The Ghost Orchid: Book summary and reviews of The Ghost Orchid by Carol Goodman

The Ghost Orchid Summary

Literary suspense. For more than one hundred years, creative souls have traveled to Upstate New York to work under the captivating spell of the Bosco estate. Ellis Brooks, a first-time novelist, has come to Bosco to write a book based on Aurora and the infamous summer of 1893, when wealthy, powerful Milo Latham brought the notorious medium Corinth Blackwell to the estate to help his wife contact three of the couple's children, lost the winter before in a diphtheria epidemic. But when a séance turned deadly, Corinth and her alleged accomplice, Tom Quinn, disappeared, taking with them the Lathams' only surviving child.

The more time she spends at Bosco, the more Ellis becomes convinced that there is an even darker, more sinister end to the story. And she’s not alone. After a bizarre series of accidents befalls them, the group cannot deny the connections between the long ago and now, the living and the dead . . . as Ellis realizes that the tangled truth may ensnare them all in its cool embrace.

The Ghost Orchid Reviews

'[I]ts twists and turns mesmerize, even if they don't surprise.' - Publishers Weekly.
'Fans of Goodman's earlier books will enjoy her familiar Hudson Valley setting and metaphorical use of water. However, some may be put off by the supernatural angle.' - Library Journal.
'More of the same from Goodman: not half bad, not all that good.' - Kirkus Reviews.

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Carol Goodman Author Biography

Carol Goodman grew up on Long Island, attended public school, and started writing at age nine, when her fourth grade teacher introduced the topic “Creative Writing.” She wrote a ninety-page, crayon-illustrated epic entitled “The Adventures of the Magical Herd” in which a girl named Carol lives with a herd of magical horses. She knew from that moment that she wanted to be a writer.

During her teens Goodman wrote poetry and was awarded Young Poet of Long Island by Long Island University at the age of 17. She took a break from writing to major in Latin at Vassar College, never realizing that her first published novel would be about a Latin teacher. After college, she worked in publishing and then a series of less demanding office jobs while writing short...

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