comebackforme

An unusual story that twisted many ways. Kept in suspense and not an expected ending. I enjoyed reading it

This was an excellent read. Not something I would usually pick up but It had me hooked from the outset and throughout. Will be keeping an eye out for more in the future.

I’d give this a 3.5, rather than a 3. I was really excited about this book, because I LOVED Heidi’s previous, however it just didn’t do it for me. 

I found the chapter layouts confusing - the constant time hopping (whilst not really giving anything of substance) It felt really slow, with not an awful lot happening, and then suddenly towards the end everything was almost crammed in at once. I mean, I didn’t guess the ‘reveal’ so it was nice to be shocked.

Stella and her family left their island home in the middle of the night never to return. Now years later a body has been found and Stella finds herself once more back on the Island. Who is the body, who killed her and does it have any connection with why her family had to leave in such a rush? Stella is looking for answers but does she really want them? 

This book switches between the present and the days leading up to their departure from the island. I liked the changing viewpoints.  The story was really interesting. I had figured out bits about the past but not all. The story quickly drew me in and like Stella I was desperate for answers. It also raises an interesting moral question at the end. The ending was well done and interesting. It finished the story off in the only way it could. An intriguing mystery with plenty of drama thrown in.

I finished this book at 2.30am this morning as I really needed to know how everything would turn out.  The ending is worth the bags under my eyes this morning.  I really liked the two time lines, particularly as they tended to end on a bit of a cliff hanger.  The story is well plotted with credible characters and a good pace.  There are quite a few characters in the story which I did find slightly confusing initially and I think with hindsight I should have made a brief note of the various islanders and their relationships.  This notwithstanding I really enjoyed this book.

The beautiful secluded island of Evergreen is where this is mostly set, off the coast of Dorset.  A family of 5, Maria, David, Bonnie, Danny, and Stella, they are living in paradise.  It certainly sounds wonderful.

It all comes crashing down on their last summer there,  The ferry running from the mainland to the island is run by David and Maria and Stella often would go down to the jetty to meet him.

On their last summer on the island, Iona arrives on the island and immediately pairs up with Bonnie.  She finds making friends difficult, but the two girls hit it off immediately.  Stella plays with her best friend Jill but Danny is a loner who likes to observe and draw what is around him.

Many years later, Stella and Bonnie live close to each other in Winchester, Stella working as a councillor, Bonnie a full-time mother.  Their father remarried and mum died some years ago.  All changed on seeing a news item on television.  Evergreen has a dead body that had been dug up after being buried at the edge of their garden.  Their house is recognisable from the reports.

Nothing is the same again and Stella's idyllic childhood changes overnight.  All that she believed is a lie and the surprises lying dormant on the Island come to the fore.

I chose to read this book and all opinions in this review are all my own and completely unbiased.  My thanks to NetGalley for this opportunity.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest, independent review. 

Stella has an idyllic childhood growing up on the remote island of Evergreen, just off the coast of Dorset, with her parents and older brother and sister. 

But years later, Stella, as an adult and in the present day, sees a ‘Breaking News’ report of a body found next to the garden of her old family home on the island. Is this linked to why the family left the island in the middle of the night twenty-five years ago?

Stella finds secrets were kept, not just by her parents but by everyone on the island. Everyone on the island is bound together by these secrets, and it’s time to start untying them to get to the truth. 

I read the book within two days, as it was so gripping I struggled to put it down at times. The plot drew me in straight away, and I never knew which way it was going to go. Right from the start, I sensed there was something not right about the island and its inhabitants...

The book is set over two timelines - 1993 in the weeks leading up to Stella and her family leaving the island, and the present day. As the secrets emerged  and bombshells dropped during the timelines, I found the excitement and tension raised further, making the book hard to put down. 

All of the characters felt real and believable to me, and I enjoyed seeing the same characters through Stella’s eyes as a child in the earlier timeline then again as an adult as she tried to put pieces together. 

Unputdownable!