A Human Stain

This had lots of atmosphere and creeping dread, but collapsed under its own weight toward the end. Evidently the author had very explicit ideas about why things happened in the story, which were never even suggested in the text. Also, her ideas are kind of underwhelming, IMHO. You can check them out here: https://whatdoesnotkillme.com/2019/01/22/kellyrobson/