Can’t Wait Wednesday (4/28/21)
Once again it is almost the end of the month. This time though, I was prepared for it! Time seems to have gotten back to semi-normal. Although I still often have to remind myself of what day of the week it is. That hasn’t changed. Perhaps it’s my excitement at my eventual road trip across the U.S. that has the calendar feeling standard again, but I like it! I really missed traveling. Anyway, on to the pick for this week, shall we?
Twitter has been my best friend lately when it comes to discovering new books. I kind of fell out of the habit of tracking new releases in late 2019, and now I pretty much just pick what I want to read based on what the library has highlighted. However, Twitter often throws me gems, and that is how I found out that Kendare Blake has a new book coming out! I LOVE her writing, and this one looks like the perfect creepy read.
Sixteen bloodless bodies. Two teenagers. One impossible explanation.
Summer 1958—a string of murders plagues the Midwest. The victims are found in their cars and in their homes—even in their beds—their bodies drained, but with no blood anywhere.
September 19- the Carlson family is slaughtered in their Minnesota farmhouse, and the case gets its first lead: 15-year-old Marie Catherine Hale is found at the scene. She is covered in blood from head to toe, and at first she’s mistaken for a survivor. But not a drop of the blood is hers.
Michael Jensen, son of the local sheriff, yearns to become a journalist and escape his small-town. He never imagined that the biggest story in the country would fall into his lap, or that he would be pulled into the investigation, when Marie decides that he is the only one she will confess to.
As Marie recounts her version of the story, it falls to Michael to find the truth: What really happened the night that the Carlsons were killed? And how did one girl wind up in the middle of all these bodies?
This intriguing book will be out on September 21, 2021 and I simply cannot wait to devour it!
What are you waiting on?
