The Buried Girl - Richard Montanari

Written by Richard Montanari
Read by Scott Brick
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: HarperAudio
Release date: February 26, 2019
Duration: 11:33:02

This is a chilling psychological thriller with gothic elements. A haunting, nerve-jangling psychological thriller from Sunday Times best-selling author Richard Montanari, set in a small town hiding a very dark secret.

New York psychologist Will Hardy had it all - a loving family, a flourishing career, a best-selling book. Until the night it all ended in a tempest of fire and ash, leaving only Will and his 15-year-old daughter Bernadette to stand in the ruins. Haunted and grief-stricken, Will accepts an enigmatic invitation from his family’s past to begin their lives anew in the small town of Abbeville, Ohio. Will has never been to the village or his new home before so why does he keep experiencing past memories of the place? Incorporated within the narrative are details from a historical journal by Eva Claire Larson.

Meanwhile, Abbeville Chief of Police Ivy Holgrave is investigating the death of a local girl, convinced this may only be the latest in a long line of murders dating back decades - including her own long-missing sister.

But what place does Will’s new home have in the story of the missing girls? And what links the killings to the diary of a young woman written more than a century earlier? The disappearances in Abbeville have happened before, and now, Will’s own daughter might be next….

Reviewers wrote—The Buried Girl works on more than one level – as a portrait of grief and an attempt to readjust, the Father/Daughter relationship is beautifully done. Then we have a creepy, intense mystery element that is unpredictable and fascinating with a rich history and mythology that is utterly gripping. I loved Will, Detta and Ivy – as a trio of characters they all brought depth to the storytelling. The small town vibe is classically excellent and I was riveted by the events unfolding on the page.

Montanari writes a terrifically atmospheric and compelling novel, tense and suspenseful, with multiple threads that slowly begin to connect, central to which is Godwin Hall and Pieter Bruegel sketches of the seven virtues and the seven vices.

This was not my rip, I left it M4B. It has 98 marked chapters.