Tell Me How It Ends

I loved this book , shows how you really don't always know the person behind the successful career.. Delia is filled with remorse over her past choices. Lily is ruthless and relentless, determined to avenge the past. Frank finds the answers and ends up in love with Delia.
Set in sixties London, stylish and engaging

Thanks to Quercus Books and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

'Tell Me How It Ends' is one of the most compelling examples of historical crime fiction I have read in a long while. It is no less than a triumph of literary fiction by an author that has storytelling running through her veins. V.B. Grey's spellbinding narrative of thwarted ambition, intrigue, and the complexities of the human spirit, hooked me from the very first page. It may not be for everyone, however. That is if you love your fiction packed with gimmicks, or so-called 'high-concepts'. It is neither fast-paced, nor, is it full of the hackneyed old tropes we associate with crime fiction. What it is, without doubt, is a prize gift to readers who are happy to immerse themselves, for hours on end, in a classic, character-driven novel. This is a multi-faceted, layered book, of astounding detail, and an unerring probing of human action and its often unintended consequences. It is a story rich in historical detail, veering from war-torn Europe to the Swinging Sixties with uncanny ease. There is nothing easy about the impeccable narrative V.B. Grey has constructed, however. It is first and foremost a study of the human condition - the decisions we make and the consequences of actions that ripple through the years. Consequences that refuse to be confined to a particular historical era, artificially contrived by historians and social theorists. It is what binds the fate of missing singing sensation, Delia Maxwell to Frank Landry, and her self-proclaimed 'adopted daughter', Lily. Where does truth and fiction collide and separate? This is the question for Frank Landry, entrusted with disentangling past from present, and the probe into the fate of Delia Maxwell. The answers are far from obvious, spilling out often reluctantly, but with unerring precision. With its eminently satisfying ending, I found myself crushed by the realisation I had finished this book. Simply stunning - a spellbinding example of historical fiction at its very best.