The Shape of Night by Tess Gerritsen
Penguin Random House: 10/1/19
eBook review copy; 288 pages
ISBN-13:
9781984820952
The Shape of Night by Tess Gerritsen is a recommended Gothic tale of a haunted house that may be lethal for women.
Ava Collette, a cook book writer, flees Boston to a remote village
in Maine where she has rented an isolated, old restored house named
Brodie’s Watch. Ava feels she can finish writing her cookbook here.
Soon, though, she sees the spectral vision of Captain Brody, the sea
captain who built the original house. The ghost appears to Ava on some
night and she begins to look forward to his visits. This haunting
prompts Ava to look into the history of the house. She is also looking
for the woman who rented the house before her in order to return some of
the possessions she left behind. Ava soon discovers that the house
seems to be lethal to women.
This is a well written novel, but it does require the reader to be
into Gothic/paranormal/BDSM/murder novels. I'm not a fan of the
combination. I am choosing to overlook parts of the novel that I skimmed
while reading in order to get to the ending of the novel. You can
easily do this and not lose the narrative thread. Gerritsen is an
excellent writer, which I'm taking into consideration in my rating.
Disclosure:
My review copy was courtesy of Penguin Random House.
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