A Small Indiscretion by Jan Ellison (received through NetGalley)
4 stars
Sometimes the past does not stay in the past; a fact Annie Black cruelly discovers when she opens an envelope enclosing a photograph from a time in her youth best left uncovered. Told in a narrative style addressed to her college aged son, Annie often skips around in time describing the time in her early adulthood in which she lived in London, when her current trouble first began and present-day. I found this format somewhat confusing until I was able to discern who and what belonged in which time period. The small indiscretion of the title is slowly revealed and the repercussions of the incident are not clear until the very end. I always enjoy novels in which patience is required to uncover the many intricacies of the plot and this one is done beautifully. There were scenes that I found unbelievable and Annie's decisions at time were definitely cringe-worthy but those are only small quibbles in this otherwise compelling novel. I received an E-Galley of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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