Imagine the shock, sadness, and frustration of witnessing the brutal murder of a relative and not being able to help identify the killer.
Prosopagnosia or face blindness is a fascinating condition that makes for an interesting angle, sadly underused in this storyline. The opening of this book is explosive and then it quickly fell flat for me . . . the rest of the novel didn’t live up to that initial wow factor.
With the atmospheric setup of investigating family secrets in a creepy isolated manor, there are enough ingredients for a good wintery gothic tale. Unfortunately, the suspense wanes and I found myself not really invested in the plight of any of these characters.
I have heard much raving about this author’s first novel The Lost Villiage, so I plan to give that book a whirl.
I’d like to thank NetGalley and Minotaur Books for an advanced copy of The Resting Place for my unbiased evaluation. 3 stars
