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Winter Haven

by Athol Dickson (Goodreads Author)

3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 · rating details · 199 ratings · 46 reviews

In this exquisitely-crafted suspense novel, one woman's search for answers into her brother's death opens dark secrets in a town's past--and explores God's response to her questions.

Hardcover, 336 pages

Published April 1st 2008 by Bethany House Publishers

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Mar 01, 2010 Alana rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: gothic

I received a free review copy through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program.

Vera Gamble hasn't heard a word from her autistic brother who speaks only in Bible verses since she watched him leave their home thirteen years ago. When she receives a phone call that his body has been found washed up on an isolated island in Maine, she travels north to claim it - only to discover that he seemingly hasn't aged in the thirteen years he has been gone. When this news comes out, the town law enforcement...more I received a free review copy through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program.

Vera Gamble hasn't heard a word from her autistic brother who speaks only in Bible verses since she watched him leave their home thirteen years ago. When she receives a phone call that his body has been found washed up on an isolated island in Maine, she travels north to claim it - only to discover that he seemingly hasn't aged in the thirteen years he has been gone. When this news comes out, the town law enforcement won't let her take the body until the mystery has cleared up, and Vera finds herself being sucked into old hostilities, tales of ghosts and menacing trees, and a very handsome man whom the other townspeople warn her may be dangerous.

The book has several Gothic elements - the ancient legends of malevolent spirits, visions, a creeping unnatural chill and fog, a black clad spirit that wanders hissing through the forest, and even the forest as a dangerous presence itself. Dickson certainly knows how to weave these elements into a creepy atmospheric spell as well (although parts of that seem over the top, particularly the bit surrounding the altar in the woods). Unfortunately, the author rarely sustains the creepy atmosphere. In one particular passage, he interrupts the mood by inserting a banal dialogue about property taxes which dispels the building tension and left me quite frustrated. The Gothic aspects could truly draw the reader into the story, if only Dickson would allow them.

The first-person point of view is a bit difficult to get into. The narrator is utterly unreliable with a heap of neuroses and a seeming incomprehension that she suffers from epilepsy not a curse of God. Not only that, but she seems to be a pushover - witness her behavior towards her boss, and her immediate gaga reaction to Evan Frost (and need we hear about his "phenomenal good looks" every single paragraph?) - and her sullen lashing out and some of her fears make her seem more like a recalcitrant child than a heroine with any sense. It is difficult to like or identify with her, particularly since she seems to communicate in snippets of cryptic references and flashbacks to the horrifying events of the past, and then moves on to the present story.

The writing includes a lot of evocative details including intriguing symbols in heat and cold - emotions and logic, but at times it also seems unnatural and stilted - particularly in the lack of use of contractions. Once Vera starts suspecting everyone and things are winding down to a close, things get better - creepier, and Vera seems less obnoxiously paranoid. The Christian elements, while not subtle, also don't generally overwhelm the story with moralizing. The resolution of the mystery is clever and original. For me, it wasn't wholly unexpected, but nonetheless satisfying. Overall, an entertaining enough story, but not for fans of true Gothic stories, nor for those who don't like those elements. A half-hearted Gothic tale.(less)

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Feb 08, 2008 Mara rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, religion

I was really not enjoying this book until I got to the very end, which almost made up for the turgidness of the prose. The last chapter saved the book from getting an even lower rating.

This is a story of Vera, a young woman (much younger than she acts) who sets off to pick up the body of her brother who has washed up on the shore of a small Maine island. How we got there, and why he doesn't appear to have aged in 13 years, are the "mystery" of the book. The answer, when it is finally revealed, i...more

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Jan 14, 2013 Debbie rated it 3 of 5 stars

"Winter Haven by Athol Dickson" gets 3 stars from me. This is the 4th book of his I have read and though I liked the story line, I didn't like it as well as the other 3 books. To me this book is like Sci-fiction and horror. Thirteen years ago Vera Gamble's brother ran away from home in Texas. The story starts out as Vera is on a mailboat going to Winter Haven to collect her Siggy's body after it was found washed up on the beach, Siggy Gamble only spoke Bible verses and he could speak them in sev...more "Winter Haven by Athol Dickson" gets 3 stars from me. This is the 4th book of his I have read and though I liked the story line, I didn't like it as well as the other 3 books. To me this book is like Sci-fiction and horror. Thirteen years ago Vera Gamble's brother ran away from home in Texas. The story starts out as Vera is on a mailboat going to Winter Haven to collect her Siggy's body after it was found washed up on the beach, Siggy Gamble only spoke Bible verses and he could speak them in seven languages. Their father was a faith healer but couldn't heal his wife or his son. Then after Saggy ran away Vera started having seizures (but there were really visions) and her father locked her up in the attic where Saggy had spent most of his time with his Viking comic books and his little toy boat. He told her questioning God was what was causing them and they were her punishment, So Vera has blocked all the visions away in her mind and refused to think about them. When Vera goes to claim the body she is surprised to see that Siggy hasn't changed into a man but has stayed exactly the same. The Steady Wallis, (the lawman of Winter Haven) is sure there is something strange about Siggy being there so he won't let Vera took the body home till he learns the truth. While there the village people try to warn her not to try to found out what happened and why his body is in Winter Heaven. Vera is warned about Evangeline who is a witch that draws people to Evangeline Folly's and they are killed and forever trapped trying to return to their homes. She meets Evan Frost after getting lost in the forest and she starts to fell they meet be more than friends. The town folks again warn her away from him saying he isn't what he appears to be. Vera is determined to find out how and why her brother ended up in Winter Haven even through there is danger. I like the ending of the story must better than the ending. I think anyone reading this will be surprised to learn that what appears to be isn't always the way it is. Winter Haven was given to me by the author for an honest review
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Oct 15, 2012 Lilly Maytree rated it 5 of 5 stars

I read WINTER HAVEN first of all because of the title (who wouldn't want one of those), and secondly because Athol Dickson's books came with good words from places like Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal, Christian Fiction Review, and the New York Times. Not to mention he is a multiple Christy Award nominee and winner, and this particular book is one of four in his new "Christy Collection."

Early on, I realized it was a bit dark and foreboding compared to my usual fare -- fantastic, even. But b...more I read WINTER HAVEN first of all because of the title (who wouldn't want one of those), and secondly because Athol Dickson's books came with good words from places like Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal, Christian Fiction Review, and the New York Times. Not to mention he is a multiple Christy Award nominee and winner, and this particular book is one of four in his new "Christy Collection."

Early on, I realized it was a bit dark and foreboding compared to my usual fare -- fantastic, even. But before any of his many fans start to argue, I must confess there are children that delve into scarier things than I usually read, so no arguments there. However, there was an almost haunting beauty to his prose that drew me on, along with the hope he was going somewhere other than the path I first found myself on during those early pages. And I was not disappointed.

Vera was a young woman I instantly felt sorry for. Alone with an unusually troubled past, made better only by her attachment to an autistic brother who spoke only in scriptures. A brother who disappeared thirteen years before the story's opening, and whose body had recently washed up on an island off the coast of Maine.

By this time, Vera has become an accountant who found most of her security in the predictability of numbers. Living alone in a small apartment, she is hesitant at the daunting prospect of identifying and claiming the body after all these years. But away she goes to the remote location, not only to do her duty, but to perhaps find some closure in the greatest sorrow of her life.

Imagine then, what a turn she took (not to mention readers) only to discover the boy had not grown into a man, or even aged beyond the year he had disappeared. That he was still wearing around his neck the laminated note card their anxious, long-dead, mother had penned for him which read, "I am not dangerous."

Which is all the information I can give you, dear readers, without handing out spoilers regarding this gripping, near-gothic tale. One which had echoes of that long ago favorite author, Daphne du Maurier, but... not quite. No, and as you read farther on, not really. For while this tale of Winter Haven was made up of enough mystery to more than keep me turning pages, the prose was the sort to remind me of the poetics of James Dickey, or Eudora Welty. Those masters I could never sit down and read without having a pen to underline passages with.

All of which is enough for me to recommend this book to anyone who likes a story that you can't put down even when you would like to. Except for one very important thing. The believability of it. The lengths Athol Dickson goes to convince us that such things not only could happen, but have probably already done so many times over. This, in my opinion, makes WINTER HAVEN a book that more than deserves its Christy recognition. So, don't miss it. Meantime, I'm off to read the other three.

Which, I suppose... makes me a fan.
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Feb 28, 2011 Bruce Judisch rated it 5 of 5 stars

"Do not seek the truth, and find no evil."

Is there a more spiritually poignant--or intellectually alluring--tagline than this?

So, why Winter Haven? A few words on the story and the writing.

The Story: Winter Haven is a town on an island of the same name slouching listlessly across the Gulf of Maine. Its inhabitants, isolated by fifty miles of seawater from mainstream reality and unimpeded by centuries of somewhere else's progress, defy such progress and create a reality of their own. And they're...more "Do not seek the truth, and find no evil."

Is there a more spiritually poignant--or intellectually alluring--tagline than this?

So, why Winter Haven? A few words on the story and the writing.

The Story: Winter Haven is a town on an island of the same name slouching listlessly across the Gulf of Maine. Its inhabitants, isolated by fifty miles of seawater from mainstream reality and unimpeded by centuries of somewhere else's progress, defy such progress and create a reality of their own. And they're fine with that. Until one of them places a phone call.

On the surface, Vera Gamble of Dallas, Texas, is unremarkable. A mousy accountant, her self-imposed life of obscurity comprises work, rented movies, frozen pizza and being taken advantage of. And she's fine with that. Until the phone call comes.

Vera's autistic brother, Siggy, missing for thirteen years, has washed up on Winter Haven's shore. On a rare impulse, Vera slips the comfortable prison of her double-deadbolted apartment and ventures to Winter Haven to claim Siggy's body. Immediately, she meets with her first of many shocks on this island full of mysteries. Like Winter Haven, time and distance play tricks on Siggy--he still appears to be the fifteen-year old boy he was when he ran away from home.

So Vera takes her first faltering steps on the road to discovering the truth about Siggy's demise, the island's secrets, but mostly about herself. A collection of quirky townspeople--oh, has Mr. Dickson captured the small-town Mainer!--propel and impede Vera in her quest. She stumbles awkwardly into a mystifying tale of a vanished Pilgrim colony, around the eerie specter of the woman reputed to be the reason for the Pilgrim's plight, through the dusty rooms of a dilapidated mansion from another era, and into the disturbingly enticing arms of handsome Evan Frost, who may not be who he seems to be...or might be who he seems to be...or who he seems to be might not be what she thinks...well, you get the picture.

Oh, and Vera has a few issues of her own, secrets she's suppressed since her childhood. The secrets burst back to the surface of her consciousness, unbidden and unwanted--no, deathly feared--and force her to face the reality of who she is. For Vera, too, has a 'handicap' to deal with, a malady that may just hold the key to her own sanity--just as Siggy's held the key to his.

The Writing: Athol Dickson. 'Nuff said.

Winter Haven is the suspense reader's dream. But it's more than that. Look back up at the tagline. Uh huh, you'll get much more out of it than you expect. If ya pass up this chance for a wicked good read, it'll be yer own fault, ayuh(less)

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Apr 26, 2010 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars

Title: WINTER HAVEN
Author: Athol Dickson
Publisher: Bethany House
March 2009
ISBN: 978-1-7642-0164-6
Genre: Inspirational/suspense

Vera Gamble has gotten the call she’s feared for thirteen years. A body has washed up on the coast of a remote island in Maine, and they believe its her brother, Siggy. Reluctantly, Vera takes vacation leave and heads for Winter Haven, while reading a guide book telling a spooky story about how pilgrims disappeared on the island leaving no proof when a man sent to find he...more Title: WINTER HAVEN
Author: Athol Dickson
Publisher: Bethany House
March 2009
ISBN: 978-1-7642-0164-6
Genre: Inspirational/suspense

Vera Gamble has gotten the call she’s feared for thirteen years. A body has washed up on the coast of a remote island in Maine, and they believe its her brother, Siggy. Reluctantly, Vera takes vacation leave and heads for Winter Haven, while reading a guide book telling a spooky story about how pilgrims disappeared on the island leaving no proof when a man sent to find help returns with the promised help.

At first Vera doesn’t believe the body found is her brother. Siggy hadn’t aged a day in thirteen years! He didn’t look a day over fifteen. But he carries proof that he is indeed Siggy Gamble. The law on the island refuses to release the body in light of this new mystery, so Vera is forced to stay on the island.

But there is something evil on the island trailing her. It rains rocks around her. Trees bleed blood. And only she can hear the hissing voices. Amid tales of witches, unexplained deaths, unfriendly islanders, and threats Vera is sure who to trust. And with no way off the island, is she doomed to become one more Winter Haven legend?

I have read and loved all of Athol Dickson’s novels so far, and WINTER HAVEN has a different feel to it than the others, more gothic—dark and brooding. While repulsed, I couldn’t put the book down. I was caught up in a story I didn’t want to be caught up into. A story of evil.

There are some Christian touches in the story, so it is not all on the dark side, but WINTER HAVEN is too much on the dark side for my tastes. But the story is very compelling, the story very well drawn out, and there is a touch of a romance. Not sure how Athol Dickson did on characterization—the whole story is more plot driven than character driven, and what I learned about Vera was all related to the plot. Very well written. If you’re a member of the “chicken club” you might want to avoid this book. But if you like a bit of the dark side in your books, then WINTER HAVEN is a book to consider. $18.99 hardcover. 333 pages.
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Jan 20, 2009 Tim George rated it 4 of 5 stars

Athol Dickson scores another knockout with Winter Haven. Simply put, Dickson produces the best prose in all of Chritian fiction.

Winter Haven, told in the first person by its heroine Vera, answers one great question; is it wrong to ask God why? When we meet Vera she has retreaed into an orderly world of numbers as an accountant. There she finds refuge from her tortured past as the daughter of a faith healer who could not heal his own family. But a call revealing the discovery of her long lost Sav...more

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Feb 25, 2012 Sara Pittock rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of inspirational fiction1

Shelves: suspense

I didn't come to Winter Haven with high expectations. The only reason I bothered to read Athol Dickson's novel at all was the fact that my mother had thought I'd enjoy it. Back then, when I was still in college, and when my recreational-reading pile only continued to grow, my mother's suggestion actually made me put Winter Haven toward the bottom of the stack. After all, my mother prefered books by Thoene, and Kirkpatrick, while I prefered books by Tolkien and MacHale. It took a couple years, my...more

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May 10, 2011 Katherine Coble rated it 3 of 5 stars

I wanted so much to like this book more than I did. I've had the author recommended to me as proof that Christian Fiction is getting better, that it isnt all just embarrassing. And one level, it does work. The story is unique for a Christian book--a gothic mystery set in modern-day Maine--and the proselytising is better handled here than in other works I've read. Someday, though, I swear I will read a Christian book that doesnt have a preacher or preacher's kid as a main character. Not this one,...more I wanted so much to like this book more than I did. I've had the author recommended to me as proof that Christian Fiction is getting better, that it isnt all just embarrassing. And one level, it does work. The story is unique for a Christian book--a gothic mystery set in modern-day Maine--and the proselytising is better handled here than in other works I've read. Someday, though, I swear I will read a Christian book that doesnt have a preacher or preacher's kid as a main character. Not this one, though.

So why am I not rating this one higher? Well, because even though the conclusion is novel and the solution to the mystery cleverly wraps everything up, it took too long and too much repitition to get there. The book is told in the first person, through the eyes of a 24-year-old female with a CPA. but the author is a middle aged man. And I swear that much of the book FELT like a middle-aged man talking. Even though she was telling the story i didnt get a full enough view of who Vera Gamble truly WAS or why I should care about her. I also felt like the author came up with a cool idea ("what if you did this weird thing and then this thing and that thing happened?!") and then worked backward. So while the conclusion felt strong, the beginning and middle just sort of seemed to churn away at a weak sauce. Dickson is clearly skilled at the big picture but falls down on the details. So much of the character's interior journey was a bunch of repetitive gobbledygook that I found myself at several points forcing forward.

There is also a whirlwind romance for our protagonist. BUT WHY? What is the man's basis for attraction to her? We know she likes him because he's so handsome (another thing she "tells" the reader about fifty times) but other than him saying she did a thing he thinks is brave I found no reason for his attraction within the story. It seemed mechanical and designed to get the book to sell in Christian bookstores alongside all the other romances.

I'm giving the book three stars instead of two because I think there are places where it's obvious that Dickson has good craftsmanship with writing and were a pleasure to read. (The mailboat's journey to the island, for instance.) He also ought to get respect for coming up with a unique idea...something very hard to do in modern fiction.

But man, this book needs an editor--badly. In addition to the multiple reptitious passages about the tedious thoughts Vera was having we also get to experience this ACTUAL SENTENCE in the Kindle Edition: "I would of told you already". I expect things like that on blog comments. Not in books for which I've paid.(less)

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Mar 04, 2011 Deb rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: christian, fiction

Like Vera, the main character of this book, I was completely taken in by it's mysterious supernatural occurences and couldn't put it down until the truth had been uncovered. Vera is startled out of her workaholic existance by a phone call from an islander off the coast of Maine saying that they have found the body of her brother--the brother that disappeared when Vera was just a child. Vera goes on a quest to claim his body and bring it home--but becomes immersed in the mystery of the island whe...more

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Sep 02, 2009 rjp316 rated it 2 of 5 stars

This book was ok. I liked the mystery part of it and was surprised by the ending and liked the fact that this book was written with clean subject manner with no immorality or obscene language. However I did not like the flowery description of each and every thing. I also had a hard time following some of the dialogue especially when Vera was describing some of Siggy’s conversations. I was also frustrated with Vera’s conversations with God and her apparent paranoid personality and lack of strengt...more

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Mar 08, 2012 Greg Allan Holcomb rated it 2 of 5 stars

Grammar mistake pages 34, 217 and again twice in the 270s. If I wasn't hooked I'd've put the book down at the first one. It's a testament to the skill of the author that I overlooked them.

This book dropped from 4 stars down to 1.5 by not having an editor. Fix the grammatical mistakes and drop the shitting allover religion and this would've gotten a much higher rating. And I don't even respect much about religions.

2 stars means okay, three would've meant I'd read more from this author, Four woul...more

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Apr 13, 2013 Nancy Steinle gummel rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal, romance, mystery

Winter Haven by Athol Dickson is a unique story, bordering on supernatural activities. I liked the transition into the story. Beginning in Texas it moves to Maine where the story reveals itself. A brush with unexplained phenomena frightens our protagonist and she tries to unravel her brothers death. In her travels she meets a mysterious stranger who lights a spark in her. Worries of who to trust makes think she's going mad. When the circumstances of her brother's death is discovered she may have...more

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May 10, 2008 Michelle rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: christianfiction, forreview, blog-tour-book

About the book:

Eleven years ago, Vera Gamble's brother left their house never to be seen again. Until the day Vera gets a phone call that his body has been found...washed ashore in the tiny island town of Winter Haven, Maine. His only surviving kin, Vera travels north to claim the body...and finds herself tumbling into a tangled mystery. Her brother hasn't aged a day since last she saw him.

Determined to uncover what happened in those lost years, Vera soon discovers there are other secrets lurkin...more

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May 11, 2011 dawn armfield rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

I have been trying to read this book since I received the ARC. However, the run-on sentences on the very first page have put me off, and I'm having an incredibly difficult time getting past that.

It sounds like a book I'd love, and I'm disappointed that I can't get past the first 10 pages. I recognize that it is an unedited version, but that doesn't account for the poor grammar at the start of the book.

Maybe I'll try it again in an edited version.

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Dec 03, 2008 Lisa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Another one I absolutely did not want to put down. This book proves there doesn't need to be obscene language or immorality to be interesting and engaging. It was fantastic. My husband asked me if I was coming to bed and I said, "I want to but I just can't! I have to see what happens!" Winter Haven had me guessing through the whole book and just when I thought I had it figured out it turns out I didn't! Loved it till the very end.

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Mar 24, 2013 Kristy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: christian-fiction, ebooks, free-kindle-downloads, mystery, read-in-2013

Mystery meets supernatural superstitions meets faith...this book has all of that packed into it. It's well-written, suspenseful, and completely surprising. I love how the author took a mystery that had every sign of being other-worldy in nature and turned it into something so easily and simply explained, yet at the same time an explanation that deepens faith. We so often forget how far-reaching and exhaustive the works of God are, and that His plans span decades. This story is a great reminder.

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Jul 04, 2011 Penny rated it 3 of 5 stars

The author is really in to analyzing the psyche... Almost to the point of blotting out the plot. For example: I found myself skimming over pages at a time to keep the continuity of a single simple conversation. Then I would have to go back and re-read the character's lengthy self analysis of her thoughts as she spoke to whomever she was speaking to. It just didn't seem to flow.

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Jan 25, 2013 Pat rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: christian, mystery-gothic

So, I was torn how to rate this book. I think I might like to give it 3 1/2 stars because there was some good writing here and an interesting conclusion to the mystery and struggle of faith. However, it just seemed to drag for me and be a bit too much descriptive in parts. People with more of a taste for the Gothic would probably enjoy this more.

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Oct 24, 2009 Trudy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Don't bother. This was so erratice in the writing that I had a hard time getting through it. The only reason I finished the darn thing, was to find out if there were supernatural goings on or just weird goings on.

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Jun 13, 2012 Chris rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is a great book if you like thrillers, mysteries, and/or paranormal novels. It's almost science-fictiony too. Great book. Always interesting.

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Feb 13, 2011 Natalya rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: christian-fiction, pb-books

It was really slow. But the ending and theme redeemed it. Dickenson created a unique story, I only wish he had a more engaging writing style.

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Nov 21, 2008 Ruth rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is a great mystery that keeps you guessing as to what is real and what isn't. The eventual explanation is clever and simple.

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Feb 11, 2013 Mar rated it 2 of 5 stars

It came together at the end, but I'm not a fan of some of the freakyness. Decent work, but not my kind of novel.

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May 08, 2013 Susan Miller rated it 5 of 5 stars

Amazing story. I loved the suspense, spirituality, and connections that tied this story together.

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May 02, 2013 Julie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary

Ending was kinda cheesy - but I loved the mystery of it all. Very surprising!

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Nov 19, 2008 Melinda rated it 4 of 5 stars

I have been in a reading slump as of late. Nothing is keeping me excited enough to read. Now I know it is just a phase and I actually dont like it because I love to love to read! But I stumbled on this book and lo and behold I quite liked it! Really liked it, actually, enough to finish it which has been a feat as of late as a matter of fact. It is a mystery of sorts with a little romance and is squeaky clean. I recommend!

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Mar 07, 2013 Jan rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jan 26, 2010 Barbara rated it 3 of 5 stars

Good - but with not quite the depth of Dickson's River Rising.

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May 27, 2013 Darlene rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

Was a little hard to stay reading this book, but I'm glad I made it to the ending.

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Athol Dickson's parents were living on the road when he was born. His first bed was a drawer lined with towels in a travel trailer. He has loved road trips ever since. Boating is a passion, too. Athol owns three boats, and once lived aboard a yacht full-time while cruising the Gulf of Mexico and the USA's Atlantic coast. But Athol's nine novels are proof he can sit still and write if he's with his...more

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