The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus

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WRIGHT, JAIME GO
THE HAUNTING AT BONAVENTURE CIRCUS

1928
The Bonaventure Circus is a refuge for many, but Pippa Ripley was rejected from its inner circle as a baby. When she receives mysterious messages from someone called the "Watchman", she is determined to find him and the connection to her birth. As Pippa's search leads her to a man seeking justice for his murdered sister and evidence that a serial killer has been haunting the circus train, she must decide if uncovering her roots is worth putting herself directly in the path of the killer.

Present Day
The old circus train depot will either be torn down or preserved for historical importance, and its future rests on real estate project manager Chandler Faulk's shoulders. As she dives deep into the depot's history, she's also balancing a newly diagnosed autoimmune disease and the pressures of single motherhood. When she discovers clues to the unsolved murders of the past, Chandler is pulled into a story far darker and more haunting than even an abandoned train depot could portend.

My Review:

Honestly, I wasn't sure I was brave enough to read this book. I mean, a serial killer and a haunted circus? Yikes! I thought I'd be cowering under the covers in desperate need of a night light but I'm happy to report it was more creepily fascinating than eerily terrifying. :-) And completely mesmerizing.

I listened to the audible version and I could not stop 'reading'. It got to the point where I had an hour and a half left by midnight -- which was already way past by bedtime. (Did I mention I could not stop????) So I reluctantly turned out the lights and then tossed and turned for an hour with my brain about to short circuit over trying to figure out not one but two timeline mysteries! I finally gave up and listened to the rest of book...in the dark. Cue the spooky music!

And I was absolutely gobsmacked! I mean, I really didn't see some (most) of it coming! So then I was up another hour mulling over the sheer brilliance of Jaime Jo Wright's cagey mind. I think I finally got to sleep around four in the morning! All this to say, clear your calendar before you start reading this book because it's not an easy one to put down!

This author has to be the queen of Dual Timeline storytelling. The way she balances the plots and the way they intrinsically start to mesh together until the end becomes a breathless flurry of "ooohs"and "aaahs"-- well it's stupefyingly mindboggling, I tell ya! And brilliant. And not to be missed!

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:

If you would like a chance to win a read copy of  The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus, leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoreadATyahooDOTca. If you add an email to your comment, remember to use AT and DOT instead of @ and . in order to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the draw via email, please add the title to the subject line so it's easy to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winner announced on Saturday September 12 2020 . Offer open to International Readers. Good luck