family secrets

Hot and bothered: Trouble Was, by Charlotte Edwardes, reviewed

27 June 2026 9:00 am

Tempers boil over when nine-year-old Frank, his mother and siblings go to stay with an aunt on Exmoor in the blistering summer of 1976

Dark family secrets: Repetition, by Vigdis Hjorth, reviewed

28 March 2026 9:00 am

With a haunting crime at its heart, this bitter, brief novel leaves one wondering uncomfortably whether it might be a memoir in disguise