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Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite
In Eric Brown’s The Secrets of Seabrook, as winter closes in on Seabrook Harbor, teenager Jonah Harris notices that a missing dockworker’s case is being dismissed far too quickly. When Josh Hoggins vanishes after a public confrontation at the marina, the town accepts an easy explanation, yet Jonah cannot ignore the abandoned truck, the unexplained skiff seen leaving the harbor at night, and the fear he sees in Emily Townsend’s face. Working alongside Detective Hale, Jonah follows a trail that leads from the fogbound slips of Seabrook to a secret plan involving Emily’s attempt to escape her controlled home life. What begins as a missing person case steadily draws Jonah deeper into the hidden life of Seabrook, where respected public lives conceal private realities, and where finding Josh may expose the truth someone in town is determined to keep hidden.
Eric Brown’s The Secrets of Seabrook is an excellent mystery, and the author does a great job of depicting how eerily easy it is to sell the idea that a missing person simply met with an accident at sea. Jonah isn't buying it and thus kicks off the steady darkening of the story. Jonah is the main character we want to root for, unwilling to accept reputation over fact, and his instinct drives him to review fuel records and dig around. I love Emily and how she gradually shifts from guarded politeness to direct speech, revealing the arc of a woman reclaiming her own voice. Brown's flair for cinematic scenes is on full display, whether we are in a bluff house above the slate-colored Pacific water and the sweep of a lighthouse beam, or an offshore cabin isolated by fog, marshland, and distance. Both teens and young adult readers, as well as the young at heart, who appreciate solid crime fiction and small-town secrets, will devour this book. Very highly recommended.
