The Silent Girls by Ann TroupMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Review: THE SI LENT GIRLS by Ann Troup
This engrossing mystery (along with a mystery of the same title I had just read, by Dylan Young) reminds me exactly what I love about "psychological horror " Ms. Troup masterfully sets a stage, then populates it with a series of then-and-now, interconnected plots and characters. Leading with a shocking reader's hook, the novel becomes, in a sense, a validation of that supremely wise quote of George Santayana: "Those who do not remember history are condemned to repeat it." In the square at Winfield, those who remember keep silent, and the next generation remains in the dark. Yet even secrets fifty years old or older refuse to forever stay buried. Sometimes there results poetic justice, sometimes vengeance, sometimes evil rejoices.
THE SILENT GIRLS is definitely a stay-up-to-all-hours read.
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