Alice has taken young Oren and fled an abusive relationship. They arrive in Delphi, NY in the middle of a snowstorm and are taken in by Mattie, a social worker. Mattie breaks all her rules when she brings them home to her instead of a local shelter. But the bad weather makes easier to bring them home. She has the space for them, and Oren reminds Mattie of her brother who died over thirty years ago...
The first book I read by Carol Goodman was THE LAKE OF DEAD LANGUAGES and that one is one of those books that truly captivated me. Since then have I read some more books by her and I was curious to see how THE NIGHT VISITORS would turn out to be. I'm pleased to say that not only did the story captivate me, it also made me wish the book was longer. It's the kind of book when you think just one more chapter because you're dying to find out more. Now, there was some twist in the books that I could guess, but I didn't mind since it's the way the story is told that mattered. And, I just loved Oren's way of predicting events before it happened and how you couldn't be truly sure about either Alice or Mattie. Especially Alice who as the story progressed started to act more erratic. Who to trust?
THE NIGHT VISITORS is a fabulous book. It's the kind of book that made me sad to turn the last page because I came to both like the characters and enjoy the story. At the same time, I did feel that this is a story that ended in the right way. So, I was both satisfied and sad. I recommend the book warmly!
The latest thriller from the internationally bestselling
author of The Lake of Dead Languages and The Other
Mother, a story of mistaken identities and missed
chances, forgiveness, and vengeance.ALICE gets off a
bus in the middle of a snowstorm in Delphi, NY. She is
fleeing an abusive relationship and desperate to
protect...OREN, ten years old, a major Star Wars fan
and wise beyond his years. Though Alice is wary, Oren bonds
nearly instantly with...MATTIE, a social worker in
her fifties who lives in an enormous run-down house in the
middle of the woods. Mattie lives alone and is always
available, and so she is the person the hotline always calls
when they need a late-night pickup. And although according
to protocol Mattie should take Alice and Oren to a local
shelter, instead she brings them home for the night. She has
plenty of room, she says. What she doesn't say is that Oren
reminds her of her little brother, who died thirty years ago
at the age of ten.But Mattie isn't the only one
withholding elements of the truth. Alice is keeping her own
secrets. And as the snowstorm worsens around them, each
woman's past will prove itself unburied, stirring up
threats both within and without.
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