A young woman travels alone to a remote island to uncover a past
she never knew was hers in this thrilling modern ghost story.
When a mysterious letter lands in Hallie James’s mailbox, her life is
upended. Hallie was raised by her loving father, having been told her
mother died in a fire decades earlier. But it turns out that her mother, Madlyn, was alive until very recently. Why would Hallie’s father have
taken her away from Madlyn? What really happened to her family
thirty years ago?
In search of answers, Hallie travels to the
place where her mother lived, a remote island in the middle of the Great Lakes. The stiff islanders fix her first with icy stares and then
unabashed amazement as they recognize why she looks so familiar, and
Hallie quickly realizes her family’s dark secrets are enmeshed in the
history of this strange place. But not everyone greets her with such a
chilly reception — a coffee-shop owner and the family’s lawyer both warm
to Hallie, and the possibility of romance blooms. And then there’s the
grand Victorian house bequeathed to her — maybe it’s the eerie atmosphere
or maybe it’s the prim, elderly maid who used to work for her mother,
but Hallie just can’t shake the feeling that strange things are starting to happen...
In The Tale of Halcyon Crane, Wendy Webb
has created a haunting story full of delicious thrills, vibrant
characters, and family secrets.
