"An exciting modern day gothic romance"
Helen London asks her friend Bonnie "Bree" Brennan of the
Light Street Detective Agency for help. Helen's brother
Troy, a widower for about a year, has vanished except for
his emails, but those seem so out of character for him.
The sleuth agrees to learn what is going on. On the drive north of San Francisco to Troy's home
Ravencrest, Helen thinks back to her attraction to the
owner when they met seven years ago, but alas nothing came
of it as she had to leave. At the estate she informs the
housekeeper that she was just hired to teach Troy's
daughter six years old Dinah. The Sterlings, who live in
the mansion and act like the owners, question the newcomer
and treat Bree as hired help. Once settled, it is the
ghostly sounds of Troy that frighten the undercover sleuth,
but courage comes from the waif Dinah who needs her and the
haunting comments of the weird residents who claim the
owner is a prisoner inside his walls. Though scared, Bree
searches for the missing Troy not yet realizing the danger
she faces. The latest 43 Light St. tale is an exciting modern day
gothic romance with all the usual sub-genre elements that
light up the book from the moment lightning strikes as Bree
arrives at Ravencrest. The story line will hook fans fully
appreciative of Bree's concerns for father and daughter as
the eerie and the dangerous seem in control of the
foreboding edifice. The stereotyped secondary cast fits
quite nicely inside the gothic atmosphere that haunts the
heroine and the reader. Rebecca York is in top form as
usual. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted March 25, 2003
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