Review: Excellent story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2013
The Dazzling Darkness by Paula Cappa is a wonderful supernatural thriller set in the woods of Thoreau, Dickerson and Alcott.  Where the ghosts of these authors still haunt the pathways and ponds with their teachings and art.When young Henry Brooke fails to return home from school, the entire town turns out to help search.  The last anyone had seen of him was on the cowpath near the old cemetery, where he was playing follow the leader with his sister.  Now, there is nothing...But, the dogs pick up his scent in the cemetery, leading nowhere.  And his voice is heard in the tree outside his house, but he cannot be found.Is he lost in the woods, alone?  Has he been kidnapped by someone who has learned of the money that his father's family has?  Or is something far, far more sinister at work here?Ms. Cappa weaves a tale with a veritable maze of twists and turns, full character development, and believable investigations.  The answers that the family finally find are heart wrenching, and heart warming.  Very enjoyable read.