"She was shrewdly, cunningly mixing nature and religion, binding them together as a single force."
The Hive
The Hive by Gregg Olsen hooked me from the very beginning. Most of the characters in this book have secrets. There are narrations of scenes as the story progresses that will keep the reader interested in the lives of the different characters. The levels of deceit among the women of the hive are varied and Marnie Spellman is the center or the 'Queen Bee'. They have agreed to keep quiet about the death of one of their own, which has been unsolved for nineteen years.
The beginning of the book features information about Marnie Spellman. She is the pivot point for most of this story. She garners her following from a childhood story of her personal experience with a swarm of bees. She is a formidable woman intent on accruing money, power, and loyal followers to support her own experimentation and fame.
Detective Lindsay Jackman is shocked to learn her mentor and partner, Detective Alan Sharpe has been found dead of an apparent suicide in the garage of his home. Lindsay feels she needs to be there, but she is sent to investigate a call about a young woman's body being found at Maple Falls. As Lindsey investigates this homicide, more clues lead her to the mysterious Spellman Farms. Could there be a link between this murder with the unsolved murder almost twenty years ago?
Publication Date: June 8, 2021
Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.
Excellent book. Unable to put down, so many secrets within small community. How did they keep all those secrets for so many years.
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