Fractured Oak

In a Nutshell: An interesting cocktail of contemporary police procedural plus mild mystery plus magical realism plus historical fiction. Though not much of a mystery, this indie work kept me hooked from start to end. Story Synopsis: In 1853, Catherine Miller became the third woman to become a medical......more

3.5~4 “Of all the home dwellers to inhabit this remote bundle of land, he is my least favorite. I can’t define why, no more than I can define why my soul became trapped in a tree, but I feel it nonetheless.” Catherine IS the fractured oak of the title. Why? She has no idea, and all we can do it is sus......more

I’ve never read a novel quite like this one. Dual timeline and dual POV, this novel kept me turning page after page to see where the story was going. The two characters are exquisitely different and yet alike, their tones unique and the author does a really great job of bringing out their personalit......more

This book has such an interesting premise: a women who is murdered in the 1800s turns into a tree. In the present day, as a tree in his yard, she observes the life of a man who murders his PhD student. We get the POVs of Catherine (the tree) and Lani (a soon-to-be retired police officer investigatin......more

Thank you to NetGalley and Indigo Dot Press for an ARC of this book! The premise of this book had me hooked: Catherine Miller is reincarnated as a tree after being murdered, and now a witness of a homeowner murdering his student. This was a perfect mix of murder mystery, magical realism, and female p......more