Diane-Lyn’s Synopsis: 1934: Connie Burroughs lives in Cedar Hall, an English orphanage run by her powerful, wealthy and well-respected father – Reverend Ezra Burroughs. The large dwelling is home to the Burroughs family, countless young orphans, and a plethora of dark secrets. When a mysterious baby arrives at the doorstep, an infant somehow familiar to […]
Beverly Armento grew up during the 1940s / 1950s; the eldest of four children. She spent her childhood caring for her blind mother – a selfish, mentally ill and abusive woman. Beatings, frequent moves, poverty, deplorable living conditions, an absent father and a mother’s paranoid delusions took center stage in Beverly’s life for decades.
There’s nothing like a brisk-paced, engrossing mystery – especially one with historical context. The Unveiling of Polly Forrest grabbed me right from the first page. Set in Marshall, Michigan during the Great Depression, this novel opens with the brutal “accidental” killing of Sam Forrest. When his twenty year old widow, Polly, displays some frivolous behavior following his death, she finds herself at the center stage of public suspicion in their small, gossipy farming community.