Hometown Track Minnesota Author in the Spotlight - October

Hometown Track Minnesota Author in the Spotlight

I am super excited to announce my October author in the spotlight.  Wendy Webb is the author of The Tale of Halcyon Crane.  This gothic, ghost story is set on an island in the middle of the Great Lakes. Webb won the Minnesota Book Award for genre fiction for her book.  It promises to be a great read that will keep you up late at night.

Here is the synopsis from Goodreads:
A young woman travels alone to a remote island to uncover a past she never knew was hers in this thrilling modern ghost story
When a mysterious letter lands in Hallie James’s mailbox, her life is upended. Hallie was raised by her loving father, having been told her mother died in a fire decades earlier. But it turns out that her mother, Madlyn, was alive until very recently. Why would Hallie’s father have taken her away from Madlyn? What really happened to her family thirty years ago?
In search of answers, Hallie travels to the place where her mother lived, a remote island in the middle of the Great Lakes. The stiff islanders fix her first with icy stares and then unabashed amazement as they recognize why she looks so familiar, and Hallie quickly realizes her family’s dark secrets are enmeshed in the history of this strange place. But not everyone greets her with such a chilly reception—a coffee-shop owner and the family’s lawyer both warm to Hallie, and the possibility of romance blooms. And then there’s the grand Victorian house bequeathed to her—maybe it’s the eerie atmosphere or maybe it’s the prim, elderly maid who used to work for her mother, but Hallie just can’t shake the feeling that strange things are starting to happen . . .
In The Tale of Halcyon Crane, Wendy Webb has created a haunting story full of delicious thrills, vibrant characters, and family secrets.

In the month of October, you can expect an author interview, a book review and a contest.  Stay tuned for a ghostly month of fun.