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The Widow of Pale Harbor by Hester Fox: A Book Review

The Widow of Pale Harbor Author: Hestor Fox Genre:  Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Suspense Publisher: Graydon House Release Date:  September 17, 2019 Pages: 352 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review.  Synopsis: A town gripped by fear. A woman accused of witchcraft. Who can save Pale Harbor from itself?     Maine, 1846. Gabriel Stone is desperate to escape the ghosts that haunt him in Massachusetts after his wife’s death, so he moves to Maine, taking a position as a minister in the remote village of Pale Harbor.     But not all is as it seems in the sleepy town. Strange, unsettling things have been happening, and the townspeople claim that only one person can be responsible: Sophronia Carver, a reclusive widow who lives with a spinster maid in the eerie Castle Carver. Sophronia must be a witch, and she almost certainly killed her husband.     As the incidents escalate, one thing becomes clear: they are the work of a twisted person inspi