Synopsis from Goodreads:
Caren Gray manages Belle Vie, a sprawling antebellum
plantation that sits between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, where the past and
the present coexist uneasily. The estate's owners have turned the place into an
eerie tourist attraction, complete with full-dress re-enactments and carefully
restored slave quarters. Outside the gates, a corporation with ambitious plans
has been busy snapping up land from struggling families who have been growing
sugar cane for generations, and now replacing local employees with illegal
laborers. Tensions mount when the body of a female migrant worker is found in a
shallow grave on the edge of the property, her throat cut clean.
As the investigation gets under way, the list of suspects
grows. But when fresh evidence comes to light and the sheriff's department
zeros in on a person of interest, Caren has a bad feeling that the police are
chasing the wrong leads. Putting herself at risk, she ventures into dangerous
territory as she unearths startling new facts about a very old mystery—the
long-ago disappearance of a former slave—that has unsettling ties to the
current murder. In pursuit of the truth about Belle Vie's history and her own,
Caren discovers secrets about both cases—ones that an increasingly desperate
killer will stop at nothing to keep buried.
My Review:
I liked this southern mystery even though at times the story
kind of slowed for me; it wasn’t an edge of your seat kind of mystery, but good
none the less. However I am still not sure if I really liked our heroine Caren,
it seemed like she had some problems with letting people get close to her
including her own daughter, I never felt like theirs was a really close
relationship even though it felt at times like the author was trying to force
me to feel that it was. I felt at times that Caren was very anti-social and
even when the other people at Belle Vie tried to befriend her she was very
stand offish.
I wish I could have learned more about Caren’s childhood and
when it came to telling Jason’s story I did feel like the ending was a bit
flat. Also this was too easy to put down. I wish the historical story had been
given more time I think this and Caren’s childhood would have added another
dimension that this was lacking. But I am not saying I didn’t enjoy this book,
it started out strong but for me fell flat at the end. I think it was Caren
that maybe turned me off she wasn't very likable and I think this book would
have worked better if she had been.
Narrtion of the this audiobook was done by, Quincy Tyler
Bernstine who was a new to me narrator but I thought did a very good job I
thought her voice was kind of a cross between Bahni Turpin & Jenna Lamia so
I will definitely watch for more by this narrator .
I know a lot of people enjoyed this book more than I did so
I say give it a try for yourself and see what you think. I do highly recommend
the audio version.
3 Stars-Good Book but some things didn't connect with me
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