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All the Way Home
A quiet little town in upstate New York, Lake Charlotte is the perfect place to raise a family. Or is it? People still talk of that summer ten years ago when four teenage girls mysteriously disappeared. Now the nightmare has returned.
416 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 23, 2000
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Wendy Corsi Staub
81 books1,894 followersNew York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub is the award-winning author of more than ninety novels, best known for the single title psychological suspense novels she writes under her own name. Those books and the women’s fiction written under the pseudonym Wendy Markham have also appeared on the USA Today, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookscan bestseller lists.
Her current standalone suspense novel, THE OTHER FAMILY, is about a picture-perfect family that that moves into a picture-perfect house. But not everything is as it seems, and the page-turner concludes “with a wallop of a twist,” according to #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben.
Her critically acclaimed Lily Dale traditional mystery series centers around a widowed single mom—and skeptic—who moves to a town populated by spiritualists who talk to the dead. Titles include NINE LIVES; SOMETHING BURIED, SOMETHING BLUE; DEAD OF WINTER; and PROSE AND CONS, with a fifth book under contract.
Wendy has written five suspense trilogies for HarperCollins/William Morrow. The most recent, The Foundlings (LITTLE GIRL LOST, DEAD SILENCE, and THE BUTCHER’S DAUGHTER), spans fifty years in the life of a woman left as a newborn in a Harlem church, now an investigative genealogist helping others uncover their biological roots while still searching for her own.
Written as Wendy Markham, Wendy’s novel HELLO, IT’S ME was a recent Hallmark television movie starring Kellie Martin. Her short story “Cat Got Your Tongue” appeared in R.L. Stine’s MWA middle grade anthology SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN and her short story “The Elephant in the Room” is included in the Anthony Award-nominated inaugural anthology SHATTERING GLASS.
A three-time finalist for the Simon and Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award, she’s won an RWA Rita Award, an RT Award for Career Achievement in Suspense, the 2007 RWA-NYC Golden Apple Award for Lifetime Achievement, and five WLA Washington Irving Prizes for Fiction.
She previously published a dozen adult suspense novels with Kensington Books and the critically-acclaimed young adult paranormal series “Lily Dale” (Walker/Bloomsbury). Earlier in her career, she published a broad range of genres under her own name and pseudonyms, and was a co-author/ghostwriter for several celebrities.
Raised in Dunkirk, NY, Wendy graduated from SUNY Fredonia and launched a publishing career in New York City. She was Associate Editor at Silhouette Books before selling her first novel in 1992. Married with two sons, she lives in the NYC suburbs. An active supporter of the American Cancer Society, she was a featured speaker at Northern Westchester’s 2015 Relay for Life and 2012 National Spokesperson for the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation. She has fostered for various animal rescue organizations.
Her current standalone suspense novel, THE OTHER FAMILY, is about a picture-perfect family that that moves into a picture-perfect house. But not everything is as it seems, and the page-turner concludes “with a wallop of a twist,” according to #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben.
Her critically acclaimed Lily Dale traditional mystery series centers around a widowed single mom—and skeptic—who moves to a town populated by spiritualists who talk to the dead. Titles include NINE LIVES; SOMETHING BURIED, SOMETHING BLUE; DEAD OF WINTER; and PROSE AND CONS, with a fifth book under contract.
Wendy has written five suspense trilogies for HarperCollins/William Morrow. The most recent, The Foundlings (LITTLE GIRL LOST, DEAD SILENCE, and THE BUTCHER’S DAUGHTER), spans fifty years in the life of a woman left as a newborn in a Harlem church, now an investigative genealogist helping others uncover their biological roots while still searching for her own.
Written as Wendy Markham, Wendy’s novel HELLO, IT’S ME was a recent Hallmark television movie starring Kellie Martin. Her short story “Cat Got Your Tongue” appeared in R.L. Stine’s MWA middle grade anthology SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN and her short story “The Elephant in the Room” is included in the Anthony Award-nominated inaugural anthology SHATTERING GLASS.
A three-time finalist for the Simon and Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award, she’s won an RWA Rita Award, an RT Award for Career Achievement in Suspense, the 2007 RWA-NYC Golden Apple Award for Lifetime Achievement, and five WLA Washington Irving Prizes for Fiction.
She previously published a dozen adult suspense novels with Kensington Books and the critically-acclaimed young adult paranormal series “Lily Dale” (Walker/Bloomsbury). Earlier in her career, she published a broad range of genres under her own name and pseudonyms, and was a co-author/ghostwriter for several celebrities.
Raised in Dunkirk, NY, Wendy graduated from SUNY Fredonia and launched a publishing career in New York City. She was Associate Editor at Silhouette Books before selling her first novel in 1992. Married with two sons, she lives in the NYC suburbs. An active supporter of the American Cancer Society, she was a featured speaker at Northern Westchester’s 2015 Relay for Life and 2012 National Spokesperson for the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation. She has fostered for various animal rescue organizations.
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September 30, 2021
This book is about a small town in New York where several teenage girls disappeared. Flash forward ten years later and it seems like it is happening all over again.
Three stars for this book might be a little generous but it definitely did not deserve two stars. The mystery aspect was the highlight of the book and I was interested in it throughout the whole book. I had no idea who it was and why these crimes were being committed. There were plenty of red herrings through the whole book to make the reader guess who was committing the crime. The solution was a total surprise to me and was well done. The problem with this book is basically everything else. This book was written early in this author's career and it shows. She repeated facts over and over again. If she started talking about a character she would tell us once again what has happened to this character up to this point. It felt like she didn't trust her readers to keep the facts straight. There were also several characters that were on the periphery of the action that were just not needed and did not add anything to the story. I believe they were introduced to add doubt to the reader but if they were involved it would have been so outlandish that the reader knows they have nothing to do with the story.
I wanted to know about the mystery and I wanted to get to the conclusion of it. The problem was getting there was problematic and a little rough. Overall it was a decent story. And it was decent enough that I never had a problem picking the book back up to find out how everything was going to be at the end.
Three stars for this book might be a little generous but it definitely did not deserve two stars. The mystery aspect was the highlight of the book and I was interested in it throughout the whole book. I had no idea who it was and why these crimes were being committed. There were plenty of red herrings through the whole book to make the reader guess who was committing the crime. The solution was a total surprise to me and was well done. The problem with this book is basically everything else. This book was written early in this author's career and it shows. She repeated facts over and over again. If she started talking about a character she would tell us once again what has happened to this character up to this point. It felt like she didn't trust her readers to keep the facts straight. There were also several characters that were on the periphery of the action that were just not needed and did not add anything to the story. I believe they were introduced to add doubt to the reader but if they were involved it would have been so outlandish that the reader knows they have nothing to do with the story.
I wanted to know about the mystery and I wanted to get to the conclusion of it. The problem was getting there was problematic and a little rough. Overall it was a decent story. And it was decent enough that I never had a problem picking the book back up to find out how everything was going to be at the end.
January 25, 2015
I don't understand how the ratings for this book are so high. I kept reading it and getting through it because I figured it HAD to get better with such a good overall rating. I wish I had put it down. It wasn't for me.
The story wasn't believable. The characters were corny. I absolutely hated how much "thinking" there was in this book. 75% of this book was different characters' inner thoughts. A little of that is great. However, this one was mostly inner thoughts. For example, someone would dial the phone to make a call. In between dialing and the person on the other line picking up, the POV would have three pages full of thoughts. Really? You can have that many thoughts in a matter of 30 seconds? Maybe my brain is just slow. That's a possibility, but I definitely don't think that much that fast.
The outcome was outrageous. It all came together with an unbelievable close. It was just out of this world kind of nonsense.
I did however like the fact that I didn't guess the ending. Probably because it was so "out there" that it would have never have entered I to me (apparantly slow) brain. ;-)
The story wasn't believable. The characters were corny. I absolutely hated how much "thinking" there was in this book. 75% of this book was different characters' inner thoughts. A little of that is great. However, this one was mostly inner thoughts. For example, someone would dial the phone to make a call. In between dialing and the person on the other line picking up, the POV would have three pages full of thoughts. Really? You can have that many thoughts in a matter of 30 seconds? Maybe my brain is just slow. That's a possibility, but I definitely don't think that much that fast.
The outcome was outrageous. It all came together with an unbelievable close. It was just out of this world kind of nonsense.
I did however like the fact that I didn't guess the ending. Probably because it was so "out there" that it would have never have entered I to me (apparantly slow) brain. ;-)
February 2, 2016
Wendy Corsi Staub is by far one of my favorite authors. I know every time I pick up one of her books I won't be disappointed. I listened to this novel on Audible and I wish I would have read it because I get so caught up in what the narrator is saying and their tone that I forget to listen to the words. It was definitely a good murder mystery and I continued to wonder about who the murderer was and why he or she was targeting young women. The end totally caught me off guard and I liked that. Pretty good book, overall.
January 13, 2016
This book had every character that makes me twitch: bitchy hormonal pregnant woman, shadowy husband, whiny toddler, TSTL flirty young woman, obnoxious teenager, mentally incapacitated mother; they are all there, plus a few more. TSTL Rory returns to the home from which her older teenaged sister disappeared one night ten years ago. Three other girls also vanished during that time and were never found. Rory is worried about her youngest sister Molly (obnoxious teen) who still lives with a non-functioning mother. Overly-anxious pregnant-woman-from-hell lives next door with whiny toddler and shadowy husband. Molly’s best friend who lives in the neighborhood fails to come home, echoing the disappearances from a decade ago. So what do they do? Molly goes next door to babysit whiny toddler at night by herself when toddler’s mother goes into labor. Why did they not bring the kid next door to Molly’s house, where other people were around? I also had to chuckle when a character used the movie “Psycho” as a psychological reference. That said, the mystery was good so I kept listening. Several secrets and mysteries were embedded that kept me guessing. I guess this was first published before cell phones were omnipresent; cells would have been helpful on several occasions in this story.
July 17, 2019
This was a good book but I’ll admit it’s not a 4 star but just a 3.5 for me. I guess too fluffy for me. I’m a blood and guts or mind mess with you type of girl. It was however a good fast read with a who done it that is shocking!
March 6, 2012
My first Wendy Corsi Stuab book and definitely not my last. The story takes places in a small town in upstate New York, which I loved because I am from NY. The town is like most towns in the area but all is not as peaceful as it should be. The Connolly's who are the main characters in the book have been dealt a heavy blow, when their daughter Carleen goes missing many years ago. Her sister Rory gets hit the hardest when her best friend also goes missing shortly thereafter. Rory , returns home to Lake Charlotte after graduating from Berkeley and traveling around the world to take over for her brother Kevin who has been overseeing their younger sister Molly as well as their mentally ill mother.
As the book progresses, Molly's best friend disappears and the story continues to unfold from there. This wonderfully written, edge of your seat story is highly recommended and I am adding all of Ms. Staub's books to my list.
As the book progresses, Molly's best friend disappears and the story continues to unfold from there. This wonderfully written, edge of your seat story is highly recommended and I am adding all of Ms. Staub's books to my list.
January 14, 2015
This was my first Wendy Corsi Staub and I found it wanting. The characters were cliche and annoying as can be. The pregnant woman in the story nearly drove me to over the edge. She was whiny and overly paranoid. So many things in the story were unrealistic and ridiculous. The main character supposedly couldn't stand the sight of blood and nearly passed out from a scant amount. However on two other occasions when she encountered blood, she had no reaction. There were many eye rolling moments for me during this story. It did have its good points too. The premise was good. There were some good twists and suspense but the delivery was short. The narration was pretty good. I'm not sure if the whiny factor was a bit over done or if the narrator actually captured the true essence of some of the characters and their whinier moments. It was narrated by Allyson Ryan.
January 6, 2017
Not one I'll remember a month from now at all. Far too predictable... although the author spends way too much time and effort trying to trick the reader, it's still pretty easy to figure out. All the characters were flat and unlikeable to me, making choices that didn't seem to jive with the authors beginning portrayal of them all throughout the book. Basically another book revolving around missing girls and a young "stubborn" lady (in this case, Rory, a sister to one of the missing ) returning to her hometown trying to solve the case. Don't waste your time
July 7, 2018
Unfreakingbelieveable what a goos book. I’m spooked!
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November 17, 2019Although I like this author this book just seemed to drag and I was forcing myself to read.
April 20, 2021
This book was a solid three star for me up until the end. The ending helped pull this book to a four star. It isn't easy for me to admit that I didn't have it figured out. That's what I think makes a good book.
June 11, 2017
A good one if you are looking for a quick, mindless read.
August 20, 2013
All the Way Home by Wendy Corsi Staub was originally published is 2007. It has recently been reissued in digital format.
When Rory was child her older sister, Carleen, disappeared. In short order, her best friend also disappeared as well as several other girls in their town. Then Rory's father passed away, leaving her mentally ill mother behind. Rory couldn't handle it and left to become an artist. Her brother Kevin took care of her younger sister, Molly, and their mother for years. Now, Kevin and his girlfriend want to take a European vacation. So, Rory comes home for awhile.
When she arrives she finds her mother's mental health is far worse than she imagined. On top of that her younger sister is resentful of Rory for staying away so long and is going through the early teen years. Molly does a great deal of babysitting for the young couple next door, Michelle and Lou and their two year old son, Ozzie.
Michelle and Lou live in the house where Rory's best friend, Emily lived until she disappeared. Now Michelle, who is pregnant with her second child, and alone in the house much of the time, believes she hears noises coming from Ozzie's room and Rory thinks she can smell Carleen's signature perfume from time to time.
When Molly's best friend, Rebecca, disappears on the anniversary of Carleen's disappearance, the town gets nervous and the media zooms in. This brings in a true crime author that may hold a secret to Carleen's activities right before she vanished.
This is one of those books that left me in the limbo between a three and a four star rating. So, really, I would have given it a 3.5 if I could have.
The Gothic ambience is right up my alley. Large old houses that may be haunted, mysterious and strange characters that may or may not be sinister, and a decade old unsolved case, plus dark family secrets that are finally revealed.
Some parts of the book didn't work as well for me. The ending was a little over the top. A sort of been there, done that kind of thing.
I put this in the romantic suspense genre, but it's really more of a suspense novel without much romance. The last chapter hints at romance and that's about it as far at that goes. So, if you are looking hot romance, it's not in this book. But, if you want a fairly solid, pretty creepy at times, mystery, suspense novel, you will probably find this one enjoyable.
Over all this one gets B/B-
When Rory was child her older sister, Carleen, disappeared. In short order, her best friend also disappeared as well as several other girls in their town. Then Rory's father passed away, leaving her mentally ill mother behind. Rory couldn't handle it and left to become an artist. Her brother Kevin took care of her younger sister, Molly, and their mother for years. Now, Kevin and his girlfriend want to take a European vacation. So, Rory comes home for awhile.
When she arrives she finds her mother's mental health is far worse than she imagined. On top of that her younger sister is resentful of Rory for staying away so long and is going through the early teen years. Molly does a great deal of babysitting for the young couple next door, Michelle and Lou and their two year old son, Ozzie.
Michelle and Lou live in the house where Rory's best friend, Emily lived until she disappeared. Now Michelle, who is pregnant with her second child, and alone in the house much of the time, believes she hears noises coming from Ozzie's room and Rory thinks she can smell Carleen's signature perfume from time to time.
When Molly's best friend, Rebecca, disappears on the anniversary of Carleen's disappearance, the town gets nervous and the media zooms in. This brings in a true crime author that may hold a secret to Carleen's activities right before she vanished.
This is one of those books that left me in the limbo between a three and a four star rating. So, really, I would have given it a 3.5 if I could have.
The Gothic ambience is right up my alley. Large old houses that may be haunted, mysterious and strange characters that may or may not be sinister, and a decade old unsolved case, plus dark family secrets that are finally revealed.
Some parts of the book didn't work as well for me. The ending was a little over the top. A sort of been there, done that kind of thing.
I put this in the romantic suspense genre, but it's really more of a suspense novel without much romance. The last chapter hints at romance and that's about it as far at that goes. So, if you are looking hot romance, it's not in this book. But, if you want a fairly solid, pretty creepy at times, mystery, suspense novel, you will probably find this one enjoyable.
Over all this one gets B/B-
May 10, 2013
All The Way Home
by
Wendi Corsi Staub
My "in a nutshell" summary...
Four young girls disappear...some from their very own beds...the crime is never solved.
My thoughts after reading this book...
Mysterious and thought provoking from the start...this is one of those books that will make a car trip or a plane trip or sitting out by the pool or on the beach fly by. I could not stop reading because I had to know what happened and what was still happening. The appearance of the mysterious stranger at the wrought iron gates...pierced my soul! Who is he? Who is she?
Ok...way too many mysteries in this book make it even more appealing. Rory hasn't been home in years...mostly to avoid the nightmare that began hen her older sister disappeared. But now that she is back...things are worse than ever. Mysterious strangers, more lies, and more disappearances begin to occur. I had no clue as to who what or where all the evil was coming from...I was freaked out by the kitten disappearing! And then when people began following suit...I could not stop reading!
What I loved about this book...
I read it last night, I read it this morning, I read it on the deck, and I finally finished it inside in our sunroom. I was not capable of putting this book down or saving it for later. It's not fun at all...it's nail biting terror. I was even capable of believing that nuns were evil in this book. I convinced myself that I totally knew who the murderer was...only to be shocked by this dramatic conclusion!
What I did not love about this book...
Hmmm...I can't even think of anything.
Final thoughts...
I haven't read books by this author in a while and I had forgotten her magic with a mystery. This one was tense, complicated and extremely satisfying...it's the perfect summer mystery!
by
Wendi Corsi Staub
My "in a nutshell" summary...
Four young girls disappear...some from their very own beds...the crime is never solved.
My thoughts after reading this book...
Mysterious and thought provoking from the start...this is one of those books that will make a car trip or a plane trip or sitting out by the pool or on the beach fly by. I could not stop reading because I had to know what happened and what was still happening. The appearance of the mysterious stranger at the wrought iron gates...pierced my soul! Who is he? Who is she?
Ok...way too many mysteries in this book make it even more appealing. Rory hasn't been home in years...mostly to avoid the nightmare that began hen her older sister disappeared. But now that she is back...things are worse than ever. Mysterious strangers, more lies, and more disappearances begin to occur. I had no clue as to who what or where all the evil was coming from...I was freaked out by the kitten disappearing! And then when people began following suit...I could not stop reading!
What I loved about this book...
I read it last night, I read it this morning, I read it on the deck, and I finally finished it inside in our sunroom. I was not capable of putting this book down or saving it for later. It's not fun at all...it's nail biting terror. I was even capable of believing that nuns were evil in this book. I convinced myself that I totally knew who the murderer was...only to be shocked by this dramatic conclusion!
What I did not love about this book...
Hmmm...I can't even think of anything.
Final thoughts...
I haven't read books by this author in a while and I had forgotten her magic with a mystery. This one was tense, complicated and extremely satisfying...it's the perfect summer mystery!
April 5, 2017
My 2 star rating is generous and is only because the book kept me intrigued. I had high hopes and every turn kept me guessing. There were so many characters and inner narrations going on that I had a hard time keeping track of what was really going on. I was so curious to find out the answer to all of the secrets and red herrings flying around the book that it kept me hooked. However, there are so many things that bothered me about the characters. All of the characters were very artificial and annoying. And many of the pieces of plot were so cliche that I was constantly rolling my eyes. The one-liners that came across the lips of the characters were so cheesy at times that it was nauseating. HUGE spoiler ahead.
July 6, 2018
This reminded me a lot of the old Mary Higgins Clark mysteries I used to enjoy as a teenager. POVs from many characters with rapidly increasing scene changes as the mystery climaxes, a strong and independent female lead character in peril, a minor romance, and a twist. Had Rory’s hair been styled in a chignon while she expertly made herself an omelet and a green salad I would have double checked the cover to make sure it really wasn’t one of Clark’s. Staub does spend a distracting amount of time in her character’s thoughts, no matter how repetitive they may be, as if she is serving a page count goal instead of the story. Had I not been on vacation reading this poolside, I likely would have abandoned it. But, for the time and place, it was okay.
August 27, 2013
A creepy book with lots of twists and turns told in incredibly thrilling page turning suspense. Years ago, girls started to disappear in Rory's small New England town - including her sister and her best friend. Now Rory is back after years away and girls start to disappear again.
This reminded me of a Mary Higgins Clark in that it read quickly and was filled with potential suspects and has a headstrong but vulnerable heroine. Great beach read!
This reminded me of a Mary Higgins Clark in that it read quickly and was filled with potential suspects and has a headstrong but vulnerable heroine. Great beach read!
January 4, 2014
Great story, kept me guessing
This is one of those books that I couldn't put. Mary Higgins Clark fans would love this book. Great read.
This is one of those books that I couldn't put. Mary Higgins Clark fans would love this book. Great read.
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June 20, 2015meh. Although I finished, meh.
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February 3, 2017too wordy
May 12, 2020
This book was very suspenseful. Shocked who the killer was. Good read.
December 14, 2018
I liked this book, but I was sort of disappointed with how it all ended. You find out what happened to the girls from that long ago summer and who was responsible, and when you do, it starts to make sense. But what happens in the present was a little unbelievable if you ask me, and I can’t say more about that or I’ll give away the story.
I listened to the audiobook, and though the narration was great, there were no pauses between scenes, so often times, I’d be listening and then if I zoned out, I’d be confused because suddenly it was on to a different scene with different characters. But other than that, it was good. Also, one thing to note is that the book seemed literally all over the place. You think it’s going to be just a story about this girl who comes home after being gone so long, but then it goes into what’s happening in the sister’s life and what’s going on with her friend. Even the neighbors get a side story. It all seems confusing, but the stories do eventually tie together so I can see it was necessary, but it was hard to see that in the beginning.
I don’t read a lot of mysteries and I’m never good at figuring out “who did it”, but this was alright. Just except for the ending. It was weird and I felt sorry for that person because it seemed like a lot of horrible things happened to them and that’s how they ended up? It was sad.
April 3, 2023
This could have been a solid 3 star read despite some ridiculous and illogical stuff. However, the childbirth scenes - is this author a psychopath???? I almost threw my notebook out of the window. Like, detailed, neverending, infuriating descriptions of labour. I fucking hate everything.
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May 21, 2021
This was my first book by Wendy Corsi Straub. I listened to this book and I was about to give up after 4 hours. There wasn't much going on in the book. The book was strange in the beginning. Why didn't Cory get a doctors appointment for her mom herself? Cory's pregnant neighbor would have had a planned c-section if the doctor had not been able to turn the baby around.
I very much doubt that Molly would be able to remember a voice she heard when she was 3, 10 years ago! She was supposed to recognize someone she hadn't seen in 10 years either, I doubt that. The director, sister Marget who had met someone many times wouldn't be able to recognize the same person? The book didn't really make sense. The story line wasn't really bad but the people in the book were not really likable. There should have been less about what they all were thinking, and more abot what they were doing.
I very much doubt that Molly would be able to remember a voice she heard when she was 3, 10 years ago! She was supposed to recognize someone she hadn't seen in 10 years either, I doubt that. The director, sister Marget who had met someone many times wouldn't be able to recognize the same person? The book didn't really make sense. The story line wasn't really bad but the people in the book were not really likable. There should have been less about what they all were thinking, and more abot what they were doing.
July 4, 2022
Listened to it as an audio book. It's a good book for that-the narration was very good, like listening to an old fashioned radio play. Some very good historical points ranging from houses constructed with underground railroad rooms to small town working class life. I lived in a house similar to those outlined and 'got out' about 15 years earlier than the characters. Corsi-Staub outlines matter-of-factly incest and abuse in a way that is factual yet displays how no one ever asked about 'that'. New England especially with the don't ask--don't tell, other small towns not openly accepting outsiders. It's pretty dark.
I had gone off the main highway and this was a good distraction from holiday traffic. I'm reading another of hers now. Thank you, Ms. Corsi-Staub for well-written distraction.
I had gone off the main highway and this was a good distraction from holiday traffic. I'm reading another of hers now. Thank you, Ms. Corsi-Staub for well-written distraction.
August 2, 2020
2.75
Rory Connolly has returned home to care for her ailing mother until children in the neighborhood, including her younger sister, are kidnapped. When Rory Connolly was thirteen, her seventeen year old sister, Carleen disappeared. Three other girls, including her best friend, Emily Anghardt, were also kidnapped in their small town, Lake Charlotte, New York. Prior to Emily's disappearance, she assures Rory that Carleen will just turn up – but she never has.
Good ending, but too drawn out. Too much on the storyline of the neighbor.
Rory Connolly has returned home to care for her ailing mother until children in the neighborhood, including her younger sister, are kidnapped. When Rory Connolly was thirteen, her seventeen year old sister, Carleen disappeared. Three other girls, including her best friend, Emily Anghardt, were also kidnapped in their small town, Lake Charlotte, New York. Prior to Emily's disappearance, she assures Rory that Carleen will just turn up – but she never has.
Good ending, but too drawn out. Too much on the storyline of the neighbor.
March 4, 2019
This was a good book to listen. I enjoyed the narrator and was able to overlook some aspects I didn't enjoy as much about the story since I listened to it. The story kept me guessing until the end, which was nice. I could have done with much less of Michelle at the hospital towards the end, it really slowed down the pacing. I did like the creepy atmosphere and house.
If you like a twisty domestic mystery, this could be a good book for you.
If you like a twisty domestic mystery, this could be a good book for you.
March 21, 2024
I’m just reading this book in 2024. I’m sick of the angry teenage girl trope. It’s so annoying. The complaining whiny woman. The regretful worried woman. Everyone in this book just repeats the same thing over and over. There are so many scenes where the character completely repeats everything that just occurred or keeps repeating what has made them upset or worried. It was almost as if she was just trying to make the book longer by filling with repetition.
May 24, 2024
Setting: Lake Charlotte, NY
A quiet small town in upstate New York is rocked by the disappearance of four teenage girls one summer. Now ten years later it seems like it is happening all over again. But who is responsible and why?
The first half of this book was boring and slow-paced. I wanted more to happen. 😴 But the second half was much better — more interesting and faster paced.
The plot of this story wasn’t bad just oddly slow-paced for a thriller mystery book. 🤷🏽♀️
A quiet small town in upstate New York is rocked by the disappearance of four teenage girls one summer. Now ten years later it seems like it is happening all over again. But who is responsible and why?
The first half of this book was boring and slow-paced. I wanted more to happen. 😴 But the second half was much better — more interesting and faster paced.
The plot of this story wasn’t bad just oddly slow-paced for a thriller mystery book. 🤷🏽♀️
May 2, 2022
I think I would have been more engaged if I read this instead of listening to the audio. There was a lot of jumping between perspectives and it was hard to keep up with. It was a decent story. I also wish I was prepared for the timeframe this took place. Hearing them “call information” made me giggle thinking about doing that as a kid. I kept asking “where is your cellphone” 😆.
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