In Niceville, a pleasant Southern town where evil lurks just beneath the surface, two back-to-back airplane crashes set off a spellbinding chain reaction of murder, inadvertent kidnapping, and double-dealing.
Detective Nick Kavanaugh must balance his investigation into the accidents with family concerns and a long-buried mystery. He and his wife Kate, a family lawyer, have taken in Kate’s sister and her two children, escaping their abusive father Byron Deitz. The Kavanaughs are also caring for the orphaned Rainey Teague, who recently survived a strange kidnapping and has come back a very different child. Rainey was not the last person to vanish from a Niceville street; most recently, an administrator from Rainey’s school, and—even worse—Kate’s father, a local historian, have gone missing. Using her father’s files, Kate and Nick start to unearth their town’s bloodstained past, trying to discover the truth behind generations of disappearances. But a sinister someone—or something—stands in their way.
My Review
The Homecoming by Carsten StroudMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I am a fan of Carsten Stroud so when I saw the second book in his Niceville's series, The Homecoming, I grabbed it. The Homecoming is one of those books you want to read slow so you can savor every sentence. Maybe it's because Niceville has a southern setting, or maybe it's because Stroud is such a great writer. His style is fluid and while there remain unanswered questions the book stands on its own as did Niceville.
While some may consider The Homecoming horror, some psychological, some multidimensional, the novel is a bit genre bending. The characters are well-written, superbly witty, charming, vile, and even disgusting. I loved them all. While Niceville isn't all that nice you will be drawn into the lives of the people of Niceville. It is not a place I'd want to visit, but I held onto this book for as long as I could.
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