Losing Nicola

A woman returns to an English coastal village-the scene of a childhood crime-in a "gripping murder mystery and . . . psychologically complex coming-of-age tale" ( Booklist ). After losing her husband in World War II, Fiona Beecham brought her two children to live with their aunt on the coast of Kent. Alice and Orlando enjoyed a quiet adolescence in the sprawling Glenfield House. But that all changed when Nicola Stone arrived. Thirteen-year-ol...