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The Long, Long Afternoon
A Historical Fiction Novel by Inga Vesper
Subgenres:
- Domestic Suspense,
- 1950s California,
- Missing Person Mystery
This book is for you if you're into...
- Suburban mysteries simmering under 1950s California sunshine
- Domestic suspense where the housekeeper knows more than she lets on
- Stories exposing secrets behind perfect neighborhoods
From Little Stack
Summer, 1959. Sunnylakes, Santa Monica - a town with skies that shimmer as radiantly as its name is hiding a dark truth. Look closer and you will see what its residents are trying to hide: dark secrets, stepford wives and fake smiles. Those secrets are slowly unveiled and the fake smiles falter after the sunny August afternoon when Jane Haney disappears from her home, leaving behind a bloodstained kitchen and two frightened little girls.
This story is so much more than a murder mystery, exploring topics such as sexism, racism, women’s rights, domestic abuse and mental health. A lush and claustrophobic read with imagery as bright as the blue California skies, this is a perfect dark and delirious summer read.
Yesterday, I kissed my husband for the last time . . .
It's the summer of 1959, and the well-trimmed lawns of Sunnylakes, California, wilt under the sun. At some point during the long, long afternoon, Joyce Haney, wife, mother, vanishes from her home, leaving behind two terrified children and a bloodstain on the kitchen floor.
While the Haney's neighbours get busy organising search parties, it is Ruby Wright, the family's "help", who may hold the key to this unsettling mystery. Ruby knows more about the secrets behind Sunnylakes' starched curtains than anyone, and it isn't long before the detective in charge of the case wants her help. But what might it cost her to get involved?
In these long hot summer afternoons, simmering with lies, mistrust and prejudice, it could only take one spark for this whole "perfect" world to set alight . . .
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