A riveting mystery based on a true story, Found Drowned, is about the unsolved murder of Mary Harney back in 1877. At the time she is living in Nova Scotia with a tyrannical grandmother and an alcoholic father. Then across the pond on Prince Edward Island where a body washes up on the beach.

A true mystery the author does a great job in intertwining these two stories to keep you entertained until the very end.

This was a moody, engaging read that felt very authentic to the time and place. The very large cast of characters was sometimes hard to keep track of. I also had a few issues with the timeline jumping, but it wasn't a major flaw.

Anyway, fantastic rainy-day read that I will be recommending to many!

I really liked this book. The only reason I didn’t give it five stars is because, for me, it started kind of slow. But once it started, I couldn’t put it down. I just had to finish and know what went on. It’s based on a true crime happening in 1800’s. It’s so sad. I felt so bad for the young girl who is the main character. I would recommend to anyone who likes crime mysteries. Throughout the book, there is some language. Not all the way through, but on occasion. There is occasional cursing and taking the Lord’s name in vain. Just wanted to let those who watch out for that to know. I thank and appreciate #NetGalley and the publishers of #FoundDrowned for the opportunity to read.

Historical fiction based on real events.A missing gitrl a tense story.A book that drew me in ##netgalley#nimbusbooks

Initially drawn to the beautiful cover of this book. I was delighted to receive an advance copy of this title in return for an honest review.

Based on a true story this book feels very well researched. The storyline kept good pace and retained my interest right through. This is my first time reading a book by this author but I would certainly like to read more in the future.

"Based on a true unsolved crime from 1877, Laurie Glenn Norris's debut novel tells the story of two small towns linked by the disappearance of a teenage girl. Mary Harney is a dreamy teenager in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, whose ambitions are stifled by her tyrannical grandmother and alcoholic father. When Mary's mother becomes ill, an already fragile domestic situation quickly begins to unravel until the September evening when the girl goes missing.

Across the water on Prince Edward Island we meet Gilbert Bell, whose son finds a body washed up on the beach below the family farm. As the community is visited first by the local coroner and then by investigators, Glenn Norris paints a fascinating and darkly comic picture of judicial and forensic procedures of the time. At once tightly plotted and pensive, the novel travels back to the circumstances that led to Mary's disappearance and then back further to the circumstances of her parents' marriage, all the while building toward a raucous courtroom finale."

Based on True Canadian crime? Yes please!

Agatha Christie meets Anne of Green Gables in this hauntingly beautiful Canadian murder mystery. Based on a true 1800’s unsolved murder, Glenn Norris has created a riveting story centered around two small towns coming together after the disappearance of a teenage girl coincides with a mysterious washed up body. The book was gripping and hard to put down!

I enjoyed reading this historical mystery. The story is set in Canada and based on a true crime. The book opens when a body of a girl is found washed up on Prince Edward Island. The residents set out to identify her and give her a burial. The sheriff is called and a cursory investigation is done. She is identified as a young women named Mary who has disappeared from Nova Scotia. The book is then told in flashback recounting Mary's sad and short life. The ending of the book does offer some surprises. The author does a very good job with the historical setting. Enjoy this haunting story

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for the opportunity to read an ARC copy of this book in return for a review based upon my honest opinion.

As a Nova Scotian girl, I was so excited to read the blurb for this book and even more excited to be granted the opportunity to read it. As I read this book, I loved all the details of the surroundings and kept trying to think of what Nova Scotia would have been like in the late 1800s. This book is a fictional account based upon a true event from 1877 of a body of girl washed up on the shores of PEI, this fictional story has young girl on the cusp of adulthood who is abused and still trying to see the good in the world. It was a heart-wrenching story, this young girl, so full of life and promise but stuck in an unfortunate home-life with an alcoholic father, abusive grandmother and when her mother gets sick, it goes downhill from there. The story goes between PEI and the family who found the body and Nova Scotia, where the young girl is from. I really enjoyed this story and the ending although it left me wanting more, I felt like it was okay, it was meant to make you wonder.

Would definitely read a book by this author again. Well done.

A riveting read. I love reading Maritime books that blend true life events with fiction and learning about a case I had never heard before. Laurie Glenn Norris has made a story come to life with interesting characters, fast paced narrative and a true reflection of what times were like in the 1800's in the Maritimes. I can easily recommend this book to customers at the book store where I work.

Great read. The author wrote a story that was interesting and moved at a pace that kept me engaged. The characters were easy to invest in.

For some reason this book didn't download onto my iPad so I haven't been able to review it. As it is now archived I'm unable to read it. It's no doubt my fault! I hope it does well for the awful-interesting idea;

Found Drowned is historical fiction/research/a ghost story based on the true unsolved mystery of the death of Mary Harney. Mary is living in a household that holds her back - from her ill mother, to her overbearing grandmother, Mary longs to escape rural Canada.

On Prince Edward Isle, a body is found and here is where it gets wild. Courtroom drama, descriptions of the Canadian landside, twists and turns....it's everything a true crime book SHOULD have.

Ultimately - like all true crime novels - it ends sadly. Mary, a young woman never got the chance to be who she wanted to be.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

When Mary Harney goes missing from Nova Scotia in 1877, and the body of a young girl is found washed ashore on Prince Edward Island, it's thought a tragic accident led to the drowning. Gossip in Mary's hometown however attribute her death to a more malevolent cause - her father, Will Harney..

The book is historical fiction based upon true events. It's an interesting read and obviously shows the author's research about the actual case that the book was based on, The narrative moves between Mary's life and the events after her death. Due to lack of evidence, there wasn't much of a resolution so the story feels unfinished, but that's the nature of things as real life doesn't always end up with everything tied up neatly. I enjoyed reading it and would recommend to anyone who likes historical fiction based on true stories..

Thanks to NetGalley and publishers, Nimbus Publishing, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

Found Drowned is a historical fiction book based on a true crime story that took place in 1877. The major part of the story we are following Will & his wife Ann with their children including Mary who disappears one day. In the last portion of the book, the setting changes to legal and the story is more set in the court.

Pros:
- I liked the characters! I don't mean loving them but liking the way the author has presented them with their goodness or badness. I think most of the characters were very well defined be it Will, Ann, Mable or Mary.
- The story was intriguing and interesting. Even when nothing major was happening the dialogue between the characters kept the story very much alive.

Cons:
- There was a jump in different dates between the chapters. Sometimes that made the transition of the events confusing but it did not spoil the story for me.

Final Thought:
Laurie Gleen Norris did a commendable job in mixing true events with some fiction. She took many years to complete this book. I think she is a great storyteller & I hope her next book will not take that long. Found Drowned will be available on June 30th, 2019.
Many thanks to NetGalley & the publisher for providing me an advanced reading copy ARC in return of an honest & unbiased review.

I will never not want to read historical fiction based on a true crime set in Canada.

This was a moody, engaging read that felt very authentic to the time and place—a time and place not always revisited in this genre, so I was hooked immediately.

The story of a young woman found washed up on a beach in PEI in 1877, and the nearly parallel story of the family in Nova Scotia that the young woman may have been from, are equally interesting, though the very large cast of characters was sometimes hard to keep track of. I also had a few issues with the timeline jumping, but that may have been smoothed out if I had been reading a paperback version of this book and could easily flip to previous chapters. Ebooks really do suck for that kind of thing.

Anyway, fantastic rainy-day read that I will be recommending to many. We need more stories like this!

Thank you to Nimbus Publishing and NetGalley for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Found Drowned is a thrilling mystery based on a true event from 1877. When the body of a young girl washes up on Prince Edward Isle the whole community is invested in finding out who she is and what happened to her. The narrative vacillates between this community and Nova Scotia where the main character Mary Harney’s life plays out in an increasingly stifling house with her volatile father and domineering grandmother. Her situation becomes worse when her mother begins to succumb to mental illness leaving her vulnerable to the growing instability of the home. Mary often loses herself in dreams of adventure in a world beyond her small agricultural community, but can she escape in time?

Norris paints a convincing story of rural Canadian life in the 1800’s. Detailed descriptions of the landscape place the reader directly in the picturesque setting. The characters are complex yet accessible and leave the reader sympathetic to some and antagonistic toward others. The plot is engaging and draws the reader in with unexpected twists and turns. For me this book was hard to put down. I have no hesitation in recommending Found Drowned to other lovers of historical fiction and mystery.

Full disclosure- An ARC of this book was provided via NetGalley in return for this review.

A just the right length historical / mystery that keeps the reader engaged. I am familiar with the locations of many of the places described . Knowing the general locale it was easy to conjure what the areas would like in 1877, the desolation yet beauty of small town country life. The author described vividly the hardships Mary , the main character encountered living in a house with a nagging ,complainer grandmother , a sly and abusive father , an emotionally deprived mother, a doting uncle and two loving siblings. The mystery of Mary’s death made for a very interesting read as well as it showed how the cause of her death was determined and workings of the judicial system . The book was informative, interesting, sad and not without surprises. Recommend.

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you NetGalley!!

Found Drowned is a historical fiction book based on a true unsolved crime in 1877. Mary Harney was a dreamy teenager who went missing from Nova Scotia at the peak of some domestic situations in he rhome.

my only complaint is the ending didn't provide a ton of closure overall.

This is a well written, concise, historical novel based on an unsolved mystery in 1877. The description of the farms and villages, rivers, and transportation in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia were well done, as well as a location in PEI. Knowing the area fairly well, I thought the sense of time and place seemed realistic and well researched. The book exposes dark secrets of rural life which sometimes differed from a nostalgic view of an idyllic country lifestyle.

Mary Harney is a teenaged girl living on a farm with a brutal, alcoholic father, a mother overdosing on laudanum (containing opium), becoming a hypochondriac, and gradually going insane, and a sharp-tongued, critical grandmother. The only kindness she receives at home is from an uncle who does most of the farm work. Mary is a daydreamer. Her days are filled with farm chores and looking after her younger siblings. Her life is stifled by her tyrannical father, grandmother, and her bedridden mother, as well as the misogyny of the times. She finds a small degree of happiness in secretly meeting with a young man of the village. One evening she goes to tend the cows and vanishes.

A body believed to be that of Mary is found washed up on a shore in PEI. Without modern forensic procedures, we are reminded of the difficulty of solving crimes at the time. Incompetent local medical procedures and police work hindered the identification of the body and bringing a perpetrator to justice. Local gossip revealed most were highly suspicious of the person or persons who killed Mary, but there was not sufficient evidence to convict, even when well-trained police were brought in from Halifax after a passage of time.

I felt the characters were well drawn and believable, and their dialogue seemed mostly authentic for the era.
Thanks to NetGalley and Nimbus Publishing for the ARC. 3.5 stars.