Book Description
1928
The Bonaventure Circus is a refuge for many, but Pippa Ripley was rejected from its inner circle as a baby. When she receives mysterious messages from someone called the "Watchman," she is determined to find him and the connection to her birth. As Pippa's search leads her to a man seeking justice for his murdered sister and evidence that a serial killer has been haunting the circus train, she must decide if uncovering her roots is worth putting herself directly in the path of the killer.
Present Day
The old circus train depot will either be torn down or preserved for historical importance, and its future rests on real estate project manager Chandler Faulk's shoulders. As she dives deep into the depot's history, she's also balancing a newly diagnosed autoimmune disease and the pressures of single motherhood. When she discovers clues to the unsolved murders of the past, Chandler is pulled into a story far darker and more haunting than even an abandoned train depot could portend.
The Bonaventure Circus is a refuge for many, but Pippa Ripley was rejected from its inner circle as a baby. When she receives mysterious messages from someone called the "Watchman," she is determined to find him and the connection to her birth. As Pippa's search leads her to a man seeking justice for his murdered sister and evidence that a serial killer has been haunting the circus train, she must decide if uncovering her roots is worth putting herself directly in the path of the killer.
Present Day
The old circus train depot will either be torn down or preserved for historical importance, and its future rests on real estate project manager Chandler Faulk's shoulders. As she dives deep into the depot's history, she's also balancing a newly diagnosed autoimmune disease and the pressures of single motherhood. When she discovers clues to the unsolved murders of the past, Chandler is pulled into a story far darker and more haunting than even an abandoned train depot could portend.
My thoughts:
Another incredible time-slip
novel penned by Ms. Wright that had me hanging onto every single word that was
so brilliantly written. I’ll be honest
and admit that I have never been a fan of a circus even as a child. I always felt so bad for the animals in cages
but it never occurred to me to think what life was like for the humans involved
in the circus. How difficult their lives
were which brings me to the story of Pippa Ripley who we meet in 1928 and what a
life she had. Filled with questions of where
she came from, who are her real parents but most of all why is the Watchman
sending her so many mysterious messages?
Chandler Faulk is
part of the present-day story, I genuinely liked and her adorable little boy named
Peter. Their relationship was true to
life and so believable that I could imagine the two of them together. It’s not all fun and games for any of the
characters in the book, nope, not at all because Ms. Wright has added so much to
the story. There are creepy sounds
coming from the old circus building that Chandler’s uncle has purchased and is
under renovation, an unsolved murder, a kidnapping and all the juicy bits that comes
from the pen of one of my favorite authors.
Overall, I thought
this page turning, sitting on the edge of my seat read was one of the most exciting
books I have read this year. It has more twists and turns than a wild ride and
I was sorry when it ended. I highly recommend this one.
I received a
complimentary e-copy of the book. All
opinions are completely my own.
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