The Resting Place

When Eleanor’s grandmother, Vivianne, was murdered, Eleanor saw the killer. Unfortunately, because of her prosopagnosia—a cognitive disorder of face perception—Eleanor is unable to identify the person and she becomes anxious and paranoid. When she learns that Vivianne left her a country estate, Eleanor heads out there with her boyfriend, Sebastian; her aunt Veronika; and the lawyer handling the estate. The trip seems doomed from the beginning. The groundskeeper is nowhere to be found and a blizzard, which the remote mansion’s rickety electrical system is unable to withstand, is rapidly approaching. When Eleanor finds a diary written by a maid who worked in the house when Vivianne was first married, she learns the dark family secrets her grandmother kept for a lifetime. And when more bodies turn up, Eleanor realizes that someone is willing to kill to keep Vivianne’s secrets hidden. Sten’s (The Lost Village) latest is fast-paced and suspenseful, enhanced by Angela Dawe’s skillful narration.