A Summer With The Hermit King

A Summer With The Hermit King

By William Todd

Genre:-YA/Cozy Mystery

Blurb:-Year:1888. Diminutive sixteen-year-old Auggie Rose decides he can no longer take the physical and mental abuse at the hands of other boys living at the orphanage. He decides to leave and cast his lot living as a recluse on the nearby beautiful Presque Isle, a peninsula on the shores of Lake Erie. After sneaking out in the middle of the night, on his way to the peninsula, he witnesses a murder at the hands of 'the man with a limp'. The murderer initially does not know he was witnessed. Not knowing what else to do that wouldn't jeopardize him being sent back to the orphanage. Auggie tries as best he can to put the incident out of his head and so begins his new life adjusting to the wilds of Presque Isle. To that end, Auggie is helped along by Joe Root, a hermit himself and a curiosity among the locals, who has been living on the beaches of Presque Isle for decades. he is also befriended by kitchen help, Maisy, who works at a resort at the entrance to the peninsula. Over time, his relationship with Maisy blossoms into more than just friendship as he adjusts to his new life. During this time, he also slowly begins to realize that the murder he had witnessed is part of a larger plan that has something to do with the peninsula itself. Auggie inadvertently inserts himself into the investigation and is befriended by Will Weston, the detective investigating the murder, As businesses around Presque Isle are being bought the shuttered by a mysterious businessman, one of these owners is murdered. It is then that Auggie begins to realize that whatever nefarious plan 'the man with the limp' has it is putting his life and the lives of those closest to him in mortal danger.

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My Review:-After being constantly bullied for being small, 16-year-old Auggie decides to runaway from the orphanage. Auggie heads for Presque Isle, a peninsula on Lake Erie. Auggie has heard stories of Joe Root the Hermit King and hopes he can meet and learn from him. Joe takes Auggie under hiss wing and helps him set up a camp in the surrounding area of a hotel. This is where Auggie meets Maisy and Will a local police detective.

 Oh by the way, Auggie's journey to meet Joe wasn't as simple as you might think, Auggie witness a murder, but did the murderer see him?

There is so much I could tell you but I don't want to spoil it for you. I loved that it's based on a true story, I think it makes it more real knowing that this did happen.