The book tells the story of the Alden-Stowe family, owners of a grand estate, complete with a draughty castle, in Paso, California, and what happens when secret deals are made and the family patriarch dies. But despite playing homage to much-loved stereotypes, Overington’s work still zings off the page as fresh. It has the seemingly wealthy family sinking into debt, a conniving daughter-in-law, secret affairs, a meek housemaid, a grumpy old patriarch, a wise cop, a drunk aunt, a sexy teenager, a hot cowboy, and corpses in other words, all the essential elements. In Caroline Overington’s new thriller, the Aldens don’t just have a skeleton in their closet, they have a whole castle full.Ĭaroline Overington’s 11th book, The Lucky One, is a dysfunctional-family crime-farce and she has spared nothing in her depictions. Tags: Australian fiction/ Australian women's writing/ Caroline Overington Crime Scene: CAROLINE OVERINGTON The Lucky One.
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