The Daughters of Foxcote Manor by Eve Chase

Monopoly Book Challenge - Marvin Gardens - a book with a garden or plants on the cover
Once Upon a Book Club - August 2020
New Author

This was an easy read with an alternating timeline and mystery that kept the reader's interest. Some, but not all of the mystery was predictable but still entertaining, with characters one becomes invested in.

One thing that stuck out to me was how much the author loves the color green! Besides the obvious forest descriptions, there were: gold & pea green engagement ring, eyes like wet green glass, greenish clay mask, jelly-green water, Stiletto heels green as a Granny Smith, a green nut in a shell, and a vintage pea-green Porsche.

Summary from Goodreads: Outside a remote manor house in an idyllic wood, a baby girl is found. The Harrington family takes her in and disbelief quickly turns to joy. They're grieving a terrible tragedy of their own and the beautiful baby fills them with hope, lighting up the house's dark, dusty corners. Desperate not to lose her to the authorities, they keep her secret, suspended in a blissful summer world where normal rules of behaviour - and the law - don't seem to apply. But within days a body will lie dead in the grounds. And their dreams of a perfect family will shatter like glass. Years later, the truth will need to be put back together again, piece by piece . . .