The medical term is prosopagnosia. The average person calls it face blindness—the inability to recognize a familiar person’s face, even the faces of those closest to you.
When Eleanor walked in on the scene of her capriciously cruel grandmother, Vivianne’s, murder, she came face to face with the killer—a maddening expression that means nothing to someone like her. With each passing day, her anxiety mounts. The dark feelings of having brushed by a killer, yet not know who could do this—or if they’d be back—overtakes both her dreams and her waking moments, thwarting her perception of reality.
Then a lawyer calls. Vivianne has left her a house—a looming estate tucked away in the Swedish woods. The place her grandfather died, suddenly. A place that has housed a dark past for over fifty years.
Eleanor. Her steadfast boyfriend, Sebastian. Her reckless aunt, Veronika. The lawyer. All will go to this house of secrets, looking for answers. But as they get closer to bringing the truth to light, they’ll wish they had never come to disturb what rests there.
A heart-thumping, relentless thriller that will shake you to your core, The Resting Place is an unforgettable novel of horror and suspense.
My rating: 4 of 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I never once would have guessed who the killer was. I also didn't find myself preoccupied trying to figure that out. I could tell that there were secrets the lawyer and her aunt were keeping information to themselves but the really juicy stuff was coming from the old journal.
This was my first time reading something from this author and I really enjoyed it.
Eleanor has a condition known as prosopagnosia. It's the inability to recognize a familiar person's face.
She has a standing Sunday dinner with her fickle grandmother Vivianne. When she arrives the door is opened to let her in and she realizes that her grandmother is on the floor, after being attacked. Knowing that she saw the killer and will never be able to identify them fills her with anxiety.
Then she's contacted by a lawyer. Her grandmother left a country estate. She travels with her boyfriend to meet up with the lawyer and her aunt. They expect to be greeted and shown around by the longtime groundskeeper but no one can get a hold of him. The plan is to take inventory at the estate.
Eleanor can't shake the feeling of being watched. But she's afraid to mention anything. Then she overhears the lawyer on a strange call. Her aunt discovers that personal letters are missing. And Eleanor discovers an old journal written in another language.
As things are revealed, they learn secrets that burdened those that are no longer alive.
Thank you so much to the author, St.Martin's Press and NetGalley for this ARC to review.
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