I will not be finishing this story. The book is much to creepy for me. I know that there are readers who love this type and Jaimie jo wright does an amazing job at creating a captive story.

I love that an author in the Christian fiction world is not afraid to tackle the creepy genre. I have always been drawn to thrillers and suspense but found that the majority of Christian thrillers involved police, military, or political intrigue. There is definitely an audience for those types of books but the Christian fiction world was severely lacking in the spine tingling, creepy, sometimes a bit scary stories. Enter Jaime Jo Wright!

This story was a dual timeline that follows 2 ladies who are connected by a mystery. I enjoyed the atmosphere and the plot but found the story to be a bit slow paced and boring at times. Overall this was a solid story and I look forward to reading more by this author.

Side-note: This author's book covers are some of the prettiest on my shelves, I love them!

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Echoes Among the Stones exceeded my expectations! After reading On The Cliffs of Foxglove Manor and not being a fan of it, I was a little nervous to start this one...but I'm happy to say that I really enjoyed it!

The story had a very good mystery that kept me invested AND I didn't find it too dark. I was surprised by the ending and finding out what really happened... The romance was okay, but not something that I truly cared that much about.

All in all, Echoes Among the Stones was a good read and one that I think fans of mysteries will enjoy.

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Another winner for Jaime Jo Wright for Echoes Among the Stones. This dual time-slip story was real, suspenseful, and poignant all in one. I was totally engaged in each story.

From the past in 1946, Imogene Grayson, hairstylist, comes home to discover her sister, Hazel’s, dead body. Bewildered and wanting answers, Imogene leaves the job that she loves and goes to work for the local powder plant. She does everything in her ability to keep her sister’s spirit alive from befriending the workers at the powder plant to finishing her sister’s replica dollhouse. She’s determined to find out what happened.

Fast forward to present day...Aggie Dunkirk finds herself moving to Wisconsin to be near her grandmother, Mumsie, who lives alone in a house out of the past. Mumsie is preoccupied with a crime from the past and Aggie somehow finds herself involved amongst the middle of it all. Mysterious things begin to happen such as bone fragments, a skeleton, and a note are found at the house. Could someone be plotting to scare them?

Auggie becomes a secretary at the local cemetery where she finds herself discovering many historical secrets about the town. In the process, she works alongside an archeologist, Collin O’ Shaughnessy, who’s rather enigmatic but also handsome. They work together to map out the burial plots. I found this a rather interesting part of the story. Will they discover the hype about past secrets??

I really enjoyed all the characters, the setting, and the suspense that went along with the story. Ms Wright knows how to grab her reader’s attention and not let it go. The twists and turns were just right and the surprise at the end. It really took the cake.

This story dealt with loss and grief. I really enjoyed how Wright knew how to portray this subject in a way to appeal to reader’s with just enough faith element. Being that I lost my mother last year this story really hit home. I found myself totally relating to what the characters felt. To never give up hope in God when you’re going through the loss of someone you love. God will always be there to comfort us and give us peace every step of the way. Grief is never easy but it’s something that we’ll all go through at some point in our lives. Auggie and her grandmother, Mumsie, also knew that God would be there for them. The young Imogene was my favorite character because she was strong and never gave up hope.

I received a complimentary copy of this book in order to give my honest opinion. I was not required to like this book. All opinions stated are my own.

This book was absolutely amazing. One of my all time favorites. Jaime does such an amazing job of writing awesome stories! I love the way she writes the characters to be so real and relatable it helps to feel connected to the story. The storyline sucked me right it was so good.

Jaime Jo Wright did it again! She wrote a great suspenseful book. I love the way Jaime intertwines two characters (present and past) and their stories. I love how this story shows how the past affects the present.

I don’t know how she does it, but Jaime Jo Wright always manages to write a story that keeps me on my toes throughout the entire book! Wright has a gift of taking something that could be considered a supernatural phenomenon.m, and turning it into a goosebump inducing story that still tells about Jesus. The plot line moved along nicely, and the characters developed well.

I know I did feedback for this when I read it but it's on my feedback list again. SO here we go! JJO can do no wrong in my book! I LOVE her writing! I love the creepy stories she comes up with and her flawed and oh so real characters. I also like the back and forth with the time changes. Its like getting two books for one!

After Aggie Dunkirk's career is unceremoniously ended by her own mistakes, she finds herself traveling to Wisconsin, where her grandmother, Mumsie, lives alone in her vintage, though very outdated, home. Aggie didn't plan for how eccentric Mumsie has become, obsessing over an old, unsolved crime scene--even going so far as to re-create it in a dollhouse.

I kind of love when books have two or more storylines, especially if they're written well, which this one was. I was into the story from start to finish and it was quite a good mystery.

Jaime Jo Wright has another winner with her dual timeline novel Echoes Among the Stones. The links between the timelines are fairly clear, but the how, why and who of the story kept me guessing to the very last page.

I have often used the words eerie and creepy to describe the earlier novels of Wright. Although this one is a murder mystery, I found it to be a little less eerie, but no less intense and suspenseful. The characters jump right off the page, well-developed, and realistic. Wright is a master at revealing details at the proper time making every book a page-turner!!

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Oh my word! If you have not yet had the opportunity to read a book by Jaime Jo Wright, you must put her books at the very top of your to-be-read pile, right now...all of them! With every book I read by this author, I marvel at not only her inspiring storytelling skills, but also the unique storylines.

Echoes Among the Stones, the most recent release, is an incredibly well-plotted story that will grasp the reader from the first page and keep you awake until the wee hours of the morning. Promise.

Aggie Dunkirk loses her job, and feeling somewhat aimless travels to her grandmother’s home in Wisconsin. A bit eccentric, Mumsie seems to be obsessed with a crime that happened when she was still a girl. So obsessed that Mumsie created a detailed and scaled scene of the crime in an old dollhouse.

Finding a job cataloging gravesites after a recent flood, Aggie begins to discover some puzzling connections of the graves and the old crime. Though a bit distracted by the handsome archeologist the city hired to help with the historical items, Aggie persists in a bit of amateur sleuthing, an activity someone wants to stop.

In 1946, a young woman returns home from work to find her murdered sister lying in her attic bedroom. Imogene Grayson is determined to find out who killed her sister, no matter how long it takes or who it might lead to. Imogene remembers everything she saw, things the local investigators set aside as not pertinent to the case. Things the investigators did not have the forensic tools to investigate. Imogene refuses to give up, not even if she spends a lifetime trying.

I very highly recommend Echoes Among the Stones by Jaime Jo Wright. Sad that I could only give it five stars!

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher and am under no obligation to write a positive review. All thoughts and opinions therein are solely my own, and freely given.

This was an interesting book. It's not quite what I expected, with a mystery thrown into play into a graveyard. The way Jaime wrote had me walking in the characters footsteps in each part of the story. It's a story I sat and read within my sitting.

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When I requested this I did not expect to find out it was so dark.

I personally won't read the whole book as it is not to my taste but if you e joy suspenseful mysteryyou may find this to be the book for you!

Another fabulous story from Jaime Jo Wright! This dual time story weaves an intricate tale of life and death with the need for healing and forgiveness. The author leaves just enough clues to keep the reader guessing clear to the end.

The theme of grief permeates this story (not surprising with the gravestones on the cover--and what a gorgeous cover!) But as I was going through my own grief at the time, I found the messages deep and resonating.

The mystery kept me interested and did not have an obvious conclusion.

Ms. Wright continues to write lyrical, very present prose to draw the reader in.

Highly recommended.

I had a harder time getting into this book than Wright's previous novels. It took about 50 pages to finally grab me enough that I couldn't put it down. But then it was good and I got involved in the questions of how and why poor Hazel had been murdered.

Aggie and Collin were a really enjoyable lead couple, though honestly I wanted more screen time between the two of them. I didn't understand why Mumsie had to be to bitter toward her granddaughter and many of those scenes were very hard to read. No wonder she was lonely and alone, if she was going to be that ill-tempered with her granddaughter. And sadly it made me doubt the reality of her faith; no wonder why Aggie had a bit of a skeptic's view. Not to say that's not realistic, but having known a few too many embittered seniors, it was hard to read past. It also made it harder to feel empathy for her troubles because she'd brought many of them on herself.

I would have liked to know more about Aggie's mother/Mumsie's daughter. There was almost nothing about her but I felt I would have connected with both characters better if I'd have known more about the relative that connected them to each other.

Otherwise, a great mystery to figure out, with post-WW2 stress and land loss and bombings all mixed up with the murder. And is Hazel really the only murder victim in the too-quiet town?

Content: murder, one profane term

The eccentric grandma gave the story the right amount of creepiness to the contemporary story. As for the Imogene’s part, I was always on edge for her life as treaded dangerous pass to find justice for her sister. I rate this nail biter a 5 star.

Classic Jaime Jo Wright. This novel is beautifully written. Give yourself the gift of savoring this novel. You will not be disappointed. Five stars.

Echoes Among The Stones by Jaime Jo Wright is a marvellous dual timeline Christian suspense that will completely consume your heart, soul and emotions.
One character straddles the two timelines. She is a teen in 1946 and a grandmother in present day. The past intrudes on the present as old crimes need solving and laid to rest.
The novel is a study in raw grief as lives are suspended in a moment in time. No matter where you go, you cannot outrun grief. “Time healed no pain.” Two leading characters are battling grief. For one, it suddenly interrupted life, for the other she knew it was coming. For both, they cling to their loved one and are shaken to the core.
The reader sees the effects of grief. Some characters are angry at God. “How does God allow something this – this heinous?” God does not ‘allow’ pain, man has free will. God walks alongside us in our pain. He is there in the middle, He does not leave us alone.
There are those who point others to God. If we push Him away, we push away hope and we miss out on His blessings. “Your outcome changes significantly if you do believe in God’s goodness.” No matter what happens in life, God is still good. We must focus on His goodness and trust that He will see us through.
I tried to solve the cold case and present day crimes. I failed… again. Jaime Jo Wright has constructed a cleverly thought out plotline that kept me guessing. I loved her characters, especially Mumsie, with her love for her sister, her tough exterior and her heart of gold.
Jaime Jo Wright’s stories are always wonderful. I love them all.
I would like to share a powerful quote to finish:
“The raw grief reflected in her eyes… Grief made its own indelible mark on a person’s soul… There was never a good time for Death to visit. There was never a time that Grief would leave.”
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I adored this split time mystery. Its deep themes of grief and family are balanced against a clever and suspenseful mystery that spans decades. I was equally caught up in the historical and contemporary timelines, puzzling how they would fit together. The atmospheric and almost-creepy things that happen are balanced by two strong heroines and their devotion to family.

I feel the need to devote a whole paragraph to Collin O’Shaughnessy. Collin, whose crisply ironed wardrobe, almost-British accent, charming sense of humor, and wavy ginger hair nearly seem out of place in a contemporary setting. But oh, how Aggie needs his friendship and perspective. I loved how he is a steady voice of reason but comes with a bit of a mystery of his own; and how all of this Providentially fits into Aggie’s world. The narration of his accent, as acted by narrator Pilar Witherspoon, was a FUN and bright part of an otherwise serious story.

I love that Jaime Jo Wright’s stories consistently surprise me! Echoes Among the Stones had me guessing the “whodunit” aspects AND questioning the loyalty of many characters throughout. All of it wraps up neatly, with some very accurate and grace-filled lessons of grieving paced throughout.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ebook copy. I purchased the audiobook copy. This is my honest review.

This story is a hard one to read for anyone who has traveled through the journey of grief. People mourn and grieve in different ways, and Jaime does an amazing job showing different levels of the healing process through her characters.

Aggie's past career has left her searching for purpose and wondering if she is capable of responsibility. After receiving a letter from her Mumsie, she attempts to bond with her grandmother while also grieving the loss of her mother. Skeletons and bone fragments initiate a rough beginning for the estranged granddaughter and grandmother, but the two soon realize they may have more in common than they know.

Approximately 7 decades earlier, Imogene relives the day she found her sister's body in her attic bedroom. While her deputy brother attempts to relieve her concerns and follow the clues, he's handcuffed by work politics and his impulsive younger sister.

Each of these young ladies finds themselves intertwined with one another in ways they didn't imagine. Their faith, families, and friendships are tested as they try to unravel the mystery of Imogene's sister's murderer.

I especially love Collin's part in this story. While not a main character, he's an important support and friend to Aggie, and basically everything one would wish for in a solid friendship. Mumsie too begins to hold a large place in Aggie's life and the transition is beautiful to watch. I wish I had the words to unpack the depth of this story, but it's a hard one to describe or feel. I admire Wright for her willingness to unpack such deep topics and yet bring healing out of horrible tragedies. She allows characters to grapple with loss and the pain of sorrow, but yet keeps the hope of Jesus at the forefront. Jaime Jo Wright captures emotion, friendship, love, and sorrow in this story, and reminds us that those who have gone before leave their memories and love for us to share.





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