The people Joan meets are so odd and right off the bat you start to feel on edge – at least I did. You just know something isn’t right in Lilydale, but you can’t quite put your finger on it. I loved how smoothly the story jumps back and forth in time, all setting up the bigger picture, allowing us to grasp what the heck was going on. I was hooked from the beginning and ended up finishing the book in a day! Set in the late 1960s, the story has such a great sense of place and time – the descriptions of all those avocado appliances and the wallpapers had me cringing! – and I really felt that sense of unease almost from the start. My thoughts: This is the first book I’ve read by Jess Lourey and let me just say it will definitely not be the last if this book is anything to go by! It was one of my most anticipated January reads (see post here) and it absolutely lived up to my expectations in every way.Īs soon as I heard that this book was based on real events, I knew I had to read this one.
Then again, she might have moved to the deadliest small town on earth.
Her fiancé tells her she’s being paranoid. He might be right. And unless Joan is imagining things, a frighteningly familiar figure from her past is on watch in the shadows. So does the sinister secret of a little boy who vanished decades ago. An archaic organization still seems to hold the town in thrall. Joan can’t shake the feeling that every move she makes is being tracked. Lilydale’s motto, “Come Home Forever,” couldn’t be more inviting.Īnd yet, something is off in the picture-perfect village. After spending a childhood on the move and chasing the screams and swirls of news-rich city life, she’s eager to settle down. In a tale inspired by real events, pregnant journalist Joan Harken is cautiously excited to follow her fiancé back to his Minnesota hometown. Published: January 2021, Brilliance Audio
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