The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner, #1)

by Sarah Pearse

It’s not in a stiff-upper-lip way, brushing things under the carpet—they’re simply forensic in their approach. If an issue comes up, they’ll talk it through, endlessly, exhaustively, and then deal with it. A plan is made and then executed. Job done. No looking back. No regrets. This is only possible because they’re all so open, in touch with their emotions and each other—lunch every Sunday, cozy chats and in-jokes. Holidays together each year. Elin sometimes wonders whether Will takes it for granted, all that love and affection.