No. of Pages: 368
My Rating: 4 Stars
For Raquel and Theo Collins, it appeared to be love at first sight. Raquel, a renowned interior designer, and Theo, a brash financial wizard met and married in a matter of months, only to confront a terrible tragedy. Now, unbearably aware of the distance between them, they’ve come to a remote town in New Hampshire to begin anew.
Perched on a ledge with stunning views, the Dixon’s family lodge was once a crown jewel of the mountains. Until late one August night, when both parents and their four children vanished, leaving behind a trail of bloody footprints, and a mystery that has endured for thirty years. Now, its latest occupants, the Collinses, are arriving, and the former grand lodge is once more stirring to life.
For Amanda Grady, following in her father’s footsteps as the recently appointed Shereford police chief, it’s good to see a fresh start for the derelict Dixon place. However, not everyone is happy about a new family in the old home and its hidden past may have returned with a vengeance.
When a stray dog leads to the discovery of a skeleton on the property, Raquel and Theo face a daunting choice of what to believe, who to trust, and how to survive. Because in the tiny village of Shereford the time has come. The local residents, the new neighbors, and the fledgling police chief must work together to unravel the terrifying events that happened one night thirty years ago, or…
You’ll be sorry.
Raquel and Theo Collins are newly married and have already endured a shared tragedy. More than that, they are bound together by the secrets they keep - even from one another. Hoping for a fresh start, they move to a remote New Hampshire town and purchase a house steeped in a dark history. Decades earlier, the Dixon, a family of six, vanished without a trace, leaving behind a mystery that was never solved. Theo and Raquel plan to restore the property and, in doing so, perhaps erase some of the stain left by its troubled past.
When local police chief Amanda Grady returns to Sheresford, she can’t help but revisit the decades-old case of the missing Dixon family. Her father was the former police chief, and he was never comfortable with the fact that he couldn’t determine exactly what happened to them. Now Amanda is determined to uncover the truth that eluded him.
But this is no ordinary cold-case story. The mystery reaches back even further, into the lore of eighteenth-century witchcraft and a devastating history involving the deaths of several babies. How does this centuries-old tale connect to the disappearance of the Dixon family? And what does it have to do with the secrets Raquel and Theo are desperately holding onto?
Thoroughly atmospheric and compelling, with a sinister edge that never lets up, this story reaches far beyond Theo and Raquel and Amanda’s search for answers. An unusual and fascinating cast of characters adds another layer of intrigue, leaving readers constantly wondering who can be trusted and who may be hiding something darker. And an unnamed narrator slowly begins to fill in the blanks, revealing just enough to keep readers guessing and leaving us breathless with anticipation. Lisa Gardner skillfully intertwines past and present, creating a haunting mystery filled with secrets, suspicion, and twists that make You’ll Be Sorry difficult to put down.
Her current suspense novels feature Frankie Elkin, an everyday, average person who specializes in finding missing people. When the locals have given up, when the media has never bothered to care, Frankie takes on the challenge. From looking for a missing teen in inner city Boston to searching for a missing hiker in the wilds of Wyoming to rescuing a possibly kidnapped girl on a remote island in the Pacific, Frankie is on the case!
Lisa lives in the mountains of New Hampshire with two crazy pups. When not writing, Lisa loves to hike, play cribbage, and, of course, read!
