Michelle Cox -- A CHILD LOST

 

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BOOK DETAILS:

Series Title:  A CHILD LOST (A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel #5) by Michelle Cox
Genre:  Historical Mystery
Publisher:  She Writes Press
Release dates:   April 2020

BOOK DESCRIPTION:

A spiritualist, an insane asylum, a lost little girl . . .

When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open and shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta―much to Clive’s dismay―begins to believe the spiritualist's strange ramblings.

Meanwhile, Elsie begs Clive and Henrietta to help her and the object of her budding love, Gunther, locate the whereabouts of one Liesel Klinkhammer, the German woman Gunther has traveled to America to find and the mother of the little girl, Anna, whom he has brought along with him. The search leads them to Dunning Asylum, where they discover some terrible truths about Liesel. When the child, Anna, is herself mistakenly admitted to the asylum after an epileptic fit, Clive and Henrietta return to Dunning to retrieve her. This time, however, Henrietta begins to suspect that something darker may be happening. When Clive doesn’t believe her, she decides to take matters into her own hands . . . with horrifying results.

BOOK REVIEW:

This was quite a gripping and a heart-warming tale. The fifth in a series, I was worried at first about being able to do justice with reading the book, as this was the first that I have had the chance to get to. However, a few pages into the book, I realized that Cox's brilliant stand-alone narration makes the book wholesome in itself, and I had no trouble following the plot.

With two very interesting parallel threads taking the reader's attention, I was hardly able to wait to see how these would get interwoven. This becomes encompasses elements of a mystery, a spiritual journey, inner healing, social issues of how the mentally ill are treated and the associated stigma, and above all, an insight into life's true purpose.

I loved Henrietta's characterization, and so did little Anna's. Their memories tend to linger on long after one has finished reading the book. The other characters were rock solid too, lending support as needed. With some riveting pace and a fab plot, the book made a huge impact in my mind. I totally loved reading and reviewing this.

Many thanks to author Michelle Cox, and Lauren from iRead Book Tours, for gifting me with a copy of this book for an honest review.

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MEET THE AUTHOR:

Michelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as "Novel Notes of Local Lore," a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago's forgotten residents. She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying around, has resorted to writing about the era as a way of getting herself back there. Coincidentally, her books have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist and many others, so she might be on to something. Unbeknownst to most, Michelle hoards board games she doesn't have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also marmalade.

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