Nic, Corinne, Bailey, Daniel and Tyler - what do all these wild young adults have in common? Growing up, they were the closest of friends in Cooley Ridge, North Carolina. Corinne was the risk taker and the leader. She pushed them all to do things they may
not have done without her dares. But one day that all changed,
Corinne disappeared and has never been found. The investigation that followed was hard. Facts were laid bare, friends told on friends and everyone in the town developed their own theories.
Nicolette left Cooley Ridge as soon as she could. She left everyone
behind to move far away and start a new life. Now she is a counselor in high school and engaged to a dynamic, successful lawyer. Her brother wants her to return home and help him settle their father into a assisted living facility and sell their childhood home. Nic does not want to return but feels she owes her brother her help after how he helped her leave town. Soon she finds out that the monster who lives in the woods is real and after her.
Megan Miranda has written a page-turning thriller that will not stop until the last page.
From the start Nic is drawn to her old boyfriend, Tyler. When his current girlfriend disappears just like Corinne, the action really takes off. This is told backwards but the final twist was totally unexpected. Nic searches to find out who was involved in her best friends disappearance and at the same time find out what her father means with his
rambling, confusing stories. Will the truth come out this time? You need to read this book to find out! 5 STARS!! Loved it!
The Marsh King's Daughter, Helena, is a product of her birth between a sadistic rapist who kidnapped her mother when she was a teenager and the mother she never understood until it is too late. Helena loves her father but the realization that he does not love her or her mother all most comes too late. He only loves himself. Helena knows that she has to escape before it's too late.
At the beginning of each chapter Karen Dionne gives us a small piece of the Hans Christian Andersen tale. We meet the adult version of Helena. We find out that she is married with children and has a husband who does not know her story. We find out how she got to this point in her life and how she plans to go forward until word of her father's escape from prison reaches her.
Her father, Jacob Holbrook, has escaped prison after murdering two guards and she knows he is heading her way. She is determined to catch him and turn him in. He taught her everything she knows about the marsh, how to track and hunt. She can shoot and she's not afraid to track him and bring him in. Now her whole life just blew up because of him. Her husband did not know her story and now she has two precious daughters to protect. She will do anything to keep them safe from her father.
We follow Helena on the trail of her father with only her tracking abilities, her guns,
her faithful dog, Rambo, and her will to survive and put him back behind bars. She has no idea what she is up against. This is the suspenseful and well-written novel that is "The Marsh King's Daughter" by Karen Dionne. Needless to say there are many twists and turns for you discover as Helena and her mother's story unwinds through the chapters. Read this one with the light on and quickly!! 4.5 Stars!
