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    Heidi Renee Mason is an Ohio girl transplanted into the Pacific Northwest. She is a homeschooling...
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The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield | 2006 | Fiction & Poetry
8.0 (7 Ratings)
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"The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield is one of my favorite books of all time. I love a British mystery and this gothic suspense kept me guessing until the end."

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The Silent Companions
The Silent Companions
Laura Purcell | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
7
7.3 (7 Ratings)
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This was a chilling read. Kept the suspense all the way through. Throughout the novel, however, it became predictable as to what would happen. A lot of horror troupes found themselves repeated. There is a lot more to this book than what is presented on the surface. If you're a fan of gothic horror, give this one a shot.
  
This cozy mystery is dedicated to Mary Stewart, and that should tell you something! A fan of gothic romantic suspense, the author has done a great job of incorporating the common elements of that genre into a cozy mystery.

I've always loved Mary Stewart, Phyllis Whitney, Victoria Holt, and similar authors, so I was very excited to hear about this cozy. I was not disappointed. There's the young heroine, living in an unfamiliar house, the "is he good or is he bad" guy, and the "he must be good but there's something we don't like about him" guy, and lots of other suspicious characters for us to distrust. All of these elements, combined with a modern mystery and a likable amateur sleuth, created a story I didn't want to put down.

This one also wrapped up a little differently than most cozies - the reader is left with a pretty good idea of what the characters will be doing at the beginning of the next book. I can't wait for it!