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A review by thenovelbookshelf
Pine by Francine Toon
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
4.0
An eerie thrilling mystery set in a small village n the Scottish Highlands.
On a Halloween night Lauren and her father, Niall, pick up a woman stumbling on the road. In the morning, she's gone.
Lauren feels a familiarness to the woman, who supernaturally turns up at odd times. Niall drinks to forget. Forget that his wife is gone. To forget the whispers of the village about him.
When a local woman goes missing in familiar circumstances, Lauren looks for answers, to find her friend, and her mother.
I found this a gripping, eerie, thriller that feels like a fog starts to fall and becomes heavier with each chapter until the very end. The build up to the ending was long, and the ending abrupt, but I found myself holding my breath and thinking I was in that village.
On a Halloween night Lauren and her father, Niall, pick up a woman stumbling on the road. In the morning, she's gone.
Lauren feels a familiarness to the woman, who supernaturally turns up at odd times. Niall drinks to forget. Forget that his wife is gone. To forget the whispers of the village about him.
When a local woman goes missing in familiar circumstances, Lauren looks for answers, to find her friend, and her mother.
I found this a gripping, eerie, thriller that feels like a fog starts to fall and becomes heavier with each chapter until the very end. The build up to the ending was long, and the ending abrupt, but I found myself holding my breath and thinking I was in that village.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Bullying