As with all novels by Jaime Jo Wright, Specters in The Glass House had me seeing ghosts! Never fear, though, this novel is Christian fiction and all the spooky goings-on had very real life explanations. I can’t tell you what they are, because that would certainly spoil things, but just know that things aren’t always as they seem and narrators are not always reliable. 😉 The complexly-plotted novel explores blessings and curses which presented an unsettling and sinister narrative that is juxtaposed with the goodness of God. The characters are troubling and troubled and are some of the most intriguing characters written by Wright. I found the mystery spread between two timelines to be intriguing as well — it kept me guessing until the very end. The atmospheric setting of the grand, yet puzzling, house and its greenhouse filled with butterflies was perfect. If you are creeped out by butterflies (I know someone who is), you may want to skip this book. LOL. All in all, Specters in The Glass House checks all the boxes for a twisty mystery with spooky elements.
Highly Recommended.
Audience: Adults.
(I received the ebook from the publisher through NetGalley. All opinions expressed are mine alone.)
In 1921, Marian Arnold, the heiress to a brewing baron’s empire, seeks solace in the glass butterfly house on her family’s Wisconsin estate as Prohibition and the deaths of her parents cast a long shadow over her shrinking world. When Marian’s sanctuary is invaded by nightmarish visions, she grapples with the line between hallucinations of things to come and malevolent forces at play in the present. With dead butterflies as the killer’s ominous signature, murders unfold at a steady pace. Marian, fearful she might be next, enlists the help of her childhood friend Felix, a war veteran with his own haunted past.
In the present day, researcher Remy Shaw becomes entangled in an elderly biographer’s quest to uncover the truth behind Marian Arnold’s mysterious life and the unsolved murders linked to an infamous serial killer. Joined by Marian’s great-great-grandson, can Remy expose the evil that lurks beneath broken wings? Or will the dark legacy surrounding the manor and its glass house destroy yet another generation?
Jaime Jo Wright, multi award-winning author–including the Christy and Daphne du Maurier awards–is a coffee-fueled and cat-fancier extraordinaire. She has entwined her life with the legendary Captain Hook, residing serenely in Wisconsin’s rural woodlands. Her literary vocation involves penning chilling Gothic tales, a baffling change from that of Austenites, with a strong preference to the master of dark, Edgar Allan Poe. Two mischievous urchins adorn their family, who keep their mother on her toes – providing an exhilarating amount chaos.
Visit her at: http://www.jaimewrightbooks.com and listen to her podcast MadLit Musings on your favorite podcast player or at http://www.madlitmusings.com.
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