Reviewed by Dan

TITLE:    Maelstrom          

SERIES:   Whyborne & Griffin #7

AUTHOR:     Jordan L. Hawk

PUBLISHER:  Widdershins Press LLC

LENGTH:     204 Pages

BLURB:

Between his father’s sudden—and rather suspicious—generosity, and his own rash promise to help Christine plan her wedding, Percival Endicott Whyborne has quite enough to worry about. But when the donation of a mysterious codex to the Ladysmith Museum draws the attention of a murderous cult, Whyborne finds himself in a race against time to unlock its secrets first.

Griffin has a case of his own: the disappearance of an historic map, which quickly escalates to murder. Someone is sacrificing men in dark rituals—and all the clues lead back to the museum.

With their friends Christine and Iskander, Whyborne and Griffin must discover the cult’s true goal before it’s too late. For dark forces are afoot at the very heart of the museum, and they want more than Whyborne’s codex.

They want his life.

REVIEW:

I have a few authors who I consider my very favorite ones to read, and I never miss one of their books. Jordan L. Hawk is one of them. I get giddy fanboy whenever I see she has a new one coming out. I was literally doing the happy dance the other day when Dani sent me over this advanced copy for review!

This morning I finally had time to sit down and start reading. Not surprisingly, at the time I’m writing this review, I just finished turning the last page. No breaks. I never even stopped to make COFFEE this morning!  You owe me coffee Ms. Hawk! 😉

I’m really loving this latest installment in the Whyborne & Griffin books. I particularly enjoyed that it was set back in the town of Widdershins, as a nice change from the guys’ globe-trotting in the last few books. Evil has once again come to Widdershins, Massachusetts. And of course Whyborne and Griffin are both right in the middle of it!

This time we have something odd going on. Things have disappeared from the museum that no one should even have knowledge of…unless they work for the museum?  People are wandering around with their recent memories wiped.  And now someone is killing people and ripping out their hearts…the human sacrifice bodies are starting to pile up!

Who is behind this latest evil incursion? I’ll be honest, I guessed part way through the book and felt totally full of my bad self / sleuth skills when I was correct!

This may be one of my favorites of the series so far. I love how Jordan is keeping up with technology as the story progresses. I, of course, had to Google the 1901 Oldsmobile Curved Dash automobile! Adding it, and the newly available telephone, made the story more real world and reminded me of things we take for granted that weren’t common in that day and age. I really like Whyborne’s resistance to change as well.

My final comment on the storyline…I might be imagining it, but readers…let me know what you think after you read it.  I’m thinking that I’m picking up something developing between a certain fairly shy museum secretary, who has a penchant for puce scarves…and Whyborne’s sister Persephone???  I, for one, am hoping so.  Poor Miss Parkhurst deserves some love too!  Lord knows, she isn’t ever going to get it from chasing Whyborne around!

I recommend this book. It is obvious there is more to come…and I can’t wait! If you haven’t read the entire series, get to it…now! If you’ve been reading them as eagerly as I have, hit one click and buy this latest installment today. You can thank me for the advice later. 🙂

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