A Fractured Winter by Alison Baillie
Although lock-downs have eased somewhat, it’s still advisable to stay home as much as possible. And there is no better way to entertain ourselves than discovering new books! One of the authors and books I want to introduce is A Fractured Winter by Alison Baillie. Alison Baillie, originally from the UK, lives and works in Switzerland and is one of the authors I met personally in Zurich, where a group of writers and I took a walk through the city, shared a meal, a glass of Prosecco, and an enjoyable chat.
Here is my review of her psychological thriller A Fractured Winter.
Dark, profound, and fascinating
Olivia is a single mother from Scotland who moved to Switzerland to put her past behind her and start a new life with her young son. Married to her dependable and kind Swiss husband, she lives with him and her three children in a lovely mountain village in the Swiss Alps. Life seems perfect, until the day she finds an anonymous and threatening note in her mailbox. A few days later, the best friend of her seven year old daughter Lara disappears without trace and a person Olivia tried to forget from the past appears on the scene. Suddenly, Olivia’s peaceful and content existence is shattered. Added to this, memories of her painful childhood, her troubled young adulthood surface, leaving her confused and scared. Her logical and sensible husband isn’t much help. The only people who seem to understand and care for her are a woman and a man who are running a spiritual community in a renovated old hotel. But who are they really and what is going on behind the walls of the Grand Wildenbach Hotel?
A Fractured Winter is a dark, psychologically profound story about a woman who struggles with an unresolved past. Fascinating read!
More to come. Wishing you an enjoyable and healthy weekend!
