Homecoming

This is a LONG novel that transports readers to Australia for a murder mystery and mother-daughter tribulation saga. I enjoyed it a lot, but I agree with the reviewers here who commented that it dragged for the first 2/3 or 3/4. I think it could have used some better editing. It was entertaining, definitely plot driven – but with good attention to the character's motivations and struggles, and intriguing/surprising at the end (for me, anyway). There was a character who I thought I liked at the outset, and then I didn't by the end. And there was one who I thought I didn't, and then I did. Morton is an effective story teller, and I'd like to try another one of her novels sometime when I need an easy-ish escape.