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2000s: A woman lives as a hermit in the woods, off-grid, unknown, until something happens.
The Watcher
What you need to know before your trail
Pearl Jenkins is a nobody. She was a woman who lived as a hermit in the woods. One day, she’s nowhere to be found, and all that’s left behind is a pool of blood and a child no one knew existed, raised completely off the grid and in the grip of Pearl’s manic paranoia.
Kateri Fisher is used to being an outsider. Now, she’s the only female detective in the tiny upstate New York town of Spring Falls, where everyone knows everyone, but no one will talk. It’s fitting that she takes the case that no one else wants. But as Kateri struggles to navigate the harsh rules of a new town while trying to learn the truth about the Jenkins family, only one thing becomes clear: neither she nor Pearl are as invisible as she first thought. Someone’s always watching.
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Watching in Upstate New York
Spring Falls is a fictional town somewhere in upstate New York. There are a few places where it could be on the map since Silver Lake and Syracuse are both mentioned. The location is not important but the setting is; a small town where outsiders are suspected and nothing is what it seems.
The themes in this novel are dark : abuse, child death and more of this nature. When bones are found, the story gets darker still. Set in the woods, in a rural and claustrophobic community, this has all the emotions and shadows of a small town, far from the big city but close enough to danger that you can smell it. Long before you see it.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Watcher
Destination/location: New York State Author/guide: Jennifer Pashley Departure Time: 2000s
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