Liam Noone was the force behind some of the world’s most iconic hotels and resorts. But this success came at a high price—three ex-wives, three children from two of the women, and a sense that as much as people liked him, they never really knew him.
His retreat was Windbreak, a cliffside cottage off the California coast. And one night, it’s where his life ended, as he fell to his death.
Nora was Liam’s daughter from his first marriage. He always made time for her through the years, and in adulthood, brainstormed with her about different architectural projects she was working on. In the last few months of her father’s life she felt like he had changed, but she had put some distance between them.
When her half-brother Sam, whom she rarely saw, came to Nora insisting that Liam was pushed and did not fall, at first she just wants to walk away. But the more they start to look into the circumstances around his death and talk to those who knew him best, they become more convinced his death wasn’t accidental.
As they try to dig deeper, both Nora and Sam have their own set of issues to deal with. The narrative shifts between the present and the story of a relationship Liam had for nearly his entire life.
This was one of my highly anticipated books of the year, since I’m a big fan of Laura Dave. Although it’s marketed as a thriller, it’s definitely more of a slow-burn family drama with a bit of mystery mixed in. If you go in knowing that, you may love this as much as I did.
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