Eadie B. (eadieburke) - , reviewed on 7/30/2023 + 1652 more book reviews

1930: Nell Fagan is looking for a second chance at a career in investigative journalism and the call of Blackstone Fell's sanatorium is irresistible. In 1606, a man vanished from a locked gatehouse in a remote Yorkshire village, and 300 years later, it happened again. Nell confides in the best sleuth she knows, Rachel Savernake Looking for answers, Rachel travels to lonely Blackstone Fell in Yorkshire, with its eerie moor and sinister tower. With help from her friend Jacob Flint; who's determined to expose a fraudulent clairvoyant; Rachel will risk her life to bring an end to the disappearances at Blackstone Fell where people go in, but never come out. This is the third book in the Rachel Savernake series. I hadn't read the first 2 books but this one can definitely act as a standalone. The book had a lot of characters to keep track of and Rachel reveals the solutions to what turn out to be more than one mystery. The addition of a cluefinder at the end of the book is a feature during the so-called; Golden Age' of detective fiction. There are twists that kept me glued to the book until the very end. If you like Golden Age Mysteries then you will love this book.

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