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Can a place be evil?
Can it induce people towards crimes?
Are witches and ghosts real?
Moriah’s Landing, a small port town, looked ordinary at first
glance. A small town where everyone knows everyone and where the major income is
through tourism , one wouldn’t suspect anything out of the ordinary ever
happening but
Elizabeth Douglas has always
felt that something is just not right about the place. She feels the town’s history of witches, warlocks, bulk assassinations of witches, legends of ghosts
and the mysterious murders of four women twenty years before have lend the
place an evil aura and she feels that she can feel the undercurrents of this
evil.
Dr. Elizabeth Douglas, a genius, an expert in criminology, and a professor at Heathrow College,
an all girls institution where she is no older than many of her student, is also
haunted by a secret. Five years ago, when she and her friends were asked to
spend a night in the local graveyard legendary for its ghost, McFarland Leary,
her friend Claire was abducted and brutally tortured. Though Claire managed to
escape but she lost her mind and has ever since been in an institution with no
memory of what happened to her or who kidnapped her and Elizabeth has felt
herself responsible for Claire’s condition.
an all girls institution where she is no older than many of her student, is also
haunted by a secret. Five years ago, when she and her friends were asked to
spend a night in the local graveyard legendary for its ghost, McFarland Leary,
her friend Claire was abducted and brutally tortured. Though Claire managed to
escape but she lost her mind and has ever since been in an institution with no
memory of what happened to her or who kidnapped her and Elizabeth has felt
herself responsible for Claire’s condition.
As if the unsolved and
baffling murders of four women from twenty years ago plus the mysterious abduction
of her friend Claire five years before were not enough, Elizabeth soon becomes
the primary witness in two murders being the one who discovers their
bodies, as if the murderer wanted it to be so.
baffling murders of four women from twenty years ago plus the mysterious abduction
of her friend Claire five years before were not enough, Elizabeth soon becomes
the primary witness in two murders being the one who discovers their
bodies, as if the murderer wanted it to be so.
Soon it becomes clear
that the killer is targeting young women of Moriah’s Landing and Detective
Cullen Ryan begrudgingly turns to Elizabeth for help. Elizabeth has always been
in love with Cullen but she was always a “scrawny” girl for Cullen, who was
once a boy on the wrong side of the law as well as the town and who now has
turned himself respectable, returning to Moriah’s Landing as detective in the
Moriah’s Landing police department.
that the killer is targeting young women of Moriah’s Landing and Detective
Cullen Ryan begrudgingly turns to Elizabeth for help. Elizabeth has always been
in love with Cullen but she was always a “scrawny” girl for Cullen, who was
once a boy on the wrong side of the law as well as the town and who now has
turned himself respectable, returning to Moriah’s Landing as detective in the
Moriah’s Landing police department.
But are these murders
victims of the ghost said to rise every five years?
victims of the ghost said to rise every five years?
Are they somehow
linked to the murders twenty years before or with the unsuccessful attempt on
Claire five years ago?
linked to the murders twenty years before or with the unsuccessful attempt on
Claire five years ago?
Or are they just a
thrill for some sick, madman?
thrill for some sick, madman?
Now its upto Cullen
and Elizabeth to solve the riddle of the murders, catch the killer before he
gets to Elizabeth, who it seems is his next victim and also solve the mystery
of their feelings for each other.
and Elizabeth to solve the riddle of the murders, catch the killer before he
gets to Elizabeth, who it seems is his next victim and also solve the mystery
of their feelings for each other.
The introduction to
the town of Moriah’s Landing is unique and spine chilling. A fantastic start to a beautifully written multiple author series, Amanda Stevens
succinctly builds an atmosphere of mystery with legends about witches, ghost
stories where the ghost of McFarland Leary rises every five years to seek
revenge, strange murders of the past and talks about secret societies of
scientists conducting covert genetic experiments in Moriah’s Landing.
the town of Moriah’s Landing is unique and spine chilling. A fantastic start to a beautifully written multiple author series, Amanda Stevens
succinctly builds an atmosphere of mystery with legends about witches, ghost
stories where the ghost of McFarland Leary rises every five years to seek
revenge, strange murders of the past and talks about secret societies of
scientists conducting covert genetic experiments in Moriah’s Landing.
The stage
is set and the main characters introduced expertly for the successive books in
the series. The author is able to weave together modern gothic, mystery,
romance, history, legends about witches, ghosts, futuristic genetic
experiments, covert societies, a genius murderer and conflicts of the heart all
together without confusing to give a book that is tastefully written and one
that keeps us hooked till the end, leaving the reader excited to read the other
books in the series.
Secret Sanctuary
is a beautifully written
book where myth and logic come together and we get a book that can be read any
number of times. I give it a 4.5 out of 5 with a strong recommendation to read
the book as well as the series.
is set and the main characters introduced expertly for the successive books in
the series. The author is able to weave together modern gothic, mystery,
romance, history, legends about witches, ghosts, futuristic genetic
experiments, covert societies, a genius murderer and conflicts of the heart all
together without confusing to give a book that is tastefully written and one
that keeps us hooked till the end, leaving the reader excited to read the other
books in the series.
Secret Sanctuary
is a beautifully writtenbook where myth and logic come together and we get a book that can be read any
number of times. I give it a 4.5 out of 5 with a strong recommendation to read
the book as well as the series.
