Excellent historical fiction, takes place during the Civil War and is written from the perspective of a southern family. What I didn't realize until I finished it, there is an extra chapter at the end which tells you that it is based on a trued story. Some of the characters are using their real names and taking place on Carntion Plantation which is a real place that is still there today. Very good story.

Fast paced psychological thriller pitting family against family and the playing field is not level. This book hits all the buttons for a smart ly written book. A wonderful read.

newly discovered author. i have seen her books many times at the library, but never checked them out. i like the recipes included in the books. have not read her other books, yet.

I quite enjoyed the cat in this book. It was a nice quick read. The mystery wasn't the most interesting and am not fond of the result. Though, the interesting characters and town are enough of a reason to keep reading. Also, a very intelligent feline.

My favorite book of hers so far! It was more than just a summer read. I think we all can relate to the road not taken but it was meatier than that too. Truly a great book!

A typical ex-motor cycle club book. This has a lot of different story lines that do come together by the end. It is part of a series but I didn't read any more. I am curious of the next book, but reading a sample didn't peak my interest enough.

This book really makes you think about the horrible events on 9/11. It’s crazy to think that people who actually contributed to the terrorist acts could still be living among us

As all of the books in this series, I loved it. Mary Anne is on vacation with the Pikes in Sea City. I think it would be so cool to go as a babysitter on vacation with a family.

I rate this book a solid 4 stars. The cover classes it as a thriller, but I thought it was more of a mystery than a thriller. A woman named Mima is killed one night on Whalsay Island, part of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. At first it is thought to be an accident, because a neighbor was out shooting rabbits at midnight in fog and accidentally shot her. But DI Jimmie Perez suspects that there is more to this and keeps digging. A second person is found dead, possibly suicide. Perez does solve the case,but the killer is not revealed until near the end, and the author left enough false clues, that I wasn't sure of the who or why until it all came together at the end. Anne Cleeves writes descriptive books. This series, set in the Shetlands, is best read in order, as I have been doing. Perez is identified as a "Black Shetlander,"i.e. descended form a shipwrecked Spanish Armada sailor in 1588. Some quotes: Mima's house: "Her house was tucked into the hill and you came on it very suddenly." Evelyn Wilson, describing university students working on an archaeological dig: "The two lasses from the university were there. What nice wee girls they are, although I think that Hattie could do with a bit of feeding up.. She's a skinny little thing. All eyes and bone." Perez thinking about his boss, the Procurator Fiscal: "He found it hard to explain the role of the Fiscal to English colleagues. Even Fran couldn't grasp it. 'But what does she do?' Perez always said that she was a cross between a magistrate and a prosecuting lawyer, but Fran didn't even get that." Jimmie is in a relationship with Fran, an English woman. I read this library book in 4 days.

I mostly enjoyed this book. I thought Kya "Marsh Girl" was a resilient character and Tate was a compassionate character, but was disappointed by the ending. I also thought that the poems sprinkled throughout the book were too much in some of the chapters. Owens was very descriptive in her writing and I could vividly picture the setting. Overall I enjoyed the book until the last chapter.