Status Updates From The Black Opal

this is taking forever..

“I wish I hadn’t discovered all this. I just thought the doctor died & the family dispersed. All these years, I have known nothing about this.” ….Because you’re a moron, Carmel. Even if you missed the undercurrents as a child, you’re like 19 now. You’ve sailed around the world with your dad & lived in rough-edged Australia for years. There’s no excuse for not guessing some of this stuff. 🙄

Zzzzz. 😴 Definitely not one of Holt’s better books.

“Carmel, I am your father.” ….Thus surprising nobody with the most obvious twist in Victoria Holt’s entire backlist.