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A woman trying to outrun her past is drawn to a quiet coastal town in Maine–and to a string of unsolved murders–in this haunting tale of romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. Ava Collette is punishing herself for an unspeakable tragedy. So she flees Boston and rents an old home named Brodie’s Watch on a remote coastal peninsula of Maine, hoping to work on a cookbook inspired by New England cuisine that she’s been trying to finish for months. She immediately feels at peace in the isolated house–until she starts to hear strange noises. Rumor has it that a sea captain named Brodie has haunted the house for decades. Then, one night, Ava is awakened to find herself face to face with an apparition who looks–and feels–all too real. Meanwhile, there’s been a series of accidental deaths nearby that don’t add up. And as Ava starts to check into the previous renter’s mysterious disappearance, she starts to realize that there’s a disturbing secret some in town are desperate to keep hidden. Soon all of Ava’s waking hours are consumed by her investigation, and her nights are ignited by Captain Brodie’s ghostly visits. But even as she questions her own sanity, she knows she must uncover the truth before a killer strikes again.
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I have seen bits and pieces of the show Rizzoli & Isles but haven't delved into the series in book form yet. Rather I got pulled into this book by the description and felt like reading a paranormal Gothic mystery. That, of course, led to me reading parts of other people's reviews because I have a bad habit of doing that and occasionally spoiling myself for things to come.
The Shape of Night starts with our dear Ava running from something back home - we find out multiple times throughout the story that she was trying to run from herself which is impossible. Anyway, she decides to move to the story's local in good, old Maine because, ya know, nothing bad ever happens there. (Unless you're a character in something written by Stephen King - then, oh, watch out!) She begins to form relationships with people around town and finds items around her house that belong to the previous tenant. Being the great human being she is, she'd like to return those items and starts to unravel this big mystery as to why Charlotte (previous tenant) chose to leave as quickly as she did.
We meet a doctor who isn't as up and up as he's portrayed to be, two handymen who are just going to eat our dear old Ava out of her house and home and a ghost who likes a little extra something in the bedroom. A ghost who honestly may not have even been real - I mean, ghosts aren't real so why am I having this debate with myself? But Ava questions it a few times and even if he wasn't real, she thought he was and she dealt with some inner turmoil through him and realized some things about herself along the way. I mean, I guess.
I can't really complain about this book - beyond the fact that it made me slip unintentionally into a reading slump that meant I didn't really read much for two weeks. I liked the intrigue, I liked the mystery and honestly, the ghost and his proclivities didn't bother me. As a whole, it even made me want to check out other books from Tess Gerritsen. It makes me really grateful that I found that nice lady in Concord who let me hit up the extra books she had in her garage that were meant for her Little Free Library. Thanks again, Dominique, you're a real one and I'm excited to read those other Tess Gerritsen books.
0What the hoo haa did I just read? I think Fated Mates mentioned it, so I put it on hold with the library and read it with no memory of why it was mentioned.
So that was weird. But entertaining. I barreled through it in no time.
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