The publisher on the novel:
Can a family’s dark history repeat itself?
Estella Ecker has returned to Rockfall House, the last place on earth she wants to be. Years after she ran away from her overbearing father, she has been forced back home to walk in his footsteps, teaching at the college he dominated and living in the fabulous home where he entertained artists and scholars for decades—and perhaps she owns it now, because her mercurial mother has disappeared. At the center of everything—the whispers, the rumors, the secrets—is her father’s library of rare books, which she had been forbidden to touch while he was alive to stop her.
Everyone in town is watching Estella, with her dead father’s name on their lips, and no one seems to care about her missing mother. Who were her parents, really, and is the answer hidden somewhere in the depths of Rockfall House? And who will Estella be, if she gathers enough courage to find that answer? What she will discover is that no one can escape the secrets hidden in this dark library.
Suspenseful and unsettling but ultimately triumphant, The Dark Library by acclaimed author Mary Anna Evans is a compelling tale of mystery, family secrets, and the quest for truth.
My thoughts:
I’ve read other novels by this author and enjoyed them. This one, set in the near WWII period felt a little different. It seemed a bit more Gothic in nature to me but that is not a bad thing. The story is suspenseful as readers want to know what has happened to Estelle’s mother, why her father has/had so much sway and what is going/has gone on in that library.
In these pages readers will find an interesting story, espionage, mysterious deaths and even some romance.
Those who enjoy this genre will want to give this title a look. The pages definitely turn.
Many thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for this title. All thoughts are my own.
384 pages
Mystery & Thriller/Historical fiction
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