Alison Eastlake has come a long way from the wild days of her youth in England. Now, instead of streaking her hair purple, dreaming of becoming an artist, and sneaking cigarettes in her friend Sophie's basement, she has a career in advertising in Los Angeles and attends black-tie dinners with her executive husband. She fears that she is fast becoming the type of person she once despised.
When Alison receives news that Sophie has died of a drug overdose, leaving behind a slew of unanswered questions, she must go back home. Once there, she unearths reminders of her unruly past, including feelings for Sophie's brother, Matt-and finds that she is still powerfully attracted to him.
Careening dangerously close to a full-blown affair, Alison must now make an impossible decision. But when a long-buried secret about Sophie resurfaces, it shatters everything Alison had always believed about the past-and forces her to rethink her own life, her marriage, and her future.
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[That dark day, the last day of Sophie's life, began with a storm coming in from the west]***
(Little A, 30 January 2018, ebook, 226 pages, Kindle Lending Library)
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This is my first time reading the author.
The Long Deception is a good read. I really enjoyed it. The book blends the trademarks of a good mystery with a something much darker and more disturbing, sexual obsession and addiction. I thought the book was going to be a run-of-the-mill book about a woman set free from an unhappy marriage by the death of an old friend. But then dark secrets about dead Sophie and her brother Matt are revealed. Poor Alison's life is thrown out of whack by these revelations. I really felt for her. The Long Deception is intense and gripping.
