Dread of Winter

I enjoy reading thematically and, since the winter has been doing crazy and dreadworthy things lately, this seemed like an appropriate choice. Of course, the winter in Oriska in the middle of New York state is extra nightmarish, but the locals deal with it…well, the ones who don’t migrate south for......more

A very good book. I really felt the cold as I was reading. I enjoyed the developing relationship between Sydney and her sister Maude. Although there was a great deal of trauma and drama in their pasts the book ended on an optimistic hopeful beginning......more

Dread of Winter is an icy plunge into the rural hinterland of upper New York State. A native of Oriska, New York, Sydney Lucerno returns home to bury her mother. She encounters the ghosts of her past, both the living and the dead. With a limited economic infrastructure, the remote town of Oriska, Ne......more

This book has Lots of family history and drama and old family secrets. But I really enjoyed the Native American history woven into the story line......more

Hooked from the get-go--just what I want from a suspense novel. Great upstate New York bleak winter setting.......more