There is something -- someone -- evil in Burning Lake, New York. Detective Natalie Lockhart is examining a cold case where 9 people had vanished over the past 25 years. Then she catches her first ever murder case when a beloved teacher and wife of a fellow detective, Daisy Buckner, is murdered in her own kitchen. The town seems to have more than its share of darkness and soon Natalie and the rest of the BLPD are very busy with the investigation and search for the killer. NO SPOILERS.
The small town has a shameful secret: three innocent women were executed as witches in 1712. The lure of the occult is still strong there, however, and many young teenage girls get involved "into the Craft." As a young teenager, Natalie and her friends were involved in Wiccan activities and some of them even took a darker path and engaged in black magic and subsequently told lies and hid secrets. It seems now that events from many years ago have left a terrible scar.
I really enjoyed this introduction to the very atmospheric Burning Lake and to Natalie Lockhart. The writing was good, the plot convincing and different with the witchcraft angle. I look forward to getting to know the main characters better and imagine that future installments will bring a romance. The narrative zipped along and kept my attention with several surprises and a bit of a shocking conclusion at the end.
I'm off to start the second book in the series. Thank you to Minotaur Books for the e-book ARC to read, review, and recommend.
This is the first in a new series that I will read in order.
Genre - police procedural, crime thriller, elements of occult and witchcraft
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