WHISPERS OF THE BAYOU follows Miranda Miller as she embarks on what seems like an endless road of personal discovery that will change her life forever. Miranda works as an art restorer in New York far from her Louisiana roots, roots that she’s never had a chance to explore, before now. Raised by her aunt, Miranda has blocked out the memories of a tragic childhood, and in the process become a person who’s put up walls around her emotions, even from her husband and daughter.
When Miranda is summonsed to Louisiana by the caretaker of her family home, she goes. Not to revisit a past she can’t remember, but to honor the final wishes of a man who worked for her family for years. Once there, she is met with clouded memories, flashes of recollections from the past, and a feeling that the things that drove her from the Bayou when she was just a child are the very events that are drawing her back. With the family caretaker close to death, he confides in Miranda of a family secret, a secret she must swear to uphold and protect. Murder, more secrets, and danger follow Miranda as she tries to make sense of her families past.
I enjoyed WHISPERS OF THE BAYOU. Though I don’t feel it had the same pull as Clark’s Million Dollar Mystery series, it still made for a fascinating read. The Christian aspect of this book is very thin and quickly addressed near the end of the book while Miranda’s relationship with her husband and daughter are referred to more than portrayed. The middle of the story sags a little, but towards the end I was quickly turning pages to see if my theories were right. All in all, WHISPERS is a good mystery read.♥
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