The Man in Cabin Five
by Chrysteen Braun
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Pub Date Apr 19 2022 | Archive Date May 19 2022
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Description
When Annie Parker discovers her husband’s infidelity, she doesn’t let it destroy her. She packs her bags and heads to Lake Arrowhead, California, the mountainside town where her family used to summer. Immersing herself in the restoration of seven 1920s era cabins, Annie begins to put the pieces of her life back together. But starting over is never easy.
Alyce Murphy needs closure. When she discovers her father did not die from a heart attack, as she’s been led to believe for the last 30 years, but in a murder/suicide, she is determined to uncover the truth of his death. But when she visits the cabin where her father ended his life, Alyce has to accept she may never know the true story.
Annie is looking towards her future while Alyce needs to put the past to rest. In parallel stories, both women are drawn to the rustic mountainside cabins as they search for the missing pieces—but they soon discover that the cabins have their own stories to tell.
Advance Praise
"In an intriguing set of stories, each cabin on the mountain serves as the setting for a compelling tale of loss, betrayal—and love. Chrysteen Braun’s clever premise gives us a satisfying glimpse into the lives of others—both past and present." —Anne Cleeland, author of the Doyle & Acton Mystery Series
"Annie and Alyce are two women without much in common, but whose lives intersect in a place that has surprises for both of them. In telling their stories, Chrysteen Braun blends memoir and mystery in an entertaining page-turner." —Susan Denley, former Associate Features Editor, Los Angeles Times
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781647044633 |
| PRICE | £2.99 (GBP) |
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Featured Reviews
Leanne D, Reviewer
#netgalley #themanincabinfive #booksgosocial publication date 19 April 2022
An intriguing story perfectly set to curl up with a blanket on a winter night. I enjoyed this book alot,it is a story of love, betrayal and mystery all rolled in 4/5 stars
Kiaran J, Reviewer
The Man in Cabin Five tells the stories of two women in 1980’s California.
Annie grew up in a stable and loving family. For several years during Annie’s childhood her family owned a beautiful vacation home near Lake Arrowhead. Annie grows up, marries the wrong man and, when her marriage disintegrates, she returns to the Lake Arrowhead area to start her new life and continue her decorating career. Annie buys a group of cabins and renovates them to turn into a B&B. And she starts a relationship with charming and sexy Noah, a local contractor,
Alyce had a loving, if poor family until her Dad was drafted to fight in WWII. He returned a changed man; aloof with nightmares, and quick tempered. He and his war buddy Smitty, open a garage together and do pretty well. Alyce’s life was forever changed when her father died of a heart attack as her Mother told her. She grew up, married the wrong man and, as her Mother lays dying, finds out that her Father actually murdered Smitty and his family and then committed suicide in a cabin near Lake Arrowhead. Alyce comes to Annie’s B&B to see the cabin where Father died and try to find answers to explain his behavior.
The intersection of these two women’s lives is poignant and sad but an engaging story.
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