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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson comes an atmospheric and riveting novel of suspense that uncovers the horrifying secrets buried within a ramshackle house. . .

Vowing to make a fresh start, Sarah McAdams has come home to renovate the old Victorian mansion where she grew up. Her daughters, Jade and Gracie, aren't impressed by the rundown property on the shores of Oregon's wild Columbia River. As soon as they pull up the isolated drive, Sarah too is beset by uneasy memoriesâ??of her cold, distant mother, of the half-sister who vanished without a trace, and of a long-ago night when Sarah was found on the widow's walk, feverish and delirious. 

Ever since the original mistress of the house plunged to her death almost a century ago, there have been rumors that the place is haunted. As a girl, Sarah sensed a presence there, and soon Gracie claims to see a lady in white running up the stairs. Still, Sarah has little time to dwell on ghost stories, between overseeing construction and dealing with the return of a man from her past.

But there's a new, more urgent menace in the small town. One by one, teenage girls are disappearing. Frantic for her daughters' safety, Sarah feels her veneer cracking and the house's walls closing in on her again. Somewhere deep in her memory is the key to a very real and terrifying danger. And only by confronting her worst fears can she stop the nightmare roaring back to life once more. . .… (altro)

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Suspense
  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
Sarah McAdams returns to her childhood home, Blue Peacock Manor in Oregon, along with her two daughters, 17-year-old Jade and 12-year-old Gracie. Sarah hopes to renovate the rundown mansion which will be a big undertaking. Her memories of the place are not happy ones. On top of that, there is a possible ghost haunting the house; her ex-boyfriend lives next door; and local teenage girls are going missing. Sarah begins to question if this move was the right thing to do.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I loved the setting with the rundown mansion and surrounding property which included the family cemetery. It provided a terrific atmosphere for the story. There was such a colorful cast of characters, so well written, all with distinct personalities. Sarah’s family was interesting in that they were so unbelievably messed up, not only in the present day but also back in time throughout the family history. The ending was awesome. I loved how the kidnapped girls fought back and ended up getting the bad guy and their freedom back by their own hands. A fantastic read that held my interest throughout. ( )
  PaulaLT | Jan 29, 2021 |
The story was good but just not really what I expected it to be....or what it really started out to be. It started out at the Blue peacock Manor in the year 1924...with a manic chasing his wife throughout the house with an axe. I thought that this was going to be an exciting murder mystery with a lingering, maybe revengeful ghost. Instead it turned mostly into a modern day romance with a disgruntled teenager. Almost made me wish that I had an axe. I think the story just had too many plots. ( )
  Carol420 | Nov 29, 2019 |
I enjoyed this spooky mystery. It's not a traditional ghost story, although it definitely has a spooky element. It's a mystery, detective novel and paranormal story all rolled into one, with the added bonus of being set in a crumbling old mansion. Loved it! ( )
  jhullie | Mar 20, 2018 |
This novel is about Sarah, a single mother of two girls starting over by moving back to her family's old, run down, estate in a small town alongside the Columbia River. Planning to remodel and bring the house she grew up in back to its old glory, Sarah is unprepared for all the memories and unanswered questions surrounding her family that the remodeling dredges up. Not only that, but her younger daughter is convinced she sees the ghost of a woman who vanished on the property decades ago. This novel is part supernatural mystery, but mostly the present day journey of Sarah and her daughters finding their way through a mysterious family past and the present day struggles of starting over. When girls start to go missing around town, the small family is put on even more of an alert, and this novel was a fast-paced, interesting journey through it all. I was a tad underwhelmed when the kidnapper's identity was revealed, but the revelation of all the family secrets unraveling at the end more than made up for it. An excellent, atmospheric novel!

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  mcpl.wausau | Sep 25, 2017 |
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October 31, 1924
Blue Peacock Manor


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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. HTML:

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson comes an atmospheric and riveting novel of suspense that uncovers the horrifying secrets buried within a ramshackle house. . .

Vowing to make a fresh start, Sarah McAdams has come home to renovate the old Victorian mansion where she grew up. Her daughters, Jade and Gracie, aren't impressed by the rundown property on the shores of Oregon's wild Columbia River. As soon as they pull up the isolated drive, Sarah too is beset by uneasy memoriesâ??of her cold, distant mother, of the half-sister who vanished without a trace, and of a long-ago night when Sarah was found on the widow's walk, feverish and delirious. 

Ever since the original mistress of the house plunged to her death almost a century ago, there have been rumors that the place is haunted. As a girl, Sarah sensed a presence there, and soon Gracie claims to see a lady in white running up the stairs. Still, Sarah has little time to dwell on ghost stories, between overseeing construction and dealing with the return of a man from her past.

But there's a new, more urgent menace in the small town. One by one, teenage girls are disappearing. Frantic for her daughters' safety, Sarah feels her veneer cracking and the house's walls closing in on her again. Somewhere deep in her memory is the key to a very real and terrifying danger. And only by confronting her worst fears can she stop the nightmare roaring back to life once more. . .

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