Imagine if you had suddenly purchased a farm from your
husband’s employers. A farm that had a history attached to it, you just didn’t
know how much of a history. Imagine this all happening while you were dealing
with a personal crisis of your own, one that seemingly was pulling you away
from your husband. That is exactly the situation Molly Wasziak found herself
in. Now, imagine the main farmhouse having basement walls built from
gravestones that had mistakes on them. Back in the day when the farmhouse was built
nothing was wasted, thus a repurposing of these markers.
Now enter the past - way back to 1910 where Perliett Van
Hilton toted herself as a healer of sorts, she just wasn’t a doctor. Of course,
the town’s doctor, George Wasziak, could do nothing but laugh at Perliett and
her apothecary box. Maribeth Van Hilton, Perliett’s mother, held seances, but
the one spirit she would not call on was PaPa and Perliett always wondered why.
Then, there’s Jasper Bridgers, a newcomer to town, who was taken by Maribeth,
but not for the reasons you may think.
In this tale, the whodunnit was one I was not expecting,
especially when I thought I had it figured out. There is mayhem and murder,
love interests, family squabbles, family secrets, personal tragedy. I am really
enjoying this author’s writing style; there is such a consistency in her
writing and a consistency of her books with the past running into the present,
and seemingly there’s always some sort of building involved. If you like dual
timelines where the present collides with the past, I highly encourage you to
give Ms. Wright a read.
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