The Goode School is for those privileged young ladies born to wealth
and position to train for leadership positions in the world. That is
what parents and even the dean of the school would like to believe,
but there is a darker side of troubled teenagers, secret societies,
and an honor code that doesn’t stop the girls from committing
dangerous acts and lying about them.
The opening scene is chilling. In the early morning of a Virginia day, the
students wake to find a classmate hanging from the arch of the
entrance gate. Her face is so mutilated that it takes time to
identify her. Who would do such a thing and more important, why?
This is a suitably
chilling psychological thriller. As we’re introduced to the girls,
we realize that all is not as it seems. Ash, a new student from
England, is talented and beautiful. Her parents are dead and she’s
there on a scholarship sponsored by the dean. It all sounds very
normal, but immediately she tells us how much she likes to lie. It’s
the first hint of the serious troubles infecting the school.
If you enjoy
psychological thrillers with lots of twists, this is a good one. The
lives of the students, parents, and teachers are intertwined in
sinister ways it’s hard to guess. The setting is realistic, not
surprising because it’s based on the author’s years at
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia. Because of
the author’s familiarity with the setting the hidden tunnels and
haunted arboretum are quite realistic.
I received this book
from Harlequin for this review.
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