Thoreau on Wolf
Hill: A Henry David Thoreau Mystery. B. B. Oak. Kensington Publishing
Corporation. October 2014.. 320 pp. ISBN#: 9780758290250.
Vampyres,
as they are spelled in this novel, or vampires are very, very real, according
to believers like Solomon Whitty; and the key to ridding society of these
terrifying creatures lies in chopping out their hearts and more separation of
parts of their dead or living bodies, along with some other noxious deeds that
are considered mandatory action to end the cycle of murder and violence.
Henry
David Thoreau and Dr. Adam Walker are the voices of sanity attempting to
discover the murderer of several members of this small Massachusetts town. But the superstition, driven by irrational
fear, looms larger than reason. The
ensuing solutions to this dilemma, exacerbated by the scourge of an epidemic of
“galloping consumption, include more violence.
Add
to the mix the fact that Dr. Adam Walker and Julia are doing everything to
avoid each other and to be with each other.
For there’s a mystery as to why Julia ran away to France years ago,
believing she could never marry the love of her life, Adam. Here is another mystery waiting to unfold for
the reader, along with the unknown reason of why she abandoned her husband in
France to resettle in Plumford. Add
another mystery about a small boy with a harelip and a woman who agrees to be Julia’s
housekeeper but has some devious ways involving the young boy, Noah to the mix!
B.
B. Oak crafts a multilayered mystery that is unpredictable and intriguing, as
well as rather ghoulish in several scenes.
The plot thickens without any break and the reader will be enthralled in
this story with complex conflicts paralleling the ancient Indian stories of
vampires and supernatural powers. It’s
almost ironic that so much horror can riddle this area of New England known for
its charming beauty.
Highly recommended mystery that makes the reader want to
read the other Thoreau mysteries!
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