When she was 3, Ruby McTavish, the daughter of the wealthiest family in North Carolina, disappeared in the woods outside her palatial home, Ashby House. Decades later, after four husbands died suspiciously early, Ruby herself has died, leaving Ashby House and her entire fortune to her adopted son, Camden. Naturally, Ruby's sister, Nelle, and Nelle's descendants aren't too excited about that, but until they manage to drag Camden back to North Carolina a decade after Ruby's death, there's not much they can do besides spew vitriol and shoot evil glares in his direction.
This book has all the elements of a gothic thriller with boatloads of secrets in a foreboding house and jealous snobbery galore. However, the execution just isn't there. The twists were predictable, and I never felt the adrenaline pumping or any innate sense of suspense. This could've been better.
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