The Raven's Table - A Savannah Gothic Thriller

Diana Whitaker

Summary

Beneath the humid Savannah air, draped in jasmine and unspoken truths, an exclusive dinner party is set.  Six months after the vanishing of eccentric artist Emily Rivera, her acquaintances receive invitations edged in elegant script and adorned with a single, ominous raven’s feather.  Orchestrated by former investigative journalist Sarah Richards, this gathering promises far more than polite conversation. It's a hunt for the truth.Sarah, haunted by her own shadowed past, has chosen her guests with surgical precision: Dr. Thomas Meyer, a psychiatrist whose composure masks a fracturing mind; his wife Monica, a lawyer as sharp as her intellect; Yvonne Patterson, clinging to Southern charm amidst whispers of a scandalous history; Bryan Russell, a grieving widower searching for solace; and the unnervingly detached writer, Daniel House.As the first course is served, Sarah lays bare the evening's true purpose: to unravel the mystery of Emily’s disappearance.  Whispers of a hidden inheritance and a clandestine affair weave through the room like venomous tendrils. Emily's unsettling premonitions of her own demise, captured in cryptic sketches, add a chilling layer to the growing unease.But the closer Sarah gets to the truth, the more dangerous her quest becomes. Menacing warnings escalate from cryptic phone calls to ominous raven imagery appearing in her home. Someone wants her to stop digging.  And when Yvonne vanishes, mirroring Emily’s disappearance, the dinner party transforms into a claustrophobic battleground of suspicion.Sarah uncovers a shocking link between Emily’s vanishing and a decades-old scandal that rocked Savannah’s foundations – a scandal some at the table would kill to keep buried. The prominent Ashworth family, their wealth built on secrets and lies, becomes the focal point of her investigation.  As a hurricane gathers force outside, mirroring the storm brewing within the house, Sarah realizes the hidden inheritance isn't money, but a collection of documents that could bring down an empire.In Emily’s abandoned studio, surrounded by her macabre artwork, the truth emerges, as twisted and unsettling as the paintings themselves.  The raven, a symbol of both death and revelation, has finally descended, leaving a trail of devastation and a chilling reminder of the darkness that festers beneath the surface of even the most idyllic communities.  In Savannah, some truths are best left undisturbed, and uncovering them can come at a terrible cost.

Available since: 12/05/2024.

Print length: 292 pages.

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