Camp Nightingale is
situated on Lake Midnight, on property owned by the Harris family for
over a hundred years. The camp attracted wealthy girls. Emma Davis,
13 years old, doesn’t really want to go for the summer. She and her
friends call it Camp Rich Bitch.
It’s late when she
and her parents arrive. All the cabins for younger girls are full, so
she’s given the fourth bunk in a cabin with Vivian, Allison and
Natalie. Vivian is the ring leader. She takes a liking to Emma,
telling her she’ll be her older sister for the summer. Emma is
trilled to be noticed by someone like Vivian and follows her lead in
all things.
Then a tragedy
occurs. The three girls go missing and are never found. It’s a
situation that has haunted Emma ever since. Now twenty-eight, Emma
has a successful career as a painter, but when Franny Harris-White,
decides to reopen Camp Midnight she agrees to become the painting
instructor. It’s fifteen years later, but the tragedy still hangs
over the camp.
This is a real page
turner. The author dribbles out the clues leading you ever deeper
into the secrets of Camp Nightingale and the girls and staff from
fifteen years ago. It’s a hard book to put down. Emma is a
sympathetic character. You know her memories aren’t the whole
story. There are things she’s not telling you about the past as she
tries to solve the mystery of her cabin-mate’s disappearance, but
it makes you root for her to tame her demons.
If you’ve attended
camp, or just like a good psychological thriller, you’re enjoy this
book.
I received this book
from Penguin Random House for this review.
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