Night Falls on Predicament Avenue - Jaime Jo Wright

 

BOOK DESCRIPTION

 As the walls of the house at Predicament Avenue reveal their hidden truths, two women--generations apart--discover that fear and foreboding are no respecters of time.

In 1910, Effie James is committed to doing anything to save her younger sister, who witnessed a shocking murder, leaving her mute and in danger of the killer's retribution. Effie must prove what her sister saw, but when a British gentleman arrives, he disrupts Effie's quest with his attempts to locate his wife, Isabelle Addington, who was last seen at the supposed crime scene in the abandoned house at 322 Predicament Avenue. Just as Effie discovers what she seeks, she finds that the blood staining the walls will forever link her to a scandal she couldn't imagine, and to a woman whose secrets promise to curse any who would expose them.

A century later, Norah Richman grapples with social anxiety and grief as she runs her late great-aunt's bed-and-breakfast on Predicament Avenue. But Norah has little affection for the house and is committed only to carrying out her murdered sister's dreams until crime historian and podcaster Sebastian Blaine arrives to investigate the ghostly legacy of the house's claim to fame--the murder of Isabelle Addington. When a guest is found dead, the incident is linked to Isabelle's murder, and Norah and Sebastian must work together to uncover the century-old curse that has wrapped 322 Predicament Avenue in its clutches and threatens far more than death.

 

BOOK REVIEW 

Night Falls on Predicament Avenue is a dual timeline book with an enthralling mystery or two. Jaime Jo Wright is masterful at spinning dual timeline stories and tying them together. This story is definitely a winner.

 The two stories are a delicate dance between the past and the future with one informing the other to the reader but hiding its mysteries from the main characters. Entwined in this delicious mystery is a story of healing and of moving forward with faith instead of fear. There is a tangled web of relationships that becomes unclear of who to trust and who to fear. The two mysteries have false trails and clues that make the reader second guess themselves, but lead to an ending that is satisfying to the reader, but perhaps a little open for the characters.

 Effie and Norah both find themselves pulled into a mystery that is beyond their ability to escape. Sebastian and Anderson willingly pull themselves into the mystery for their own reasons.

 The mysteries themselves unravel little by little in a way that is organic and keeps an air of suspense throughout the story.,

 I highly recommend this story to anyone who loves a good mystery, a clean read, and a story of faith and healing.

 I received an early copy from the publisher through NetGalley and this is my honest review.

 

AUTHOR BIO

 

Jaime Jo Wright (JaimeWrightBooks.com) is the author of ten novels, including Christy Award and Daphne du Maurier Award-winner The House on Foster Hill and Carol Award winner The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond. She's also a two-time Christy Award finalist, as well as the ECPA bestselling author of The Vanishing at Castle Moreau and two Publishers Weekly bestselling novellas. Jaime lives in Wisconsin with her family and felines.