FICTION A Keeper Graham Norton Hodder & Stoughton $32.99

Elizabeth Keane has returned to clean out her childhood home after her elderly mother Patricia’s death. Among the decades of clutter she stumbles across a box of secrets that sends her on an unexpected trip through the Irish countryside and back in time. This second novel from well-known Irish broadcaster and comedian Norton bounces between present day and four decades earlier as we uncover what Patricia kept from her daughter.

Almost everyone in the story is odd and few of the characters are particularly likeable, but all are intriguing. t is a strange and gripping story. Right when you think all the answers are becoming clear, there’s a twist.