I was totally engaged by this novel, and wizzed through it in a matter of days. It is immensely ‘readable’ just as the publisher promised!
Cate’s life has been turned upside down. It’s four years since her beloved husband Richard’s death, and she and her son Leo are left without a home or an income. Richard’s grandfather established an old Victorian museum in the small town of Crouch-on-Sea, and as Leo is a direct descendant they can live there for free. So they pack up their London life and move to the most eccentric home imaginable.
This novel has all the right ingredients: a spooky old museum full of stuffy animals; a spooky old woman in residence of said spooky museum; family secrets; grief and guilt; single parent issues; finding new love and ultimately embracing a new life.
Hatters Museum of the Wide Wide World is based on the very real Powell-Cotton Museum in Kent. I can’t wait to visit it when it re-opens after the pandemic. It really does look intriguing. Check it out on Facebook! But in the meantime, read this unputdownable book to put you in the mood!