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BOOK REVIEW: The Crystal Cavern
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by: Laura V. Hilton Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: The Crystal Cavern Author: Hannah Alexander Publisher: Barbour Publishing ISBN: 1-58660-767-7 Genre: Inspirational/Mystery/Suspense
Sable Chamberlin’s grandfather has been accused of salting a mine. Now, he’s dead, a victim of a car accident. Desperate to clear her grandfather’s name, Sable is thrilled when her grandfather’s friend and business partner, Noah, calls, saying he’s received a packet from her grandfather. Sable rushes over to his home, but when she arrives, Noah’s dead from a gunshot to the head. And someone is shooting at Sable! When he misses, he runs Sable’s car off the road into a deep ravine.
Sable and her friend and co-worker, EMT, Paul Murphy, leave for her grandfather’s home in Southwestern Missouri by bus, hoping that the killers will think she died when the car was run off the road. When they get to Eagle Rock, Missouri, a freak ice-storm strands all the riders of the bus at Sable’s house.
But the mysterious happenings continue. Someone shoves Sable off a cliff on the walk to her grandfather’s home. Other events happen making it clear that one of the people stranded in their home is the killer. But who is it? What is he after? Will Sable be able to discover they seek? Or will she die in the attempt?
The Crystal Cavern is a fast paced and clever mystery set in a spooky old house with a cave opening up into the basement. Pair this with ghost stories and an unknown killer with an odd-ball set of characters and you have a setting for an exciting read. I thought I had the mystery solved early on, but at the last minute Hannah Alexander threw in an unexpected twist.
All the characters are well developed and all have a reason for being on the bus. One of them is trying to get to his dying mother’s side. One is going to a cooking competition with a suitcase full of cookbooks. There’s also the bus driver, an elderly woman, and a teenage son.
The Crystal Cavern started out scary and it kept increasing as the pages turned. By the time I reached the end of the book my pulse was jumping! This is not a book for the easily frightened, but if you love mysteries and solving puzzles, this is the book for you.
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