★★★★★ Specters in the Glass House by Jaime Jo Wright, A Story of a Manor Shrouded in Mysterious Murders During Prohibition
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About This Book:
An ominous butterfly house. A sinister legacy. An untraceable killer.
In 1921, Marian Arnold, the heiress to a brewing baron's empire, seeks solace in the glass butterfly house on her family's Wisconsin estate as Prohibition and the deaths of her parents cast a long shadow over her shrinking world. When Marian's sanctuary is invaded by nightmarish visions, she grapples with the line between hallucinations of things to come and malevolent forces at play in the present. With dead butterflies as the killer's ominous signature, murders unfold at a steady pace. Marian, fearful she might be next, enlists the help of her childhood friend Felix, a war veteran with his own haunted past.
In the present day, researcher Remy Shaw becomes entangled in an elderly biographer's quest to uncover the truth behind Marian Arnold's mysterious life and the unsolved murders linked to an infamous serial killer. Joined by Marian's great-great-grandson, can Remy expose the evil that lurks beneath broken wings? Or will the dark legacy surrounding the manor and its glass house destroy yet another generation?
"Wright is in a class by herself."--Library Journal
MY REVIEW: ★★★★★ 5/5
Always a favorite author, Jaime Jo Wright delivers a perfectly mysterious, deliciously suspenseful new release!
With a captivating dual-timeline featuring both past and present, Wright wrapped me up in the emotional, perplexing murders of Mullerian Manor during the time of Prohibition and current day, unfolding this story one layer at a time. As residents encounter the puzzling history of the home, Wright weaves a tale of tragedy, family and faith.
With brilliantly crafted characters, Wright tugged on my heartstrings while simultaneously giving me goosebumps, enticing me with murder in a manor shrouded in mystery. There are interwoven, delicately-handled threads of life in foster care, loss, mental illness and loneliness, as well as a hint of love and romance which I loved! This book was everything I've come to know and love about Wright's books and it's a definite recommendation from me!
About the Author:
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Jaime Jo Wright is a three-time Christy Award finalist and the author of thirteen novels, including Christy Award-winner and ECPA bestseller The Vanishing at Castle Moreau, Christy Award and Daphne du Maurier Award-winner The House on Foster Hill, and Carol Award-winner The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond. Jaime has also written two Publishers Weekly bestselling novellas. She lives in Wisconsin with her family and fabulous felines. Learn more at JaimeWrightBooks.com.
