Firstly we have Henrietta a neurodivergent, self proclaimed failed librarian who is trying her luck at a new job, transcribing the life stories of terminally ill cancer patients at the local drop in centre. Next we have Annie who has very little time left and a story to tell. Combine the two and add a mysterious death of Annie’s sister in the 1970’s and Henrietta’s need to know more and you have a Rosie project meets girl on the train contemporary mystery. 

This book was great. Henrietta is portrayed as the most beautiful logical and honest person who’s aim is to do her job thoroughly and if that means we must discover who killed Annie’s sister in order for Annie’s book to be complete then that’s what we need to do!
Annie is more of a troubled character having lived such a painful life and now only finding her own freedom and slowly discovering how cathartic it can be talking about it all with Henrietta. 

I loved how the story unfolds with duel point of views slowly giving us more snippets of the past and making you try and guess who did what and when. I thought I had figured it all out multiple time’s throughout the book, I was wrong. 

My only real gripe was the introduction of a new character and point of view at the end of the book. I somewhat understand why but feel this story could have been told through Henrietta rather then a new character who I just didn’t feel we had time to gel with. There was also a lot of repetition at the start of the book as if the author didn’t trust the reader to remember previously mentioned storyline.