THE FIFTH PETAL

The Fifth Petal 
by Brunonia Barry
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The book is very easy to follow and keeps the interesting level high.

There are some interesting facts about Irish lore, and history of the Puritans and Salem.
The plot is about the unsolved murders of three young women and the drastic change in character of a respected scholar, who is presumed the culprit of such murders, but since that night she is considered crazy and unstable. This is also mixed with the element of witchcraft and the search of an ancient oak that it is supposed to be cursed and a little girl that survived the dreadful night of the murders.
Twenty five years have past and another murder is committed. So it begins.
Note: I received an ARC for review and an honest and unbiased opinion.


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Brunonia Barry is the New York Times and international best selling author of THE LACE READER, THE MAP OF TRUE PLACES, and THE FIFTH PETAL, which will be released in January 2017. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She was the first American author to win the International Women’s Fiction Festival’s Baccante Award and was a past recipient of Ragdale Artists’ Colony’s Strnad Fellowship as well as the winner of New England Book Festival’s award for Best Fiction, a People Magazine Pick, and Amazon’s Best of the Month. Her reviews and articles on writing have appeared in The London Times, The Washington Post, and The Huffington Post. She is a regular contributor to Writer Unboxed. Brunonia chairs the Salem Athenaeum’s Writers’ Committee and serves on Grub Street’s Development Committee. She is the Executive Director of the Salem Lit Fest, an annual event that brings people to Salem, MA from all over the world. She lives in Salem with her husband, Gary, and their dog, Angel.