In
the front matter the author describes how difficult it was for her to
write this book. She touches upon that again at the end of her
Historical Notes section. Each True Colors book,
of which this is number five in the series, centers around a true
American crime or criminal. The Blue Cloak
focuses on the story of Micajah and Wiley Harpe, AKA Roberts, serial
killers that plagued Tennessee and Kentucky in the late 1700s. It is
also the story of Susan, Betsey, and Sally, three women who were
controlled by the Harpe men and who served as wives to them both.
Susan and Betsey were stolen by the men as young girls in or near
their teens. Wiley, living up to his name, tricked Sally, a Baptist
preacher's daughter, into marrying him before she learned of the
lifestyle they would be living. McNear successfully tackled the
daunting task of writing a Christian fiction piece that could truly
claim that descriptor while telling of the horrors perpetrated by
Micajah and Wiley. Having the name of my current hometown of
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, mentioned several times made the story all
the more real to me, horrifyingly real.
This
book will appeal to those who like historical fiction as well as
those who like thrillers. I am grateful to have received a copy from
Barbour Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion. I
was under no obligation to provide a positive review, and received no
monetary compensation.
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