Catriona McPherson was born in Scotland, where she lived until moving to California in 2010. Catriona is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. You can find out more about her at www.catrionamcpherson.com.
I must admit, I knew nothing about Catriona until I read the blurb for her new novel and saw the delightfully creepy cover from Kevin R. Brown. The Child Garden wasn't the chilling tale I was hoping for, instead it's more of a straightforward whodunit.
Mitchell Best, or Moped as his friends called him, drowned nearly thirty years ago. With the recent death of his classmate April Cowen, Gloria Harkness is drawn into a mystery which slowly reveals a number of suspicious deaths over the years. All of the deaths were students at a small private school called Eden where they all were on the night Moped died.
The Child Garden is a solid piece of writing with a touch of quiet horror mixed in with this mystery tale. There are the typical assortment of red herrings in such a novel. My favorite was the Stone of Miharay on the property where Gloria was living. The story was that someone was inside the stone and it was necessary to rock the stone a dozen times every day to keep that someone at bey. Like many of the false leads, it falls by the wayside with little fanfare.
All in all, I'm glad I read The Child Garden which is available now for pre-order at Amazon.com. Published by Midnight Ink. The book is scheduled to be released both in paperback and e-book formats on September 8, 2015.
Recommended for mystery fans.
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