The next time you’re out, you might be drinking a Negroni, ironing your linen sundress, or dusting off your leather sandals, because we’re going to solve a murder mystery – at least on paper. Saltwater by Katy is a excellent book to pick up for summer reading in my opinion. Who wouldn’t love a story where the untimely and gruesome death of a young, talented girl is turned into a scandal? Rich people love such stories on summer vacation. Basically, it has become a genre unto itself. I will never miss out on this book, for whatever reason. I look forward to watching The White Lotus now that Mike White has resurrected it.
The Mystery of Sarah Lingate’s Death
The twisted and classic thriller releases in the UK on March 25 as “The Vipers”. You will feel a real guilt. This was published with a clip of 1992 newspaper where it was announced the death of popular Sarah Lingate. Sarah Lingate married into the old-money Lingate family years earlier, becoming a popular playwright. Sarah’s body would be found floating in the sea beneath the rocks of Capri. She was widowed with her rich husband. Leaving behind a three-year-old daughter.
Everyone on the island was convinced that something had to do with Lingates and Naomi, the wife of his older brother Marcus. But Lingates had not too much evidence that helped to overcome the money and influence. The family returns every year at exactly the same time, to prove to the world that it was an accident.
Journey of Halen In Saltwater
30 years later, Helen is now a mature, friendly adult who is dying because of her family’s strict rules and is the sole heiress of Lingate. Because of which she can’t get close to anyone even if she wants to because she thinks so, so that she doesn’t accidentally leak important information about her father, aunt or uncle or slip her tongue. She is so bound or trapped that she can neither work nor travel freely without a guard. There is no doubt in her mind that her gilded cage contains claustrophobic bars, in spite of them being invisible.
When Helen discovers a betrayal within her family, she is shocked and vows to herself that this year’s trip to Capri will be different from previous years. It happens when specially Helen’s unreliable uncle Marcus gives her a confidant on Lorna, the reformed party girl. Their annual trip to the villa is greeted by a surprise: The night Sarah died, she was wearing a necklace, and everyone thought the necklace fell into the ocean when she fell into the ocean. It has reached their doorstep.
Most Twisted Part
Lot of questions come to mind first who is he/she? Sent the jewelry. Is there anything the police don’t know about Koi and Sarah’s death? Would this be Helen’s ticket out from under the thumb of her family?Helen Lingates, a paranoid and insular woman, begins to unravel at the possibilities once the investigation into her mother’s death is reopened. Whatever the Lingates do, they will find out the truth of what happened, and once they do, they may not make it out of Capri alive.
Why Lingates Hide Their Secrets?
Saltwater writer Katy Hays left a magnificent mystery here, that is completely shock you with an amazing twist that truly surprised me. Why are the Lingates hiding something? Why does he go to such an extent that he has to keep his own daughter under lock and key in a hurry to know the answer I completed it in 36 hours because I was desperate.
The novel retains a subtle glimmer of languid glamor throughout: an outstanding cliffside villa engulfed in mold; gorgeous blue and white tiles chipped at the edges; extravagant gold plating covering standard tin; and hollow declarations of love and devotion.
The Lingates’ Struggle to Hold Onto a Fading World
The Lingates are very used to their elite, moneyed world that they refuse to see it crumble before their eyes. They try to freeze time, keeping the same furniture in their house, repeating the same vacations and extravagant parties. During this time, Helen remains stuck in stasis, trapped by their inability to let go of the past. They are holding on so tight, everything is already dusted in front of them, but they have no idea about it.
I found the story reminiscent of lot of other novels like Genuine Fraud by E Lockhart somewhat (and The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith as well), with a dash of Other People’s Clothes and The Fury sprinkled in. With flashback chapters that give us Sarah’s perspective throughout the book, we gain a complete understanding of the events that led to this destructive vacation to Capri. In the end, we gain a deadly (and surprisingly bittersweet) conclusion thanks to the breadcrumbs we pick up from her perspective.
Complex and Prickly Women in ‘Saltwater’
The way Katy writes the characters of female in this book, i also love it and it feel like more complicated and prickly. As we know, Helen is the main character of this novel, and some other characters are also very important. I can easily say this after reading the novel: the story unfolds entirely through Lorna’s perspective, or through Naomi’s, and still find it compelling. There are plenty of fascinating backstories behind them, and they’ve all made destructive (and often downright evil) decisions throughout their lives.
Do you think I’d like to go on vacation with the Lingates in real life? No, not at all. There is no doubt about it. Yet I would still read another hundred pages about these characters’ devious and underhanded adventures on Capri.
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