Dark Secrets of the Bayou

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Pub Date 27 Nov 2020 | Archive Date 26 Jan 2021

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To avenge the past, one must first unearth its secrets.


Catherine “Tink” Mabrey, an up and coming attorney, is shocked by her recent inheritance from her estranged family on the bayou. After her mother died during childbirth, Tink’s father had quickly relocated them to the big city of Atlanta, Georgia. With no memory of her mother, she is determined to learn more about her lineage and decides to visit the bayou town of Kane, Louisiana. Candace, Tink's co-worker and best friend, agrees to make the trip with her.

Before she has time to explore her family’s history, or decide what to do with the declining property, local murders plague Tink’s homecoming. She quickly finds herself caught in the middle of a multiple murder investigation – and quite possibly, the prime suspect. When Candace retreats back to Atlanta, Tink, with the support of an unlikely cast of characters, sets out to discover clues that have haunted and tormented her family for generations.

Could a concealed crime from the 1800’s, or the family's estate itself, harbor keys to unlocking the past? The more they learn, the more they question whether some secrets are best left buried.

To avenge the past, one must first unearth its secrets.


Catherine “Tink” Mabrey, an up and coming attorney, is shocked by her recent inheritance from her estranged family on the bayou. After her...


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The first half of this book is set in the 1800’s and tells the history of the family’s involved in this story line. The second half of this book is set in the present where the family secrets must be revealed. The synopsis grabbed me from the beginning. The bayou, family secrets, and an old plantation house. The first half of the book was rather slow as there was so much family history. The last half of the book was much better but the ending felt rushed to me and me confused

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Nobody was more surprised than Tink Mabry when she inherits a plantation in Louisiana. Her mother had died in childbirth and her father took her to Georgia when she was only a few weeks old. Her father wants her to sell it sight unseen. But Tink is nothing if not an independent thinker.

Not ever knowing her mother and having had no contact from her grandparents, she's eager to explore her family's history.

Along with her best friend who makes the trip with her, they discover that this may involve much more than she thought. Immediately falling in love with the plantation, she is told about the recent murders in her area .... and unfortunately, she is the prime suspect.

The first part of this book takes the reader back to the 1800s when the plantation was first built and owned by the wealthy Sinclair family. All was not on the up and up back them. There were secret mergers, smuggling, secret rooms and tunnels, voodoo, murder.

So how do murders in present time relate to the crimes of the 1800s?

This is well written with a complex plot filled with intriguing characters, surrounded by suspense. The atmosphere, at times, is dark and gloomy, which propels the reader deeper into the story. It's a real page turner leading to an unexpected ending.

Many thanks to the author / Raven South Publishing /Netgalley for this Historical Mystery. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

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