Published by Minotaur Books, St. Martin's Press Genres: Fiction, Mystery, thriller
Format: ARC, eBook
Who says you can never go home again? Dolores Hawthorne is a forensic pathologist who has not stepped foot in her hometown of Little Horton, Wisconsin in almost twenty years. When she receives a phone call from the FBI informing her father is missing under suspicious circumstances. Correct me if I am wrong but most people who go missing do so under mysterious circumstances, but I digress.
His final words to her were to trust no one, which doesn’t make coming home feel very inviting. Her family members are giving her a cold reception, and the townspeople aren’t that chummy either. But Dolores is determined to get to the bottom of what happened to her father and not one single creepy Halloween obsessed townsperson is going to get in her way or will they????
I thought the author did a great job of depicting the small town feel of this book. Little Horton, is where everyone either knows everyone, has dated everyone or is related to everyone. The author also does a great job of creating atmosphere and tension! The town has a dark, eerie, and creepy vibe with its Halloween obsession and cats running about.
This book is packed full of secrets and lies and a few twists as well. As the plot unfolds readers get glimpses into the past and the reason Dolores left town and stayed away for so long. This was a very well-crafted debut novel, and I look forward to reading more books by Rachel Louise Adams.
Dark, mysterious, and hard to put down!
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press | Minotaur Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
