This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

The Witch’s Orchard

Summary: A ninth generation Appalachian herself, Archer Sullivan brings the mountains of North Carolina to life in The Witch’s Orchard, a wonderfully atmospheric novel that introduces private investigator Annie Gore.

Former Air Force Special Investigator Annie Gore joined the military right after high school to escape the fraught homelife of her childhood. Now, she’s getting by as a private investigator and her latest case takes her to an Appalachian holler not unlike the one where she grew up.

Ten years ago, three little girls went missing from their tiny mountain town. While one was returned, the others were never seen again. After all this time without answers, the brother of one of the girls wants to hire an outsider, and he wants Annie. While she may not be from his town, she gets mountain towns. Mountain people. Driving back into the hills for a case this old—it might be a fool’s errand. But Annie needs to put money in the bank and she can’t turn down a case. Not even one that dredges up her own painful past.

In the shadow of the Blue Ridge, Annie begins to track the truth, navigating a decade’s worth of secrets, folklore of witches and crows, and a whole town that prefers to forget. But while the case may have been buried, echoes of the past linger. And Annie’s arrival stirs someone into action.

 

 

Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

I love a good mystery and a missing girls story def checks some book boxes of mine. And then when the main character is a total bad ass… well… YASSSSS!

I loved the Appalachian setting of this book- it was just as much of a character as the actual written characters.

What I liked:

This cover. It’s dark and tantalizing.

Annie. That woman is bad ass with a slightly soft side that you see from time to time. I loved learning stuff about her and by the time I read this book, I already knew a book 2 was coming out- so YAY!

The mystery of the book. It was a great story with many layers.

 

Bottom line: This may be a debut, but it doesn’t read like one. Archer Sullivan is going places.

 

*This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration. All thoughts and opinions are mine alone.*

 

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T @ Traveling With T