“Stranger in the Woods” by Anni Taylor
Published: September 29, 2018 by Bookish Coast
Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery
Photographer Isla Wilson has landed her dream job. She is hired to photograph an affluent family for a magazine feature about the brilliant architect Alban McGregor. The job will be her first trip to Scotland so she intends to make the most of it. Unfortunately, she uncovers secrets from the past…some of them her own.
Isla was hired by Alban’s assistant and put up in a cabin on the McGregor’s property. Alban, his wife Jessica and their young daughter live there. What Isla didn’t know is that years prior Alban and Jessica had another daughter named Elodie who was kidnapped and murdered right there on the property in an old playhouse. Her killer was never found. Isla takes it up on herself to try to figure out what happened to Elodie and finds that this small town in Scotland is even smaller than she thought. Everyone is connected to everyone else and as she untangles the web she learns that she is a part of it all too, but just can’t remember how.
“Stranger in the Woods” was a keep you on the edge of your seat kind of book. You can’t wait to find out what mystery will be waiting on the next page. I think that Anni Taylor does a fantastic job telling the story and keeping you engaged and questioning all the characters only to be surprised in the end by how it all unfolds. An absolutely brilliant ending that I didn’t see coming. I loved this book and would recommend it to anyone looking for a good mystery to solve. I rate it a 4.5/5.
I loved this book so much I jumped right into another by her called “The Game You Played” and I was not disappointed. I will share that review with you next week.
