Dark Currents

After being gone for three years, David is returning to his hometown. He received a call from his grandmother, Maggie, babbling about a dead body, blood everywhere, and a lobster. Dementia / Alzheimer's is taking control of Maggie's mind. Rushing to his grandmother's, she seems just fine. At first she doesn't remember making the call, then she says she called the police and they ignored her. She's prone to memories that aren't ... hallucinations .... and of course, memory loss. David thinks Maggie has just had another pseudo-memory until he goes next door to check on her good friend and neighbor ..and finds her dead on the kitchen floor. Who would have wanted to kill the elderly woman, who by all who knew her, was a sweet woman who would do anything to help them. Did Maggie see the killer? Was she next door to see her friend on the floor? Maggie's testimony is shrouded in doubt—in between moments of lucidity she talks about things that never happened, about apparitions, disappearances, and murders. But are they really only stories? After a man's death sets off a hauntingly familiar chain of events, it seems there's some truth to Maggie's words. This has a well written plot, filled with intriguing characters amid the swirling mists of mystery, murder, and dark secrets. David is a unique character ... he left town as a woman and returned as a man. His historical based vocation makes him perfect for this story, as he records his grandmother and her friends about the past ... and the present. These are not your ordinary senior citizens ...they are funny, smart, and tough ... and they can take care of themselves ... and each other. There's plenty of action, plenty of suspects .. all leading to a surprising conclusion. Many thanks to the author /Poisoned Pen Press / Netgalley for the digital copy of this small town mystery. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.