Dragonfly Summer by J H Moncrieff

No small town’s secrets can stay buried for long. Moncrieff digs into the treachery of memory and the power of female friendships…

Dragonfly Summer is a gripping thriller that asks: What happens when the past comes back to haunt you?

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Jo Carter never thought she’d return to Clear Springs, Minnesota. But when the former journalist receives a cryptic note about the disappearance of her friend Sam twenty years before, she’s compelled to find out what really happened. During her investigation, she learns another high school friend has died in a mysterious accident. Nothing is as it seems, and Jo must probe Clear Springs’ darkest corners and her own painful and unreliable memories to discover the truth – and save herself from the killer who could still be on the hunt.

Deliciously twisty and suspenseful from the first minute to the last, Dragonfly Summer proves that no small town’s secrets can stay buried for good.

My Review

I really loved this book. It has touches of magic and the supernatural which adds an extra layer to a an exciting thriller.

Following the mysterious disappearance of Jo Carter’s friend Sam, she leaves her home town of Clear Springs to go to university and then to live in New York where she starts out as an investigative journalist, but now works in PR. As far as she is concerned, there is nothing to go back for.

Then one day, over twenty years later, she receives a message about Sam’s disappearance and she feels compelled to return and try to uncover the truth. She also discovers that their other friend Amanda has been killed in a horrific accident. She was heavily pregnant when she died. Her grieving husband Doug also happens to have been Sam’s boyfriend when she went missing.

So many secrets, so much intrigue and at least one person who doesn’t want Jo to find out what really happened. But the problem for Jo is that something happened at the time that she doesn’t remember. In fact she has almost no memory of Sam or Amanda or anything that took place that year – the year they should all have graduated from High School – only Sam never did.

There are other people who Jo left behind – her friend Jack and her own father, whom she hasn’t seen since she left. More of her relationship with her father is revealed in the book and it’s a harrowing read.

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About the Author

J.H. Moncrieff is the author of nearly twenty books of dark fiction. City of Ghosts won the 2018 Kindle Book Review Award for Best Horror/Suspense. She won Harlequin’s international search for “the next Gillian Flynn” in 2016. Moncrieff began her writing career as a journalist. Her articles have appeared in many publications, including Chatelaine, FLARE, Writer’s Digest, and The Globe and Mail.

FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @flametreepress