Fripp Island, South Carolina, is the perfect destination for the wealthy Daly family: Lisa, Scott, and their two girls. For Lisa's childhood friend, Poppy Ford, the resort island is a world away from the one she and Lisa grew up in-and when Lisa invites Poppy's family to join them, how can she turn down an all-expenses paid vacation for her husband and children?
But everyone brings secrets to the island, distorting what should be a convivial, relaxing summer on the beach. Lisa sees danger everywhere, while Poppy watches over her husband John and his routines with a sharp eye. It's a summer of change for all of the children too, who are exposed to new ideas and different ways of life as they forge a bond of their own.
While revelations from the past and present unfold, the book builds to a shocking event that will shake your sense of justice and leave you wanting to talk about crime and retribution. ...
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Two decades have passed since the summer my family drove through many miles of remote marshland to reach Fripp Island.- PROLOGUE
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(@serpentstail, 4 June 2020, e-book, 230 pages, borrowed from @GlasgowLib via @BorrowBox)
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I liked The House on Fripp Island a lot. The opening prologue does give away much of what happens across the book but creates such intrigue and so many questions I had to read on. In some way, I'd class this as a thriller given what is revealed across the book in relation to Rea's story. But it's really a book about family and secrets, the loss of innocence and summer's that seem to last an eternity when you're young. The ending shocked me, and I did feel outrage at what happens to Rea and how this is never really resolved but I enjoyed the journey so much this didn't bother me.
