More than a century ago, the Sea Islands of Georgia’s coastline were the playground of the ultra-wealthy. Carnegies, Morgans, Rockefellers and other aristocrats of the Industrial Age built luxurious southern beach retreats on islands like Cumberland and Jekyll to escape the icy winters of New York. In time, though, the grand mansions were abandoned and fell into disrepair, abandoned to the weather and the wilderness.
A secretive client hires Ellie Jordan to investigate one such island, home to a sprawling estate modeled after a royal hunting lodge. Weapons and artifacts from around the world adorn its grand hall. Finely furnished rooms devoted to leisure and games display the original owner’s vast collection of hunting trophies, the preserved bodies of exotic predators from around the world, beasts with bared fangs and unblinking glass eyes.
Someone is trying to bring the neglected island back to life, but the dark shadows of its gilded past remain strong here, stalking the galleries and winding corridors. The mysterious grand lodge is more than it seems, and its restoration has unearthed horrific and unexpected evils. Ellie and Stacey must face the lodge’s dark past and drive its paranormal inhabitants back into the world of the dead, before they can do more harm to the living.
15 books in and this series just keeps getting better and better. The stakes also seem to be getting higher and the danger more intense with each new case that Ellie and her friends take on. For that reason alone, The Lodge was definitely a book that was hard to put down.
There’s always a certain mystery surrounding the investigations that Ellie and Stacey go on, but this one was laced with more than most. Especially considering the fact that they weren’t even sure who hired them. Even once they got to the island, they were still only dealing with a representative of the true client. All the secrecy made it hard to figure out exactly what they were dealing with, but it was obvious that someone or something wasn’t happy with the intrusion. Being isolated kept them away from their usual research resources, not to mention the fact that it added to the danger.
The Lodge was full of twists and turns with a little mythology thrown into the mix. (Which incidentally made me love it even more ❤ ) Nothing was quite what it seemed and there was more than one danger on the island as well as some pretty unexpected allies.
Cabinet Jack is next in the Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper series and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for Ellie and her friends next.
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