Thursday, August 29, 2019

The Nanny - Gilly MacMillan


When she is a little girl, Jo's nanny, Hannah disappears into the night. Jo has never had a close relationship with her mother and leaves the family estate tat Lake Hall to head to America where she falls in love, marries and has a child.

Shortly after her father's death, Jo loses her husband to suddenly and has no choice but to return to Lake Hall with her daughter Ruby as they try to find a way forward. While showing Ruby around the property, they discover a skull in the lake. It is assumed that it must be the missing nanny... until it becomes clear that it is not.

This reminded me of an English mystery on the moors style tale. Family secrets, hidden histories and tangled motivations play out, for the most part, within the walls of the family estate. 

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