I have been eagerly awaiting this book since I saw it appear as a pre release on Amazon over a year ago . I love Susanna Kearsley , I've read every book and loved them all , I was so excited to see this appear on Netgalley and even more so when I received a copy.
You get swept away into this story from the first paragraph. Susanna Kearsley has a way of writing that intrigues you as soon as you've started reading. If you've read previous books then there are so many character's you recognize making an appearance through the storyline. It's so nice to get a glimpse into their lives in a setting before their own stories .
This book is slightly different than the other's I've read in that although it's a dual time in essence, both timescales are set in the past with no present time influence.
As with all the previous work I've read the historical detail is phenomenal and you can picture the scenes playing out in vivid detail. The political and religious
Unrest is palpable and the tension at times is gripping .
The characters are wonderful and you get so involved in their story, you care about the outcome. Lily is a widow who has come forward to claim her husband's share of money owed from the failed Darien venture Adam has been tasked with legitimizing or disproving the claim . Nothing is as it seems and you are left eagerly turning the pages as the mystery unfolds.
I absolutely loved this book. There are so many twists and turns you are constantly wondering what is going to happen next and it's never what you are expecting. I thoroughly recommend it.

The Vanished Days by Susanna Kearsley


There are many who believe they know what happened, but they do not know the whole of it. The rumours spread, and grow, and take their hold, and so to end them I have been persuaded now to take my pen in hand and tell the story as it should be told…

Beautiful words , by a great storyteller. The Vanished Days tells the tale of Lily who has been widowed , she goes to collect her sailor husband's wages and is turned away.
It's a very different telling of a true moment in English / Scottish history of the Jacobite uprising..
It's full of suspense , intrigue , the horror of the time , and the danger to women caught up in it all.
5 stars.