It’s Jeanie who discovers their mother’s body, Julius soon appearing dishevelled with sleep. When Dot thinks she hears a noise in the middle of the night she gets up to investigate, collapsing and hitting her head on the flagstoned hearth. Set in southern England, not too far from where I live, this new novel explores the darker side of rural life through the story of Julius and Jeanie Seeder, middle-aged twins who have lived in the same cottage all their lives. Suffice to say I’ve read and enjoyed all four, beginning with her debut, Our Endless Numbered Days, back in 2015. She’s one of those authors whose writing straddles the often very thin line between literary and commercial fiction, not that I’m sure I could define either of those terms. Unsettled Ground is Claire Fuller’s fourth novel.
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