War Part IV

In this latest installment of the Blackwater series the little town of Perdido, Alabama copes with life in wartime (WW II). Our leading lady Elinor, who also is a watery swamp monster (..of course :-)), helps her daughter understand she is a killing monster too. But that's okay; they are both really so nice. Oh, and we have lesbian relationship southern style just to add a bit of normalcy. Yes, this series is very 'gothic' in nature. Creepy, absorbing and thoroughly ridiculous. I eagerly await reading the next installment. Bottom line: an enjoyable ride. Start with the first book in the series and jump aboard!

Miriam heads off to college, and becomes homesick despite herself. The war comes to Perdido in the form of barracks and army-men. One of them catches Frances eye, and she falls for him. Queenie's youngest boy Danjo, the result of the rape years ago, leaves to go to war. Old James, who raised the boy, is heart broken but comforted by his daughter Grace. Queenie's daughter Lucille gets in trouble at the Dance Hall, an ex-friend of her brother's returning for a little revenge, and Frances finds out just who's daughter she really is by exacting her revenge on Lucille's attacker. Danjo heads off to Germany, Lucille is pregnant from her attacker and she and Grace move out to a remote farm on Caskey property to raise the baby, Frances marries her army-man, Billy Bronze, and James Caskey succumbs to the dark.Don't miss this series, you will have to find them in the used book stores but they are worth the search. Creepy, languid tales of the old south told in such flowing prose that you feel the heat and humidity, along with becoming a part of the small town and its gossip.