The Retreat
Nicola Marsh
Reviewed by Helen
Nicola Marsh has written a gothic tale set in a very gothic house on the water, there are lots of tales of missing people over the years and links to Vikings and Nordic curses, who are the family who started and continue to run it in all of its different stages, come along and find out.
Lucy Phillips is a librarian in New York, there is just her and her mother, Ava and they pretty much keep to themselves, but when Lucy’s mother dies after a road accident and Lucy discovers a strange Viking tattoo on the heal of her foot she is determined to get to the bottom of it, her mother was so quiet and loving, what has happened in her past?
Lucy discovers a link to a well –being digital retreat called Arcania she books a week to see what she can find out, the owner Cora Medville welcomes her with open arms but the house instantly puts Lucy on edge there is a creepiness about it like someone is watching you, should she stay or should she run?
Cora has been here for years after arriving in town with nowhere to go she is taken in by the good looking son of the owners of Arcania, Harlan and given a job, where she soon discovers that she needs some stability for her future and marries Harlan and has a family but is it the right family, what is happening to workers?
A twisty, haunting tale of long held secrets and a quest to find a Viking artifact that will make everything right, but will it? This one had me thinking and re-thinking throughout and the ending had me on the edge of my seat. I would recommend this to anyone who loves a good haunting tale, well written with fabulous characters.
Lucy Phillips is a librarian in New York, there is just her and her mother, Ava and they pretty much keep to themselves, but when Lucy’s mother dies after a road accident and Lucy discovers a strange Viking tattoo on the heal of her foot she is determined to get to the bottom of it, her mother was so quiet and loving, what has happened in her past?
Lucy discovers a link to a well –being digital retreat called Arcania she books a week to see what she can find out, the owner Cora Medville welcomes her with open arms but the house instantly puts Lucy on edge there is a creepiness about it like someone is watching you, should she stay or should she run?
Cora has been here for years after arriving in town with nowhere to go she is taken in by the good looking son of the owners of Arcania, Harlan and given a job, where she soon discovers that she needs some stability for her future and marries Harlan and has a family but is it the right family, what is happening to workers?
A twisty, haunting tale of long held secrets and a quest to find a Viking artifact that will make everything right, but will it? This one had me thinking and re-thinking throughout and the ending had me on the edge of my seat. I would recommend this to anyone who loves a good haunting tale, well written with fabulous characters.
4 stars
January 13, 2023 by Parlance Press
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