Peter DickinsonFantasy · Children's Books·1927–2015
Some deaths before dying
Synopsis
Ninety-year-old Rachel Matson, a renowned photographer, lies paralyzed but with her mind still sharp. When an antique pistol belonging to her late husband, a memento from his time as a Japanese POW, appears on a television program, Rachel is profoundly disturbed. She must use her keen artist's eye and vast collection of photographs to confront a shattering mystery that reaches back decades into her past.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10