Jodi Piccoult's eighth novel "Salem Falls" places a new twist to the historical witch hunt and slams it into the twenty-first century.
Jack St. Bride, a wrongly accused man convicted of statutory rape by a prep school girl with an obsessive crush, has left his past behind him and settles into a small town to start over. While working in a diner, he meets Addie Peabody, an intriguing woman whom he falls in love with. However, a cocky police officer and yet another obsessive school girl finds ways to send Jack back into a whirlwind of a trial as accusations fly and the town is ready to "burn him at the stake", so to speak. As Addie learns of his previous accusations from the police officer, Wes Courtmanche, she struggles to differentiate the truth from the tail spin of lies thrown at her from the court, the town, and even from her beloved father. Faced with another heart-wrenching goodbye from someone she loves, Addie must now sift through the rubble and find the truth about Jack's past and present.
Jodi Picoult has truly created a fast-paced romantic legal thriller in which she creates a captivating storyline where the "perfect" characters are ultimately not what they seem. This is surely a page turner as you will be biting your nails and pulling out your hair attempting to solve the silly riddles and subtle hints left by this author. Overall, this stunning novel will not only leave you feeling fully satisfied with the outcome but will also leave you questioning your beliefs in love, faith and magic.
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