On a cold evening in November, Zoey Knight gets a frantic call from her sister. Their childhood home in remote Maine has burned to the ground. Two bodies have been discovered in the basement.
When the FBI suddenly takes over the case, it's clear something more sinister than a random double homicide has taken place.
Rumors go back to The Family--cult or commune, the wealthy enclave of Black Castle, Maine has never been sure. Twenty years ago, after the disappearance of a local girl, the group vanished. Now, signs of them are resurfacing.
Zoey finds this is no ordinary conspiracy. It doesn't just involve strangers, but the very people she loves. And if she wants the truth, she'll have to risk everything to find out.
The book opens with a gruesome scene. A woman is in the basement of a house that is on fire. She tells herself to wait until a particular time before going upstairs to get the two bodies that she killed. When it is time to leave the basement she wets two hand mittens and runs up the stairs into the fire. The woman grabs the bodies, drags them to the basement, and dumps them in a well that is in the basement. She then leaves the house feeling positive that her crime has been covered up. What a prologue! I am now engaged in the story and cannot stop reading until I have finished the book in one sitting.
The plot was amazing. The only suspicious characters in the beginning are Zoey and her sister Evie. As the story progresses you get an inkling that others could have done the crime. Toward the end every character held secrets about the crime and with all of them being depraved, it was impossible to determine the whodunnit. These characters were pathological liars, thieves, and murderers. The ending was quite a surprise and the reason for the title isn't revealed until the last sentence.
This book is an engrossing page turner. Mystery fans will love it. 5 out of 5 stars.
No comments:
Post a Comment