The Wings of Poppy Pendleton by Melanie Dobson

 

In this compelling new time-slip mystery, a little girl goes missing from her family’s castle in the Thousand Islands of New York. Eighty-five years later, a journalist teams up with a woman living on Koster Isle to find out what happened to Poppy, once and for all.

1907. On the eve of her fifth birthday, Poppy Pendleton is tucked safely in her bed, listening to her parents entertain New York’s gilded society in their Thousand Islands castle; the next morning, she is gone, and her father is found dead in his smoking room.

1992. Though Chloe Ridell lives in the shadows of Poppy’s castle, now in ruins, she has little interest in the mystery that still captivates tourists and locals alike. She is focused on preserving the island she inherited from her grandparents and reviving their vintage candy shop. Until the day a girl named Emma shows up on Chloe’s doorstep, with few possessions, save a tattered scrapbook that connects her to the Pendleton family. When a reporter arrives at Chloe’s store, asking questions about her grandfather, Chloe decides to help him dig into a past she’d thought best left buried. The haunting truth about Poppy, they soon discover, could save Emma’s life, so Chloe and Logan must work together to investigate exactly what happened long ago on Koster Isle.

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About The Author

 

Writing fiction is Melanie Dobson's excuse to explore abandoned houses, travel to unique places, and spend hours reading old books and journals. The award-winning author of almost thirty books, Melanie enjoys stitching together both time-slip and historical stories including The Winter Rose, Catching the Wind, Memories of Glass, and the Legacy of Love novels (legacyofloveseries.com). Five of her novels have received a Carol Award for historical fiction, Catching the Wind's audiobook won the 2018 Audie for Inspirational Novel, and The Black Cloister was ForeWord's Book of the Year for Religious Fiction. Her next time-slip novel, The Wings of Poppy Pendleton, comes out in September 2023.

Melanie and her husband, Jon, have two daughters. After moving numerous times with Jon's work, the Dobson family has finally settled near Portland, Oregon, and they love to travel and hike in both the mountains and the cliffs above the Pacific. When Melanie isn't writing, she enjoys exploring dusty back roads, dancing, and reading stories with her girls. 

 

My Review

 This was a page turner for me, there are mysteries and surprises, and most you won't see coming! This is a time slip read, and beautifully done.

A missing child, a found child, years apart, castles with hidden doors, and basically in my back yard. This is the Saint Lawrence river area, and we get a glimpse thought the words of the author at the opulence, including an Avairy filled with beautiful birds!

When we come to the 1990's we meet Chloe and find out how she fits into the mystery of the family, and how she came to live on the Island. We also meet a reporter from the Post-Standard, I've subscribed to this paper, and as he digs deep into the Poppleton family, we are gifted as the secrets, long hidden, being revealed.

This story kept giving right to the end! This is one great read!

I received this book thorough Net Galley and the Publisher Tyndale, and was not required to give a positive review.