by Lisa Jewell
This story has three apparently separate stories.
1) A man is found sitting on a beach in England and he has no idea who he is. He is taken in by a local woman who is struggling raising three children but who has a kind heart and the tendency to rescue strays.
2) A family in the 1990's that is vacationing in the same town. There is a mother, father, brother and sister. A local, apparently wealthyboy, takes an interest in the girl but her brother is suspicious of him and protective of him. The girl is not to sure how she feels about him.
3) A young Ukrainian woman who has only been married for a few weeks is upset when her husband does not return home from work one day.
We are told about a news story about two people drowning and the father of one of the victim's having a heart attack and dying while trying to rescue them.
As the story progresses we find out the local boy had attacked the girl and her brother after the girl seemed to reject him. We think the man with amnesia might be him.
The newlywed goes to police who tell her that her husband's passport is a fake. She doesn't know what to do. As she searches through her husbands possession's she finds a set of wedding rings nicer that the ones he gave her. She also finds some keys and the name of a town. The same town that the drowning, the family and the amnesiac are in.
We then learn that the amnesiac is actually the girl`s brother. The shock of seeing her attacker alive after 20+ years has brought back amnesia. It was assumed that the boyfriend and the girl had drowned. We learn that he is the newlywed's husband. He is eventually located and charged with several sexual assault charges and murder of the girl.
It was an interesting story. The characters were engaging and the plot twist was interesting.
