Debut Novel AVAILABLE NOW
Final Belongings by
Sarah beauchemin
AVAILABLE NOW
Juliet and Henry never met. Yet their lives resonate across generations when Juliet finds a photo with an urgent message in her uncle Henry’s final belongings.
Juliet Barton is reeling from a devastating divorce and her career in shambles. Then she’s rocked by her mother’s sudden death. Buried in grief as she sorts her late mother’s effects, Juliet stumbles upon the final belongings of her uncle Henry, who died tragically in Italy in 1971.
Hidden among Henry’s effects is an old Polaroid of a mausoleum with a mysterious note scrawled on the back. As Juliet unearths more and more details that reveal her and Henry’s uncanny similarities, she finds herself compelled to go to Italy to locate the crypt in the photo, convinced it contains something Henry wanted to be found.
But as she tracks down clues to her twenty-something uncle’s cutting-edge filmmaking in Hollywood, renowned coverage of The Vietnam War, and link to a 1960s rock icon, Juliet uncovers a haunting truth that pushes her into the line of danger.
Will unraveling Henry’s hidden past put Juliet’s own future at risk?
In this brilliantly compelling, suspenseful, and intoxicating tale told through the interwoven narratives of Juliet in the present-day and Henry decades ago, Final Belongings navigates the trauma of estrangement across generations, the secrets we bury, and the things we try to escape at any cost.
“a bewitchingly dark tale, as emotionally engrossing as it is boldly unconventional."
—Kirkus Reviews
“Beauchemin’s genre-bending blend of historical fiction, mystery, traumatic character study, and dramatic search for identity will keep readers engaged both with the story’s unexpected twists and also the hearts of the protagonists, which [she] lays bare in crisp, sometimes lyric prose…”
—EDITOR’S PICK, BOOKLIFE REVIEWS by publishers weekly
“i had chills running up and down my spine while reading final belongings. sarah beauchemin wrote a mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat.”
—5 STARS, REaders’ favorite
About Sarah
Sarah Beauchemin writes literary mystery and suspense fiction. She holds an MA in English and is a founding member of The Inkwells, a weekly read-and-critique group for novelists since 2017. Sarah lives in San Diego with her husband, the best cat ever, Sox, and piles of books.
When not writing, Sarah can be found immersed in some type of Gen X nostalgia.
