My thoughts
This book is so good. A bit over the top, but still so good. It has just enough family drama, inheritance info, creepy vibes, scary and thriller effect, to keep you wanting to know the truth. Is it really a family curse, a family gift, a folklore, or just someone playing a mean cruel trick?
Samantha inherits nothing when her grandfather dies. Well she can inherit quite a bit if she stays in the family home for a month. Just one month. Other family are upset over this. They think they should inherit this. So Sam does along with her aunt. Almost immediately Sam's aunt goes missing. The local sheriff is called and things go from there. The caretaker is a man who Sam knows. His younger brother was killed on this land. By Sam's dad. Or at least that is what Sam always said. Her grandfather was angry over this. He insisted that Sam was wrong and he wants her to stay on the land in hopes of her finding the truth.
This book is another great by Kelley Armstrong. One of my favorite authors. She writes in a way that you begin to believe in things that are in no way possible. Or are they? This book kept me on edge in a few places and had me questioning everyone. I had so many suspects that I may have invented a few. I was wrong on every account.
Sam needs this inheritance to help her mother stay in an assisted care facility. For herself to be able to go back to college. And to help Ben, the one whose brother was murdered. Or to continue with the helping of his dad. Sam and Ben work together to solve the mystery of what happened to Sam's aunt and maybe what really happened to Ben's younger brother.
I enjoyed this book. It would be a perfect Halloween read. Maybe even a book group read. All the mystery and edge of your seat thrills. Along with a glimpse into the legend of the headless horseman. Only he is on this land now. And he will hurt anyone who hurts "HER."
Thank you St Martin's Press and Macmillan Audio for this ARC. It was my BOTM choice last month ago also.
4.5 stars
Samantha inherits nothing when her grandfather dies. Well she can inherit quite a bit if she stays in the family home for a month. Just one month. Other family are upset over this. They think they should inherit this. So Sam does along with her aunt. Almost immediately Sam's aunt goes missing. The local sheriff is called and things go from there. The caretaker is a man who Sam knows. His younger brother was killed on this land. By Sam's dad. Or at least that is what Sam always said. Her grandfather was angry over this. He insisted that Sam was wrong and he wants her to stay on the land in hopes of her finding the truth.
This book is another great by Kelley Armstrong. One of my favorite authors. She writes in a way that you begin to believe in things that are in no way possible. Or are they? This book kept me on edge in a few places and had me questioning everyone. I had so many suspects that I may have invented a few. I was wrong on every account.
Sam needs this inheritance to help her mother stay in an assisted care facility. For herself to be able to go back to college. And to help Ben, the one whose brother was murdered. Or to continue with the helping of his dad. Sam and Ben work together to solve the mystery of what happened to Sam's aunt and maybe what really happened to Ben's younger brother.
I enjoyed this book. It would be a perfect Halloween read. Maybe even a book group read. All the mystery and edge of your seat thrills. Along with a glimpse into the legend of the headless horseman. Only he is on this land now. And he will hurt anyone who hurts "HER."
Thank you St Martin's Press and Macmillan Audio for this ARC. It was my BOTM choice last month ago also.
4.5 stars
About
From New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a nail-biting supernatural horror about a haunted lakeside property and twisted family secrets.
When Samantha Payne’s grandfather dies, she figures she won’t even get a mention in the will. After all, she hasn’t seen him in fourteen years, not since her father took his own life after being accused of murdering a child at their lakefront cottage. Her grandfather always insisted her father was innocent, despite Sam having caught him burying the child’s body, his clothing streaked with blood.
But when she does attend the reading of the will at the behest of her aunt, she discovers that her grandfather left her the very valuable lakefront property where the family cottage sits. There’s one catch: Sam needs to stay in the cottage for a month. To finally face the fact she was wrong and her father was innocent, in her grandfather's words.
Traveling to Paynes Hollow, Sam is faced with the realities of her childhood and the secrets kept hidden in the shadows of her memories. When her aunt goes missing a couple days into their stay, Sam begins to question everything again. Plagued by nightmares and paranoia, she begins hearing sounds in the forest and seeing shapes crawling from the water as the rippling waves of the lake promise something unspeakably dark lurking just below their surface.
When Samantha Payne’s grandfather dies, she figures she won’t even get a mention in the will. After all, she hasn’t seen him in fourteen years, not since her father took his own life after being accused of murdering a child at their lakefront cottage. Her grandfather always insisted her father was innocent, despite Sam having caught him burying the child’s body, his clothing streaked with blood.
But when she does attend the reading of the will at the behest of her aunt, she discovers that her grandfather left her the very valuable lakefront property where the family cottage sits. There’s one catch: Sam needs to stay in the cottage for a month. To finally face the fact she was wrong and her father was innocent, in her grandfather's words.
Traveling to Paynes Hollow, Sam is faced with the realities of her childhood and the secrets kept hidden in the shadows of her memories. When her aunt goes missing a couple days into their stay, Sam begins to question everything again. Plagued by nightmares and paranoia, she begins hearing sounds in the forest and seeing shapes crawling from the water as the rippling waves of the lake promise something unspeakably dark lurking just below their surface.
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