There's nowhere to go and no one Dahlia can call for help, even if anyone would believe that she and her crew are being stalked by a murderous phantom. On the crew's third night in the house, a storm shuts down the only road to the property. They have no idea how much danger they're in, but they're starting to get an idea. Then she stops answering the phone.īut Dahlia's concerns about the corpse and Augusta's disappearance are overshadowed when she begins to realise that she and her crew are not alone, and they're not welcome at the Withrow estate. Augusta says she doesn't know whose body it is or how many others might be present and refuses to answer any more questions. And then there's the cemetery, about thirty fallen and overgrown graves dating to the early 1900s, Augusta insists that the cemetery is just a fake, a Halloween prank, so the city gives the go-ahead, the bulldozer revs up, and it turns up human remains. Firstly, the place is in unexpectedly good shape. The crew finds a handful of surprises right away. This could be a gold mine, so he assigns his daughter Dahlia to personally oversee the project. Inventory is running low, so he's thrilled when Augusta Withrow appears in his office offering salvage rights to her entire property. I found this novel highly entertaining, and because I love her writing so much I definitely will be reading more of Cherie Priest’s novels.Chuck Dutton built Music City Salvage with patience and expertise, stripping historic properties and reselling their bones.
This novel possesses a variety of memorable characters however I absolutely adore the “godmothers” Miss Daisy and Miss Claire two rick as 80-year-old heroines who “about everything that on within a hundred miles (pg.
By whom? By what? And what is it that lurks in the water….watching….waiting. If you happen to be driving along the road when this bridge appears you just might be “taken” or rather there is a good probability you WILL be taken. Right in the middle of the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. What is it’s the premise? A bridge appears where no bridge should be. I soon found out however, this novel is not only entertaining but wonderfully written as well-a combination of horror, mystery and humour. Perfect.Īdmittingly I bought this novel thinking it was an escapist pulp fiction – something easy to read and entertaining enough to distract me from the realities at hand. The caption under the title reads “Southern Gothic Horror with a Contemporary Twist”. One of the titles on this list was “The Toll” written by Cherie Priest. One of my favourite genres is Gothic Literature so one day, a couple of months ago I Googles “Contemporary Gothic Literature” and up popped a wonderfully detailed list of titles. “The things I take are mine to keep” (135)
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