In 1968 four women were found slain in the back of buses in the small town of Haunting Pines. No witnesses, no suspects, no evidence. Five years later, Skye Guthrie is sent to report on the recent 1973 murders that mirror the last spate of gruesome killings. After befriending an enigmatic writer with a secretive past, she tries to penetrate the wall of silence and get the locals to speak with her. Confronted with unrelenting rain and fog, she is swept up by an old haunting while facing the immediate danger of an elusive killer. Worse, she bears the burden of an old tragedy, returning to the place where a murder during her childhood set her name in infamy.
Bambi Harris is an Australian-American author of numerous novels, including the beloved, Afterlife Series and Coma Mysteries, and popular standalone mysteries like The Apparition and The Missing. A prolific mystery novelist, her page-turning books are touted for their eerie compelling storylines. Her genres include the paranormal, death, romance, murder, time travel, thriller, sci-fi, inspiration, history, and the supernatural.
She lives with her husband and dogs in rural USA, in a historical-themed museum house. Among her loves are antiques, history, rescue dogs, coffee, and travel.
This book really hits the sweet spot. Creepy as heck without being gory, mysterious without being overly obscure, romantic without being maudlin. The characters are likeable, and you really care what happens to them! And, in these uncertain times, a lot of us desperately need a happy ending, which Bambi Harris delivers!! I love that not everything is neatly tied up at the end, although you just have the feeling that everything in Skye's world is going to be okay. I really needed that.
Good Read! There were parts that felt like they were dragging and I had to push through and toward the end it felt like it was going to take a weird supernatural turn and was throwing off the vibe but overall it was a pretty good book.