Arcadia Falls
by:
Carol Goodman (author)
Financial straits and a desire for a fresh start take recently widowed Meg Rosenthal and her aloof teenage daughter, Sally, to Arcadia Falls, a tucked-away hamlet in upstate New York where Meg has accepted a teaching position at a boarding school. The creaky, neglected cottage they’ll be calling...
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Financial straits and a desire for a fresh start take recently widowed Meg Rosenthal and her aloof teenage daughter, Sally, to Arcadia Falls, a tucked-away hamlet in upstate New York where Meg has accepted a teaching position at a boarding school. The creaky, neglected cottage they’ll be calling home feels like an ill omen, but Meg is determined to make the best of it. Then a shocking crisis strikes: During Arcadia’s First Night bonfire, one of Meg’s folklore students plunges to her death in a campus gorge. Sheriff Callum Reade finds the presumed accident suspicious, but then, he is a man with a dark past himself. Meg is unnerved by Reade’s interest in the girl’s death, and as long-buried secrets emerge, she must face down her own demons and the danger threatening to envelop Sally. As the past clings tight to the present, the shadows, as if in a terrifying fairy tale, grow longer and deadlier.Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more. RandomHouseReadersCircle.com
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345497543 (0345497546)
ASIN: 345497546
Publish date: February 8th 2011
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Book: Arcadia Falls Author: Carol Goodman Genre: Fiction/Mystery Summary (from back of Ballantine Books edtion): Financial straits and a desire for a fresh start take recently widowed Meg Rosenthal and her aloof teenage daughter, Sally, to Arcadia Falls, a tucked-away hamlet in New York where ...
Arcadia Falls was a pretty good read. It had most of the things that I have come to expect when reading a Carol Goodman novel. She seriously knows how to set a scene. This book was not action packed by any means, but the writing was beautiful and haunting and it made you feel like you were right in ...
I thought the story opened well, and I appreciated the way Goodman created and maintained the feeling of menace and unease throughout the book. I liked the way she used the Changeling fairytale. I enjoyed the history of Lily and Vera. In fact, there was a lot that I liked about the book, which made ...
I thought the story opened well, and I appreciated the way Goodman created and maintained the feeling of menace and unease throughout the book. I liked the way she used the Changeling fairytale. I enjoyed the history of Lily and Vera. In fact, there was a lot that I liked about the book, which made ...
Downloaded the Free First Chapter from Audible. Not totally hooked, but might be worth picking up if it fits for a challenge.