“Your future contains dry bones. Your slow demise begins right when you hold the queen in the palm of one hand. Beware the bird, for it will betray you. And from that, there’s no coming back. But daughters are the key to justice, find the right one and keep her close. All signs point to your murder.”
In 1965, at age 17, Frances Adams receives this prediction about her future from a psychic and it sticks with her throughout the rest of her life. She lives her life paranoid about everyone around her and trying to figure out who will eventually murder her. Cut to present day where we meet Annie Adams, an aspiring mystery author and the great niece of Frances. Annie receives a letter in the mail asking her to come meet her great-aunt Frances for the first time as she has been named in her will. When she arrives however, Frances has been murdered. At the reading of her will, it is revealed that there will be a competition between Annie and others close to Frances to solve the murder. Whoever solves the murder will become the sole benefactor of the will. Annie sets off on a thrilling venture to solve Frances’ murder and gets lost in her great-aunt’s old diary that will lead her to the killer.
This book was wonderful. I truly enjoyed every minute of reading it and I would love to read more by this author. The pacing was great, the characters were lovable, and the story was fascinating. I have not read a book like this in such a long time. It was fun in a way that did not diminish the fact that a murder had taken place. It deals with the loss of someone that Annie truly didn’t know and wished she had gotten the chance to. I also really loved the way that the diary chapters were included in the book as a bit of an alternating timeline. Annie was a compelling character that I really loved and the rest of the cast of characters were intriguing and I loved getting to know their stories. I truly do not have a bad thing to say about this book. 
Thank you to Penguin Group, Dutton and NetGalley for providing access to this ARC in return for an honest review. All opinions are my own.