Snow Angels

By Jane Whitney-Clark

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1424138620
• ISBN13: 9781424138623
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Publish America
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

An astonishing read!

Jane Whitney-Clark hails from northwestern Ohio's farmlands. She graduated from college in Cincinnati and launched a management career with the state. Her writing features picturesque regional features of Ohio to add to the charm of her tale. Reilly Cross is a librarian at Elijah County Library, but the death of her beloved Aunt Penn has produced an unbearable pain and sense of loneliness in her quiet life. Aunt Penn specified in her will that Reilly should join her spoiled sisters at Stoneyhill Inn in Grandville, Ohio for a week in which there might be a "sit down" talk to mend fences. Reilly meets up with an old flame, whose ardent attentions seem forced and out of place. She and her sisters agree to look into the death of a young, beautiful nun who died mysteriously, and Reilly meets up with the man of her dreams. Strange lights and chance meetings with what might be ghosts light up this whimsical tale of romance and intrigue: "I soon lost track of how long I actually sat there, emptying my soul at he feet of the statue, and my face was still in my hands when I heard a young woman's voice at my elbow. I turned just enough to see that it was a nun; pretty and Hispanic-looking, in the long black veils and robes of the Sacred Blood order. I quickly turned away again and swiped at my eyes, embarrassed that she had caught me like this. 'You miss her terribly, don't you?' she asked softly. I nodded. In my sadness, I must have called out Aunt Penn's name." Whitney-Clark uses a combination of love; mystery; family rivalries; and gentle ghosts to whip up a tale that is intriguing, entertaining, and as compelling as any London fog or Egyptian mystery. Whitney-Clark pays attention to the names of her characters: Reilly's soul mate is Mace Calder; her spoiled sisters' names are Bree Ann and Margie. The use of horses and an old nunnery give the perfect backdrop for a mystery with a beautiful and tragic victim without a family to help her. Whitney-Clark's writing is as spot-on as her understanding of her complex characters. She uses constant action to keep the reader engrossed in this most excellent mystery. SNOW ANGELS is a haunting and beautiful story that seems effortless in its entirety. An astonishing read! Shelley Glodowski Senior Reviewer