Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb

We own three different versions of this title, regular print, large print and downloadable audiobook. I listened to the downloadable audiobook version, and was amazed by this book.

We start out with a woman named Hallie James, who gets a letter in the mail from a lawyer that changes her life forever. In that envelope is a letter from Hallie's mother, whom Hallie had thought died when she was 5 years old. Now 30 years later she is informed that up until a week ago her mother was alive and well. Trying to find answers to why her loving and caring father (who died the day after she got this letter) would have taken her away from her mother, Hallie travels to the island where her mother lived, and is thrown into a strange world. She learns about her mothers side of the family, with all the strange paranormal activity surrounding their family home.

This gothic / paranormal fiction story was a wonderful book. I was hooked from the beginning to the end, on my toes wanting to know what was going to happen next!

If you'll enjoy a ghost or two, a unsolved murder and a mysterious family this is the book for you!