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The Hollows
The Hollows: A Novel | Jess Montgomery
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Jess Montgomery showcases her skills as a storyteller in The Hollows: a powerful, big-hearted and exquisitely written follow-up to her highly acclaimed debut The Widows. Ohio, 1926: For many years, the railroad track in Moonvale Tunnel has been used as a shortcut through the Appalachian hills. When an elderly woman is killed walking along the tracks, the brakeman tells tales of seeing a ghostly female figure dressed all in white. Newly elected Sheriff Lily Ross is called on to the case to dispel the myths. With the help of her friends Marvena Whitcomb and Hildy Cooper, Lily follows the womans trail to The Hollowsa notorious asylumand they begin to expose dark secrets long-hidden by time and the mountains.
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CaitlinR
The Hollows: A Novel | Jess Montgomery
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“For near on ten miles, the old woman walks without ceasing.”

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DebinHawaii
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#QuotsyFeb20 #sorrow

“You, though, you just keep hunkering down, waiting for the sorrow to stop, and I understand that. I do. But it‘ll never stop, not entirely. You know that. All hunkering down does is give sorrow a way to burrow in, carve a hollow in your heart. Go too deep, and sorrow is all that will ever fill it.”

Wise words. The MC & secondary characters in this historical mystery aeries have all lost loved ones & sorrow quietly echoes.

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DebinHawaii
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I enjoyed the 1st book in the Kinship series but liked this one even more. Great characters & mystery. Set in 1926 rural Ohio, Lily Ross is still sheriff but facing re-election & investigating an elderly woman‘s suspicious death. Among other things I learned about the Women‘s Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) movement that I knew little about (fascinating & scary) so it‘s my #LiveandLearn for #Booked2020

With Corn Pone & Jam for my book tour review—link👇🏻

DebinHawaii Link to my full review & corn pone recipe: http://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-book-tour-stops-here-review-of.ht.... Using this for #Jennyis30 as #historicalmystery too. Great series, start with this one 5y
LauraJ I hadn‘t heard about the WKKK before. 5y
DebinHawaii @LauraJ Me either but the book prompted me to look on line & so interesting & scary. In addition to protest & using their voting power to keep women & family roles traditional & protect their white Protestant privileges, they got violent too. The 1920s were their heyday & Ohio one of their strongest chapters.😱 5y
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Suet624 I had no idea. 5y
Cinfhen #LiveAndLearn 🤓Thanks for sharing xx 5y
Cinfhen And as always, thanks for the recipe!!!!! 5y
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intothehallofbooks
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Wonderful sequel to The Widows!!

I LOVE Sheriff Lily Ross and the group of women that help her manage her family, her home, and her job: her mother and two best friends. They‘re strong, independent women that are true to their time. Just wonderful.

Thank you #MinotaurBooks for the review copy!

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Karenlovesbooks
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This is a great followup to the first book in the Kinship series: The Widows. It‘s an interesting historical mystery with strong women characters.