STORM ISLAND returned me to those good old days of upper childhood and adolescence when I daily devoured the likes of novels by Phyllis A. Whitney, Victoria Holt, and the plethora of Gothic paperbacks of the 1960's, stories of intrigue, adventure, suspense, commitment, betrayal, jealousy, insanity, gaslighting, love, romance. Of course those preceded the #Metoo Movement by decades, so there were no instances of sexual assault, date rape or Rohypnol.
Author Linda Watkins successfully brings the Gothic Suspense genre into the rapid-paced 21st century, but yet there is still that underlying aura of past Gothics (especially the protagonist's encounters in the woods and in the tower room). I can see her as played by a young Ingrid Bergman, as evil villains in the shadows gaslight her and soon she cannot distinguish friend from those who wish her ill. A satisfying read, STORM ISLAND is Book 1 of the Kate Pomeroy Mysteries.
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