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.
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Sexual Content - 1/5
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Violence - 2/5
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Language - 0/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 0/5
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Summary
The Haunting at the Bonaventure Circus by Jaime Jo Wright is a dual time mystery. Jaime has a talent for weaving two time periods together.
Admittedly the beginning of the book was a bit tedious for me. I felt the author played out Chandler’s mystery a little too much. If this is your first book by Jaime, know that her others are even better.
Once I got past the first few chapters, I was hooked. There are several characters so this is not a book you will speak read. You will want to soak it all in.
The characterization and their relationships pulled me into the story. Pippa was my favorite character and I so wanted Lily to make it. Chandler was okay. Sometimes I want fiction where the female has her life together and doesn’t need significant counseling; this is not Chandler.
The story feels fast paced, with so many unexpected twists and turns.
I received this book from Netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review.
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