A Stain on the Silence

A Stain on the Silence by Andrew Taylor

 

Past mistakes can be forgotten - but never erased...The last person James wants to meet again is Lily. But now she's dying of cancer, and he is wholly unprepared for what she has to tell him. Twenty-four years ago, she gave birth to a daughter and James is the girl's father. James was just a teenager when he and Lily stepmother of his best friend Carlo had their brief affair. Practically part of the family, he would spend his summer holidays at their sprawling house in Chipping Weston, lapping up the breathtaking freedom and excitement. Though perhaps there was too much freedom and too much excitement because those days came to a terrible end. An end that James has been trying to forget ever since. Yet Lily has one more secret to reveal. Their daughter is now a wanted woman. She's on the run for murder. Soon James is compelled to reach back into the past and discover the other bitter fruits of his and Lily's unfortunate union.
-FantasticFiction

 

A complicated plot with many twists and turns and leaves one with many questions. I sometimes felt that the author tried to include too many sub plots.  I guess in the end they were all necessary but.....at times became very confusing.   I was somewhat disappointed with this one.  I rate it with three stars***.

-Mona