Remind me to never read another book that is up for a Booker Prize-How in the world did that ever happen!  Per its description: A Town Called Solace is a masterful, suspenseful...... I did not find any suspenseful elements in this book. It did cover raw emotions that we experience when going though the trials of life. But I found no suspense at all. Hence the one star for me. Felt more like a cozy mystery in a small town. I did finish it as it was a book club read, but it was a struggle. Mrs. Orchard and her journal musings, My Love-about pushed me over the do not finish edge. I wanted that old bat to die so I didn't have to hear any more of her journal entries!