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Sara Faring’s last novel,
The Tenth Girl, blended the gothic setting of an isolated and haunted castle-like school with a stunning science fiction twist that elevated the plot to a whole new level. Her latest,
White Fox, could not be more different in setting and characters, and yet it also provides an excellent twisty narrative and mystery that defies obvious conclusions. At the novel’s heart is a pair of sisters desperate to discover what happened to their mother years before, finding her missing fairytale-esque screenplay, which might shed clues on what was going on in her life before she disappeared. There are also the financial issues raised by their corporate father’s recent death, the odd behavior of their uncle, and the possibility that both teens might be the object of stalking behavior. Who you can trust and, more importantly, who you should trust, are the issues at the heart of the story. Oh, and there are also robots, which might be a problem, because we hav