Midnight Bayou is a mystery novel by author Nora Roberts.
Declan Fitzgerald has always been an eccentric in the family. Nor can he understand his urge to buy a dilapidated mansion in the suburbs of New Orleans. Ever since he saw Manet Hall, he has been fascinated and haunted by it. So, when given the opportunity to buy a house, Declan jumped at the opportunity to fulfill his dream.

Determined to restore Manet Hall to its former glory, Declan embarked on a difficult renovation, room by room, relying on his own labor and skill. But the days of complete isolation in the empty house took its toll. He is seeing images of days from a century ago, and experiencing an almost unbearable feeling of horror and grief – feelings that are not his own, but those of a stranger. . Local legend has it that the house is haunted, Declan into the growing spooky presence.

Only the companionship of the charming Angelina Simone can distract him from the mysterious happenings in the house. Angelina also has a surprising connection of her own to Manet Hall – a connection that will help Declan uncover a secret that has been buried for hundreds of years.

Books by Nora Roberts usually have a good storyline, with a thread of romance running through. But the story takes precedence, unlike some so-called ‘womens’ fiction, which has one romantic (?) scene after another, held together by a thin thread of a storyline.

Roberts has a tremendous sense of ‘place’, which is one of the best, and most outstanding, features of her books. She makes her settings come alive, as the story develops. I admire the amount of research she does prior to developing a story. It brings the listener/reader to the location, building a word picture of where we are. I wonder if she writes ‘on location’? That certainly would allow for the detailed sense of ‘place’.

Midnight Bayou is a trip to the deep south, the remnants of the ‘old-school’ life, with a parallel story … a flash-back theme … which helps ‘flesh out’ the details of what is taking place in the present. This is Cajun/Acadian country, and they become a large part of the story.

James Daniels and Sandra Burr continue a smooth narration, which allows the listener to become immersed in the story … and in the deep south.

• Midnight Bayou

• By: Nora Roberts
• Narrated by: James Daniels, Sandra Burr

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