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The Buried Girl

The Buried Girl

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  • Author：Richard Montanari
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Summary

When New York psychologist Will Hardy's wife is killed， he and his teenage daughter Bernadette move into Godwin Hall， a dusty， shut-up mansion in the small town of Abbeville， Ohio。

Meanwhile， Abbeville Chief of Police Ivy Holgrave is investigating the death of a local girl， convinced this may only be the latest in a long line of murders dating back decades - including her own long-missing sister。

But what place does Will's new home have in the story of the missing girls？ And what links the killings to the diary of a young woman written over a century earlier？

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Reviews

Aniruddha ，

Who is Billy？That’s the question I could not find an answer。 Maybe I am a bad read but there are few unanswered questions。

Adam Browning ，

Very well written。 I fully enjoyed this book and I would recommend it。

Cherelle Harris ，

I really enjoyed this book but I’ve been searching for hours trying to find out who Billy was？！？ Was he good， was he bad？ I need to know！

Fay Richmond ，

Really enjoyed this book。 Started to get the theme and from early on knew who was the baddies but well written and kept me engaged to the end

Lisacrooksbtinternet。com ，

Got good in the end - after page 331！

Chelsea Kelly ，

2。5/5 Stars: ‘The Buried Girl’ by Richard Montanari。→ Age Range: Adult。→ Genre: Crime， Mystery Thriller。→ Trigger Warnings: Grief， Murder， Death。In-depth Rating:→ Plot: ★★★→ Character Development: ★★★→ Setting: ★★→ Entertainment Level: ★★→ Writing: ★★★General Comments: Outdated Comments Removed; Star-Rating Stands。Favourite Quote: N/A。Time Read: Three Days。→ Audiobook: No。→ Audiobook Narrator: -

Dion ，

Fresh plot and characters make it interesting， but it doesn't quite breathe and come alive。 Fresh plot and characters make it interesting， but it doesn't quite breathe and come alive。 。。。more

Sarah ，

I can’t decide if it was good or bad that I lay awake after I finished the book thinking of the gaping plot holes。 I concluded it wasn’t great。

Ben Leutenberg ，

I liked that the author placed much of the location in our mutual back yards。

Lieselot Mauroo ，

This was such an incredibly interesting and compelling read。 It had me hooked from the first chapter。I love how all the different parts of the story slowly came together to form the whole of it。 Are there still questions unanswered？ Yes， a few， but that just adds more to the mystery and allure of the whole book。 Very very thrilling！！！ I absolutely LOVED it！！！！

Genevieve Paquette ，

Richard Montanari is my guilty （ok， you know what， no so guilty at all） pleasure。 I love the Balzano and Byrne books， so despite tepid reviews， I gave this a shot。 I'm glad。 I enjoyed it。I thought the plotting was solid， the mystery engaging （and weird- I like 'em weird）， and I liked the dual timelines。 I also like that， as usual， Montanari includes just enough detail about his characters lives and not a bit more， original L&O style。 They're fleshed out enough to be believable， but their persona Richard Montanari is my guilty （ok， you know what， no so guilty at all） pleasure。 I love the Balzano and Byrne books， so despite tepid reviews， I gave this a shot。 I'm glad。 I enjoyed it。I thought the plotting was solid， the mystery engaging （and weird- I like 'em weird）， and I liked the dual timelines。 I also like that， as usual， Montanari includes just enough detail about his characters lives and not a bit more， original L&O style。 They're fleshed out enough to be believable， but their personal lives are very secondary to the mystery that they are involved in。 I liked it。 It was a fun， engaging read， perfect for the airplane， but quality enough that you don't want to abandon it on your seat when the flight is over。 。。。more

Sam Hendry ，

Was a good read but can’t help feeling I wanted a little more from it！

Claire Law ，

The book jumped around too much for my liking and I couldn’t keep track of which character was which in parts。

Jadine ，

A bit like reading a season of True Detective。 It was intriguing but a little annoying at the same time。 I kept thinking ‘hurry up and get there quicker’ and ‘who is this again？’ In the end it was a good enough story but needed more editing and some trimming of the twisted links。

Rachel ，

The book is very slow to start off with。 Loads of characters are introduced from different timelines and it does get a little confusing。 It does pick up， buy at the end you are still left with a lot of unanswered questions。

Rachel Dodd ，

I'm not going to finish this book it's not for me。 I'm finding it very slow and not very interesting！ I'm not going to finish this book it's not for me。 I'm finding it very slow and not very interesting！ 。。。more

Narah Quinn ，

（SPOILERS）******************************************3。5/5 （rounded down for goodreads） I really like Richard Montanari as a rule， especially his Byrne and Balzano series， and I was surprised to find this stand alone on the shelf in the library as I had no idea he had another one out。I enjoyed this， and I liked the way it all linked back， but it felt like it took a real long time to get going， with about 50 pages at the beginning leading to the death of our main characters wife， which would be f （SPOILERS）******************************************3。5/5 （rounded down for goodreads） I really like Richard Montanari as a rule， especially his Byrne and Balzano series， and I was surprised to find this stand alone on the shelf in the library as I had no idea he had another one out。I enjoyed this， and I liked the way it all linked back， but it felt like it took a real long time to get going， with about 50 pages at the beginning leading to the death of our main characters wife， which would be fine （and does have a point down the line） but we know she dies from the blurb – it is a lot of reading， with a lot of day to day that almost seems like its padding for the sake of it。 Most of the real action （if you like） happened in the last 70 or so pages， up to then it was lot of piecing together。 Really slowly。 I didn’t mind this， but it did seem like it too a really long time to get anywhere， and the whole thing， while wonderfully looped back to make a neat bow， essentially hinged on 3 or more generations of crazy people with zero reasoning as to why。 The art was important， I get that， but why did they inspire crazy， life long behaviours， and why， even though I grasp that being raised a certain way may cause a total belief in something， this seemed really far fetched。 The ties that bound everything really were intricate， and not immediately obvious， but I was left a tad frustrated that Ivy never got answers， that we never find out who Billy was （I mean we know Jakob was nuts but Detta？ I don’t believe that） or if he was the same as the Boy that Jakob was with。 I don’t really DNF books， I feel like the work that goes into it really does deserve to be honoured once you start it （though in the case of the truly awful， put the book down！） but this could seriously have been about 100-150 pages shorter and would have probably been a better read。 It would have made it more fluid， faster paced， and you would have still gotten all the essential details。 As such， for me， it was a little disappointing as a result。 。。。more

Jackie pearson ，

I normally love this author but this was a really hard book to read。 Lots of insignificant details which took you away from the， what would of been， gripping plot。 I liked the characters， but as it’s a stand alone book I didn’t see why we needed so much background without any closure。 That said， I will read more Richard Montanari books。

Sammy Buttery ，

Didn't really rate this book towards the end the chapters were far to long and I got bored of it Didn't really rate this book towards the end the chapters were far to long and I got bored of it 。。。more

Mrs Doreen A Broomfield ，

Great read will hardy and his daughter move from New York to a mansion he had inherited called Godwin hall after his wife Amanda was killed， lots of suspense after looking into a murder that happened in the small town， well written book

The Reading Raccoon ，

Read for Popsugar Reading Challenge “book featuring a deadly sin”。Thank you to Edelweiss and the publisher for this review copy of The Buried Girl。 I typically avoid “serial killer” books for all the reasons exemplified by this book。 It was overly convoluted and had way too many plot threads of the past and present spread out all over the place。Our main character Will was given every job under the sun which made him like a cardboard cutout of a person instead of a sympathetic and relatable chara Read for Popsugar Reading Challenge “book featuring a deadly sin”。Thank you to Edelweiss and the publisher for this review copy of The Buried Girl。 I typically avoid “serial killer” books for all the reasons exemplified by this book。 It was overly convoluted and had way too many plot threads of the past and present spread out all over the place。Our main character Will was given every job under the sun which made him like a cardboard cutout of a person instead of a sympathetic and relatable character。 Ex-veteran？ Check。 Doctor of psychology？ Check。 Advisor on television shows？ Check。 Therapist to troubled youth？ Check。 NYU professor？ Check。 Parent？ Check。 Smoking hot wife with a complicated love story？ Check。 Orphaned as a child in two different tragedies？ Check。 And then on TOP of all that we’ve got another tragedy that sends him to the backwoods of Ohio where he （of course） inherits a mansion and IS asked by a local police officer to consult on a series of possibly connected murdered and missing teen girls。 And the murders of the local girls are all wrapped up in a old diary， rich local family， a white bird， Dutch art， seven deadly sins， apples and camera obscura。 And since Will the center of every single crime committed in two different states of course the murderer has a connection to Will and his daughter Detta。 This was too over the top and lacked the gritty realistic plot I prefer。 Three stars。 。。。more

Alli Thompson ，

I am a huge fan of Montanari but this book was so different from his usual style。 It was slow and meandering， and after reading half the book I felt I might as well have just read the blurb on the back cover。 I really had to persevere to the end， and I only did that in the hope it would get better。 Unfortunately， this style of his writing just isn’t for me。

Lydia Hephzibah ，

DNF。 nothing has happened in over 50 pages and that is plenty for me to realise I won't like this DNF。 nothing has happened in over 50 pages and that is plenty for me to realise I won't like this 。。。more

Tracy ，

Richard Montanari never disappoints！ "The Buried Girl" had it all。 。 。 cryptic， mind-bending， thrilling， sentimentality （love and loss） and mystery。 Scott Brick （as always） is phenomenal as narrator - making an already great book an off the charts listening experience every time！ Richard Montanari never disappoints！ "The Buried Girl" had it all。 。 。 cryptic， mind-bending， thrilling， sentimentality （love and loss） and mystery。 Scott Brick （as always） is phenomenal as narrator - making an already great book an off the charts listening experience every time！ 。。。more

Gatorman ，

Engrossing and totally gripping thriller/mystery from Montanari about a forensic psychologist， Will， and his daughter， Detta， who move to an inherited estate in Ohio after the brutal death of his wife in New York as a fresh start。 The local police chief， Ivy， has been investigating the disappearance of many a young girl over several decades， including her own sister。 The two paths meet and begin to unravel the mystery which may involve Will and Detta in ways they could not predict。 The writing i Engrossing and totally gripping thriller/mystery from Montanari about a forensic psychologist， Will， and his daughter， Detta， who move to an inherited estate in Ohio after the brutal death of his wife in New York as a fresh start。 The local police chief， Ivy， has been investigating the disappearance of many a young girl over several decades， including her own sister。 The two paths meet and begin to unravel the mystery which may involve Will and Detta in ways they could not predict。 The writing is top-notch as always and the story never lags from beginning to end。 Montanari never disappoints and this is no exception。 A highly underrated author who knows his audience and delivers the goods。 4。5 stars。 Highly recommended。 。。。more

Marisia Robus ，

An intriguing story which is very confusing at times。 In my opinion it was not as good as previous books of his， but still enjoyable

Nicola Ankers ，

Such An Amazing Book To Read Couldn’t Put It Down

Yvette ，

I read a couple of books by this author before and really enjoyed them。This book dissapointed me。 The different pov's distracted from the story。 It was pretty slow and confusing。I was waiting for a real ending that unfortunately did not seem to come。 There were still too many questions left open at the end。Ivy and Will were likeable characters， Detta didn't feel real or likeable to me。 I read a couple of books by this author before and really enjoyed them。This book dissapointed me。 The different pov's distracted from the story。 It was pretty slow and confusing。I was waiting for a real ending that unfortunately did not seem to come。 There were still too many questions left open at the end。Ivy and Will were likeable characters， Detta didn't feel real or likeable to me。 。。。more

Gram ，

I've read a few of Richard Montanari's Jessica Balzano & Kevin Byrne crime series， but this is completely different。 An absolutely riveting mystery thriller which spans almost 200 years。 The plot meanders along punctuated by acts of extreme violence as a grief stricken Will Hardy and his daughter Detta come to terms with the horrific murder of Will's wife Amanda。They leave New York and move to Godwin Hall， a run down mansion in the small town of Abbeville， Ohio。 There， the Chief of Police Ivy Ho I've read a few of Richard Montanari's Jessica Balzano & Kevin Byrne crime series， but this is completely different。 An absolutely riveting mystery thriller which spans almost 200 years。 The plot meanders along punctuated by acts of extreme violence as a grief stricken Will Hardy and his daughter Detta come to terms with the horrific murder of Will's wife Amanda。They leave New York and move to Godwin Hall， a run down mansion in the small town of Abbeville， Ohio。 There， the Chief of Police Ivy Holgrave is investigating the death of a local girl。 Ivy believes this teenager's death is just the latest in a long line of murders dating back decades - including that of her missing sister Delia。Meanwhile， by means of a young serving girl's 150 year old diary we learn of the area's history and some strange events linked to the founding of Abbeville by a Dutch family which set up home and began farming in the area。 Gradually， the threads of this fascinating tale are drawn together until the book reaches a shattering climax as the murderous deeds of a madman are revealed。 。。。more

Pauline Chamberlain ，

A good thriller from a good author

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