When Nora and Charlotte were 11-years-old, their 16-year-old
baby sitter, Rose, mysteriously vanished. They delved
headfirst into a full scale investigation of their own,
aided by the Time Life set of books called Mysteries of the
Unknown. Charlotte was clearly the stronger of the two girls
and she took the lead in pulling Nora along with her into
hypnosis, astral projection, psychometry, and various other
occult means of finding Rose. Another part of the story is
that Nora was the last one known to see Rose alive, and this
changed Nora's life forever.
Now that both girls are adults and leading their own
separate lives miles away from each other, a body is found
in their home town of Waverly. It's believed to be the body
of the long lost Rose. Charlotte gets in touch with Nora,
who immediately plans a trip back to Waverly. When she
arrives, it seems that not a lot has changed and she
remembers why she couldn't wait to get away in the first place.
Revisiting the past sometimes just isn't a great idea but
she feels she must find out what happened to Rose so many
years ago. She gets in touch with Toby, her almost boyfriend
at one time, who can't decide if he's happy to see her or
not. Charlotte is acting really strange by pulling out poems
that were submitted long ago to their old high school's
literary magazine. These poems sound suspiciously like Rose
may have written them, but she was already missing when they
were anonymously submitted.
There are many players in the life of Rose, Nora, and
Charlotte and any of these people could have been
responsible for her disappearance. Nora seems to be the most
determined to figure out the mystery as she digs into what
she knows from that time and pieces it together with what
she discovers after the fact.
Told in both the past and the present, IN SEARCH OF THE ROSE
NOTES is one of the most captivating mysteries you're likely
to pick up. It will grab and hold your attention until the
final page, where all of the answers will be revealed.
You'll be happy you came along for the ride.
At age eleven, Nora and Charlotte are the best of
friends—until their teenager babysitter, Rose, disappears
under mysterious circumstances. They decide to
“investigate,” using paranormal theories and techniques they
glean from a hand-me-down collection of Time-Life books. But
their search goes nowhere, and leaves both girls distraught
and angry with each other.
In her late twenties, Nora is drawn back her old
neighborhood, and to Charlotte, when Rose’s bones are found.
She was probably murdered, and Charlotte is adamant that
they solve the crime. Nora—who was the last known person to
see Rose alive—is forced to reconsider her memory of the
events surrounding the disappearance, and her own troubled
adolescence following those fateful days. And she’s not sure
if she’s ready to face the secrets that begin to surface.
Told in alternating narratives from the past and present,
this is a mystery about broken friendship and the unease of
revisiting adolescent memory.
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