Awesome Book! The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb

 If you want to read a great book that has mystery, ghosts, a witch, great characters and a story that will keep you reading, pick up "The Tale of Halcyon Crane," by Wendy Webb. In the same genre of paranormal thrillers as Darcy Coates (whom I also love), this book was so, so hard to put down. I read it in line at the grocery store, at the gas pump, in the car (I wasn't driving)- it is THAT GOOD. **BONUS- a link to a short interview with the author about how she came to write the book. My thanks to Kristin for sending it to me. You need to read it!  Today's blog gives a book summary and a link to the short author interview. 

ABOUT THE BOOK: Searching A young woman travels alone to a remote island to uncover a past she never knew was hers in this thrilling modern ghost story

When a mysterious letter lands in Hallie James's mailbox, her life is upended. Hallie was raised by her loving father, having been told her mother died in a fire decades earlier. But it turns out that her mother, Madlyn, was alive until very recently. Why would Hallie's father have taken her away from Madlyn? What really happened to her family thirty years ago?

In search of answers, Hallie travels to the place where her mother lived, a remote island in the middle of the Great Lakes. The stiff islanders fix her first with icy stares and then unabashed amazement as they recognize why she looks so familiar, and Hallie quickly realizes her family's dark secrets are enmeshed in the history of this strange place. But not everyone greets her with such a chilly reception―a coffee-shop owner and the family's lawyer both warm to Hallie, and the possibility of romance blooms. And then there's the grand Victorian house bequeathed to her―maybe it's the eerie atmosphere or maybe it's the prim, elderly maid who used to work for her mother, but Hallie just can't shake the feeling that strange things are starting to happen . . .

In The Tale of Halcyon Crane, Wendy Webb has created a haunting story full of delicious thrills, vibrant characters, and family secrets. 

 SHORT AUTHOR INTERVIEW:  Hear author Wendy Webb talk about her novel The Tale of Halcyon Crane. In this modern ghost story, a mysterious letter lands in Hallie James's mailbox, and her life is upended. What really happened to her family thirty years ago? LISTEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_QK0N-yADo