5 Stars from me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Climb on up to The Treehouse. But be warned, because there’s dark, and then there’s deliciously, decadently, sinfully, salaciously, dark!
B P Walter has created a hideously toxic family, the Palmers, with burgeoning brothers Kieran and Robert who are about to begin a chain of events that will reverberate throughout their entire lives.
There is a split timeline with some current day scenes and some from back in 2004 when the family had an ill-fated holiday in a house near the sea, filled with teenage dreams, local kids, first crushes, and just a touch of the macabre.
The story is delivered beautifully by B P Walter who manages to capture family moments, jealously, love, neglect, guilt and regret – all alongside a subtle thread of nature vs nurture.
I was hooked by this book – and heartily recommend it!
Blurb: A summer holiday. A family secret. A split-second decision that will change everything. Twenty years ago, a summer holiday ended in tragedy for the Palmer family. No one has spoken of it since. Until a new TV series plays out the horrifying events of that night. As the family are forced to relive that fateful trip, is it possible that each person is hiding their own secrets, and is someone willing to do whatever it takes to keep their past firmly in the past…
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