For over a century, the town of Gossamer Grove has thrived on its charm and midwestern values, but Annalise Forsythe knows painful secrets, including her own, hover just beneath the pleasant fa ade. When a man is found dead in his run-down trailer home, Annalise inherits the trailer, along with the pictures, vintage obituaries, and old revival posters covering its walls. As she sorts through the collection, she’s wholly unprepared for the ramifications of the dark and deadly secrets she’ll uncover.
A century earlier, Gossamer Grove has been stirred into chaos by the arrival of controversial and charismatic twin revivalists. The chaos takes a murderous turn when Libby Sheffield, working at her father’s newspaper, receives an obituary for a reputable church deacon hours before his death. As she works with the deacon’s son to unravel the mystery behind the crime, it becomes undeniably clear that a reckoning has come to town–but it isn’t until another obituary arrives that they realize the true depths of the danger they’ve waded into.
Two women, separated by a hundred years, must uncover the secrets within the borders of their own town before it’s too late and they lose their future–or their very souls.
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Violence - 2/5
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Summary
The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond by Jaime Jo Wright is a time-slip mysteries. We start with a mystery from 100 years ago. A eulogy is sent to the paper the day before the person dies. Everyone things he hung himself but Libby suspects foul play. The victim is the dad of one of her best friends. When it happens to another person also related to her friend they try to figure out what is going on.
During this time there are two evangelists that are having tent revivals and getting the community all worked up. To add more complications, Libby’s dad is part owner of the newspaper that is known for sensationalizing anything to help the paper sell.
Libby has her own secrets and guilt she is dealing with. One of the evangelists tries to get her to understand secrets are not good for the soul. And that God offers grace and forgiveness and she must also forgive herself.
Present day Annalise is dealing with her own secrets and guilt. When her highschool boyfriend moves back to town after 12 years she relives some of her guilt. Annalise owns a coffee shop and is trying to start a homeless shelter. Her ex boyfriend comes back into town to help with the project that is competing for the same land as the homeless shelter.
When an old hermit dies and they find pictures of Annalisa and pictures from 1907 they are trying to figure out how it is all tied together.
I love it when an author can throw in some surprises. Jamie did a great job of revealing some of the secrets from both storylines. The item that is stolen from Annalise house was well come.
There are a few others that I really enjoyed the surprises but I don’t want to ruin them for you.
Admittedly I had trouble keeping the people straight from the two time periods for some reason. However the book is good and worth the read. The storylines are well done.
Sexual content; not much romance in this. There is mention of sex out of wedlock but no details. kiss on the forehead.
violence - several mysteries deaths, drowning, hanging,
language - asinine was the only profanity I saw
drinking - a mention of drinking but not any of the main characters