"The Haunting At Bonaventure Circus," by Jaime Jo Wright

 

This was my third book by this author, and while in my opinion it was the best of the three, I was disappointed that Jaime Jo Wright didn’t diverge from her usual formula. Once again, it was a dual timeline in which the present time period features a woman new to town who finds herself in the midst of a mystery that stems from the past. As with most dual timeline novels, the story was much stronger when it switched to the earlier time period. 

Both time periods, however, were full of a strong ‘creepiness’ factor involving a serial killer, which held my interest, but also left me wondering how the book found it’s way into the ‘Christian’ genre. Yes, it did mention God from time to time, but almost as an attempt to keep the Christian classification, rather than coming from any real Christian message or redeeming factor in the storyline. I would recommend this as a somewhat intriguing mystery, that is creepy but not graphically violent.

*Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced digital copy of this book! A positive review was not required, and the opinions expressed in this review are my own.