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    The Echoes: A Novel
    The Echoes: A Novel
    The Echoes: A Novel
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    The Echoes: A Novel

    By Jess Montgomery

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    The fourth in Jess Montgomery's evocative Kinship series, The Echoes combines exquisite storytelling with extraordinary crime plotting.

    "A beautifully written tour de force." —Linda Castillo on The Stills

    As July 4, 1928 approaches, Sheriff Lily Ross and her family look forward to the opening of an amusement park in a nearby town, created by Chalmer Fitzpatrick—a veteran and lumber mill owner. When Lily is alerted to the possible drowning of a girl, she goes to investigate, and discovers schisms going back several generations, in an ongoing dispute over the land on which Fitzpatrick has built the park.

    Lily's family life is soon rattled, too, with the revelation that before he died, her brother had a daughter, Esme, with a woman in France, and arrangements have been made for Esme to immigrate to the U.S. to live with them. But Esme never makes it to Kinship, and soon Lily discovers that she has been kidnapped. Not only that, but a young woman is indeed found murdered in the fishing pond on Fitzpatrick's property, at the same time that a baby is left on his doorstep.

    As the two crimes interweave, Lily must confront the question of what makes family: can we trust those we love? And what do we share, and what do we keep secret?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateMar 29, 2022
    ISBN9781250623430
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    Jess Montgomery

    JESS MONTGOMERY writes a Writer's Digest magazine column, "Level Up Your Writing (Life)" and was formerly the “Literary Life” columnist for the Dayton Daily News. Based on early chapters of the first book in the Kinship Series, The Widows, Jess was awarded an Ohio Arts Council individual artist’s grant for literary arts and named the John E. Nance Writer-in-Residence at Thurber House in Columbus. Jess lives in her native state of Ohio.

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    • 4/5
      Number four in a series that just keeps getting better. Interestingly, this book and the one I read just before it (Maisie Dobbs) both deal with the trauma felt by veterans of World War I. I tend to forget that Americans also fought in WWI but this book showed that fighting in that war had a profound effect on them as well as people from the other allied countries.Kinship's sheriff, Lily Ross, had a brother who died in France during World War I. Unbeknownst to Lily he fathered a child before he died although he never got to meet her. Esme's mother died in childbirth and she was raised by her Memere (grandmother). When Memere realized she might not live long enough to raise Esme she got in touch with Beulah, Sheriff Lily's mother. Beulah McArthur, never knew how to break the news about Esme to Lily and now Esme is coming to the USA to settle with Beulah and her family. She is due to arrive July 5, 1928 and as of July 4 Lily had her hands full with the death of a young woman, Pearl, in the pond of the new Meuse-Argonne Park that was just opened. Hiram, cousin to the owner and groundskeeper for the park, confesses that he murdered Pearl. Lily, however, has her doubts about his confession and continues to investigate. When Esme doesn't show up on the train in Kinship on the morning of July 5th, Beulah realizes she has to get Lily's help to find her. Now Lily is really busy; good thing her deputies (and good friends) Marvena and Hildy can help out. There is precious little time for romance but Lily does get to spend a little time with Benjamin and even Mama McArthur may have a slight crush on the new doctor in town. Hiram shows signs of PTSD and that may be a reason for his somewhat erratic behaviour but he isn't violent which is why Lily doubts he could have killed Pearl. Obviously he is protecting someone, someone who is taking advantage of his disability. Lily will be able to work it out and also find her new found niece.
    • 4/5
      Lily, the local sheriff, has her hands full. There is a brand new amusement park about to open in her home town. Then, there is a murder and family disputes over the land where the park is located. On top of that, she has her own family drama when her niece never makes it to Kinship and she has possibly been kidnappedWell! This is my first Jess Montgomery book…where have I been! Geez! I actually won a copy of one of her books last year and never read it. HEAD SLAP!This is a story I am still thinking about. I loved Lily. Now, I will be honest, I figured this just could not happen in the 1920s. I thought, there is no way there was a female sheriff. Thanks to google…there were a few, very few, but it was not unheard of. So, give me a book with a strong female character and a book which has me looking up stuff and I am hooked.I loved the twists and turns in this mystery. I did figure some of it out, or I thought I did…and low and behold…NOT! The story twisted. I also fell for little Esme. I really want a whole book devoted to her and her story.This is also part of a series, book 4. And no, I have not read any of the others. I did not feel lost or confused at all. So this could be a stand alone.Susan Bennett is the narrator and she did a fabulous job. I have added her to my narrator list.Need a good historical mystery…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today!I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.
    • 5/5
      Jess Montgomery's Kinship historical mystery series is one that all lovers of the genre should read. These books-- and The Echoes is no exception-- are filled with evocative storytelling, intricate plotting, and compelling characters. Small, telling details put readers right into the time period. Who would have believed that there'd be such a thing as a parking lot for automobiles? And that "cardboard fan with a flat wooden handle from the funeral home" made me look for the one that's been in our family since 1909. (Yes, I did find it.) Then there are also aggravating details such as the fact that married women weren't allowed to be schoolteachers, and the derogatory way some folks there in Kinship call Lily Ross "She-riff." But it's the people, not the historical details, that are the flesh and bone and blood of The Echoes. Esmé, a little girl kidnapped in a strange land. Lily's mother, Beulah, who keeps too many secrets. Other people "so proud of their hate" that they carry it "like a torch." (Have you ever been able to understand people like that? Neither have I.) And Lily Ross herself. Strong. Indomitable. So sure of herself and her convictions that she tends to scare the people who know her best. Montgomery shows us-- and shows us in lyrical, heart-bruising style-- that hurt only needs to find people once for it to echo through the rest of their lives. This is a marvelous series and one that should not be missed.(Review copy courtesy of the publisher and Net Galley)

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