Review: Completely captivating, Gerritsen's writing pulls the reader right back into the 1830's for a suspenseful mystery. Gerritsen paints a vivid picture for the imagination with her descriptive writing. And in addition this book was emotionally enthralling as well.
The plot was well thought out and had me guessing right up until the very end. I loved the back and forth from the present to the past, although the past was my favorite part. This book read like a movie, I still have the images in my mind.
Synopsis: After going through a divorce, Julia buys a house out in Boston. While gardening one day she happens to dig up a skull and unearth a mystery. She begins to research the former occupants of the house, even driving up to Maine to visit with an elderly man connected to the resident. What she finds is a string of unsolved murders from the 1830's. Pregnant women dying during childbirth and nurses all murdered.
In the 1830's Rose is an attractive and poor Irish immigrant whose sister just died giving birth to her niece. Someone is after the baby, and Rose is the only person to have seen the dark shrouded figure who murdered her sisters nurse and possibly her sister. She takes the baby and goes into hiding.
Norris is a poor and talent student studying to be a doctor. He has the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time and becomes the prime murder suspect. Norris goes in search of the one person who has seen the real killer. Together they work to find the answers behind these deaths and stop the killer.
Rating: 10
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