For almost a year, every month surrounding a full moon, young girls have vanished without a trace from their homes in their small town and its surrounding farms. Just before the next child is set to disappear, a young stranger arrives. Only, she too is a young girl, a strange traveling musician who holds a bond closer to her fiddle than to any human being, and those who hear her say she wields an otherwordly power when she plays.
This novella struck me as unique from the first page. I rank it as one of the best-written novellas that I've ever read. It's creative, original, and vividly written.
The book, though short, kept me reading all the way through and looking around for more. Getty is a good writer who uses the language extremely well to paint images in the reader's mind.