I have read several of Ms. Chamberlain's books but this is by far my favorite. I woke up at 6 this morning and got up so that I could finish the book and find out what happened! The book begins with a brief prologue which tells us that a 17 year old girl committed suicide in a cold icy river. The townspeople are upset that she has escaped facing her trial for murder. Then the story fast forwards 23 years to the life of Riley MacPherson. She is heading back to her hometown to clean out her father's house. On the way she stops in a small town at the post office because of a post card she received among the mail forwarded from her dad's house. She is sure there has been a mix-up because it has to do with a post office box that has to be paid for or it will be closed. The name on the box was not her father's. She takes the one piece of mail and continues on her journey.
Riley is feeling very alone in the world. Her mom died of cancer right after she graduated from high school. Now her father is gone. Her sister Lisa had committed suicide 23 years before because of depression - or so she had been told all of her life. So now she only has her brother, Danny. She always adored him even when he became so surly and angry as a teenager. After an injury in Iraq he has become an alcoholic loner and he wants nothing to do with helping Riley with the house.
As Riley begins the process of closing down her father's life she discovers she really didn't know what was going on in his life. It is a fast-paced book as Riley tries to make sense of things that make no sense.
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