First, I didn't find any of the characters particularly likable. And I couldn't really relate to anything that Sean, the central character, did or didn't do - be it in France or in the interwoven back story in London. Also, through most of the book nothing much happens. The days simply go by and I didn't get any more curious about whatever happened to Louis.
Then in the the last chapter, everything happens. And we are talking the entire history of the French family including murder and incest. Couldn't that have been spread out more? Maybe whatever happened to Louis could have come out earlier and added at least some tension to the story. Or, some more tension than the whole Gretchen angle...whatever that was supposed to be, we never quite know why she does what she does and then appears to forget about it completely. Maybe she was just being a teenager (with all that that entails).
Might well be my last Simon Beckett.
6/10
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