In my opinion, this is so much of a better read than The Woman in the Window. Sebastian Trapp, mystery novelist, invites long-time fan (and penpal) Nicky Hunter to visit him in his dying months at his family home in San Francisco. The Trapp family have had plenty of woes, and his second wife and wary daughter await Nicky’s arrival, interested and a bit unnerved at what the detective fiction expert will find out. She’s there to write a memoir of sorts, but finds a community there, of people whose interest in Trapp is both personal and, well, profitable. Will Sebastian talk about the disappearance of his first wife and son? And who is responsible for the body in the koi pond? It’s quite clear that some history prefers not to stay hidden.