In this dual timeline story, a
little girl goes missing from Koster Isle in 1907 and in 1992 a journalist
teams up with a woman living on the inland to find out what happened to her and
save the life of another young girl.
On the eve of her fifth birthday
in 1907, Poppy Pendleton is nowhere to be found in her family’s castle on Koster
Isle in the St. Lawrence River. The grounds are searched but neither she or her
body are ever found. Poppy has simply disappeared without a trace.
Eighty-five years later Chloe Ridell
is living on Koster Isle in the shadow of what is left of Pendleton Castle,
having inherited the island from her grandparents. She also inherited their
candy store across the river in Clayton, New York and it struggling to keep her
grandparent’s legacy a float. When returning from work one evening Chloe finds
a young girl seeking shelter with her. Emma is full of secrets, as is every
character in the book, even Chloe’s grandparents.
At the same time Chloe is
searching for Emma’s family, a journalist arrives intent on solving the mystery
of Poppy’s disappearance in time for what would be Poppy’s 90th birthday
and needs Chloe’s help.
The chapters of the book move
from one character to the other but I never found the story hard to follow. The
mystery builds as new characters are added to the story and it is up to the
reader to put the pieces together. The book begins a little slowly and it takes
a while to get to the actual disappearance but I soon found that I had to have
the answers.
Dobson is a Christian writer and
it is reflected in her story.
4.3 stars on Goodreads, 4.5 on
Amazon
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