Can a Legacy of Sadness be Broken at the Menger Hotel?
Visit historic American landmarks through the Doors to the Past series. History and today collide in stories full of mystery, intrigue, faith, and romance.
Young widow Hedda Krause checks into the Menger Hotel in 1915 with a trunk full of dresses, a case full of jewels, and enough cash to pay for a two-month stay, which she hopes will be long enough to meet, charm, and attach herself to a new, rich husband. Her plans are derailed when a ghostly apparition lures her into a long, dark hallway, and Hedda returns to her room to find her precious jewelry has been stolen. She falls immediately under a cloud of suspicion with her haunting tale, but true ghost enthusiasts bring her expensive pieces of jewelry in an attempt to lure the ghost to appear again.
In 2017, Dini Blackstone is a fifth-generation magician, who performs at private parties, but she also gives ghost walk tours, narrating the more tragic historical events of San Antonio with familial affection. Above all, her favorite is the tale of Hedda Krause who, in Dini’s estimation, succeeded in perpetrating the world’s longest con, dying old and wealthy from her ghost story. But then Dini meets Quinn Carmichael, great-great-grandson of the detective who originally investigated Hedda’s case, who’s come to the Alamo City with a box full of clues that might lead to Hedda’s exoneration. Can Dini see another side of the story that is worthy of God’s grace?
My thoughts:
The story of Hedda
Krause in 1915 was so interesting that I couldn’t wait to get back to it.. Don’t get me wrong, I loved Dini Blackstone
and Quinn Carmichael in 2017, but Hedda, the Menger Hotel and the mysterious disappearance
of her jewels had me turning pages as fast as I could so I could go back to
1915. It’s not just Hedda who held my interest during her stay at the Menger,
it was meeting the manager, the bartender and the story of why she was staying
there.
Overall, I thought
this is one of the best and most interesting books in this genre that I have
had the pleasure of reading. Ms. Pittman
has written a fantastic mystery, filled with memorable characters that pulled
me in from the very beginning. I loved the dialog and could easily imagine her
characters speaking the words she wrote.
Pick up a copy and
spend some time with these wonderful characters.
This is the start of
a new series that will be published by Barbour Publishing, so, I’m definitely looking
forward to the entire series. I received a copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
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