Monday, March 7, 2022

Seven titles in which families are destroyed by their own secrets

Jane Cockram was born and educated in Australia, where she studied Journalism at RMIT. After completing postgraduate studies in Publishing and Communication at Melbourne University, she worked in the publishing industry, fulfilling a childhood dream of reading for a living.

Cockram's novels are The House of Brides and the newly released The Way from Here.

At CrimeReads she tagged seven of her "favorite books featuring multigenerational explorations of family secrets and mysteries," including:
The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton

The queen of the genre, every book Kate Morton writes effortlessly connects her research with deeply layered family mysteries. As a reader, we are drawn into her fully-drawn worlds, often across generations and countries, and as writers we marvel at the artistry of her writing and the way her stories come together so seamlessly. Although it is difficult to pick a favourite, The Forgotten Garden with its spectacular setting on the Cornish coastline, an unexpected family inheritance and long-kept secrets, is one of her best.
Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue