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Well it IS OCTOBER, so it's time for some ghoulish delights!
From Catriona McPherson, the Agatha-Award winning author of Quiet Neighbors, comes a clever, spine-tingling standalone Gothic thriller.
Synopsis:
Donna Weaver has put everything she has into restoring The Breakers, an old bed and breakfast on a remote stretch of beach in Galloway. Now it sits waiting—freshly painted, richly furnished, filled with flowers—for the first guests to arrive.
But Donna's guests, a contentious group of estranged cousins, soon realize that they’ve been here before, years ago. Decades have passed, but that night still haunts them: a sixteenth birthday party that started with peach schnapps and ended with a girl walking into the sea.
Each of them had made a vow of silence: “lock it in a box, stitch my lips, and go to my grave.”
But now someone has broken the pact. Amid the home-baked scones and lavish rooms, someone is playing games, locking boxes, stitching lips. And before the weekend is over, at least one of them will go to their grave.
Review:
Talk about a twister! First you will look at the guests, and think coincidence. Then you start wondering if their is evil afoot....then gothic eerieness sets in and you start to wonder if this is the light mystery you thought it was! This book straddles the line between mystery and gothoic noir so deftly, you won't realize you're reading a gothic tale, til the last few chapters, when you can't stop reading! There's a reason Catriona has won two Agatha Awards, as she keeps you reguessing in this book! Make sure this "Who REALLY done it years ago? AND now" thriller is on your fall reading list!
About the Author:
Catriona Mcpherson immigrated to the United States from Scotland in 2010. Her Dandy Gilver historical mysteries have won numerous awards, including two Agathas, and her contemporary novels have won two Anthony awards and been Edgar and Mary Higgins Clark finalists. Catriona is a proud member of Mystery Writers of America.
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