Annabelle Bingham, her husband Trib and their son Oliver have just moved into the house at 46 Bridge Street in Mundy's Landing. This house is one of the infamous Murder Houses where one of three young female victims were tucked into bed after being murdered. No one had ever identified these young girls even though they had been killed in the summer of 1916.

Every summer, tourists flock to Mundy's Landing to see the three Murder Houses as well as try to solve the mystery of the killer's identity along with those of the three young girls. After the third girl was found, there were no more murders, which makes it even more intriguing. It's clear why this house has been for sale for years although the owner of the house has always been another problem. That house is in his family and he is very particular about the conditions of selling it.

It seems that the peculiar man feels that the Binghams meet his conditions and he agrees to sell it for a very affordable price. Once the they move in, strange things begin to happen along with the summer tourists arriving to stand in droves outside of 46 Bridge street. Annabelle becomes quite interested in learning more about those long ago murders and begins to research them. This becomes especially important to her when young girls begin to go missing in Mundy's Landing. She feels that her family might be targeted by this copycat killer and she intends to protect them at all costs.

BLUE MONDAY is the second installment of the Mundy's Landing trilogy and is just as terrifying as book one. While it is a part of a trilogy, BLUE MONDAY can also work as a standalone book because it offers background information on The Sleeping Beauty Murders as well as bring cameo appearances of key characters from BLOOD RED, the first book. However, you should not deprive yourself of the reading experience provided by the beginning story.

Wendy Corsi Staub is one of my all-time favorite writers and I have read nearly everything she has published. She is a consummate wordsmith with the ability to create some of the most terrifying scenes that can be transmitted to paper. The characters in BLUE MONDAY as well as all of her books are three dimensional to the point of being able to imagine them in your own living room.

As with most of Ms. Staub's books, I found myself imagining BLUE MONDAY as a movie and was mentally selecting actors that I felt would be perfect to play the parts of her characters. BLUE MONDAY provides a bit of all types of emotions and you will find yourself drawn into this very puzzling and frightening tale of madness.

A word of caution: If you read BLUE MONDAY at night, you may want to keep your drapes drawn, doors and windows locked and all of your lights on.