Darcie Chan writes contemporary fiction about small communities, hidden lives and the long consequences of private choices. The Mill River Recluse centres on Mary McAllister, a wealthy widow who has lived for decades in near-total seclusion in a Vermont mansion, while the people of Mill River know little about the events that shaped her life. The novel gradually connects her past with the town's present through a wide cast of residents and secrets. The Mill River Redemption returns to the same community with two estranged sisters whose inheritance depends on completing a family task, while The Promise of Home follows another set of Mill River residents through absence, uncertainty and the support of the town around them. Her fiction is accessible and character-led, closer to community drama than to suspense despite the secrets that drive the plots. It fits small-town fiction, family stories and multi-character contemporary novels. Read more Less
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