But guess what? That pretty bubble of joy is about to burst, big style. Life is great and things couldn’t be better. She is in London, putting together the last-minute details of her dream wedding to the love of her life, city financier Mark, and also in the planning stage of her first solo film project. The story then skips back three months, to happier times for documentary maker Erin. It’s an unusual, horrifying opening gambit and sets us up nicely for what’s to follow. Just six pages in and we’re already sent reeling. Who is Erin burying? The answer to that is a shocker. Yes, grave digging – and very interesting they are too. It’s clear she’s a level headed sort, someone who likes to know the nitty gritty of whatever she undertakes, which is why the chapter is littered with facts and figures about grave digging. It’s bloody hard work and to keep her mind off her aching muscles, she lets her mind run riot, sharing her thoughts with us. It opens slap bang in the present, in some unidentified woods, where Erin is digging a grave. Written by Catherine Steadman - She’s best known as Mabel Lane Fox in the Downton Abbey TV series, but Catherine Steadman’s debut novel couldn’t be further from the life and times of Lord Grantham’s fictional Yorkshire estate.
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