Sipsworth Ruth Ware in a small lakeside town

in a small lakeside town where the local economy thrives on nostalgia for ante-bellum Texas - and some of the era's racial attitudes still thrive as well

But can you count all the way up to 20

As a rising session musician and backing vocalist

whose twenty-five-year journey allowed those children to reclaim their heritage and remember their forgotten names

pelican parents know just what to do

Sipsworth Ruth Ware in a small lakeside townFollowing the loss of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to the village of her childhood after living abroad for six decades. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss. She retreats into her home on Westminster Crescent, becoming a creature of routine and habit: "Each day was an impersonation of the one before with only a slight shuffle as though even for death there is a queue." Then, one cold winter night, a chance encounter with a