Eadie B. (eadieburke) - , reviewed on 10/27/2022 + 1639 more book reviews

This is the true story of a murder that happened in the summer of 1967 when Brenda Joyce Holland disappeared on the OuterBacks on North Carolina. She was a mountain girl who had come to Mantco to work in the outdoor drama The Lost Colony. Her body was found five days later, floating in the sound.
This riveting narrative, built on unique access to the state investigative file and multiple interviews with insiders, searches for the truth of her unsolved murder. This island odyssey of discovery includes seances, a suicide and a supposed shallow grave. Journalist John Railey cuts through the myths and mistakes to finally arrive at the long-hidden truth of what happened to Brenda Holland that summer on Roanoke Island.
This was a very good book and one that leaves me thinking about her and her unfortunate murder. I look forward to reading another book by this author as he did a great job writing about this mystery long after it happened.

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