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Midnight Bayou

  • 2001 first published
  • 353 pages
  • ★ 3.3 (6 ratings)
  • 21 editions

Published in 2001, Midnight Bayou is a ghost story and romantic suspense novel by Nora Roberts. The story is set in New Orleans, La.. Readers will find themes of home ownership, haunted houses, maisons hantées and houses.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, and 95 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 21 editions.

It runs to roughly 353 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Midnight Bayou

A novel set deep in the bayou of Louisiana--where the only witness to a long-ago tragedy is a once-grand house... Declan Fitzgerald had always been the family maverick, but even he couldn't understand his impulse to buy a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans. All he knew was that ever since he first saw Manet Hall, he'd been enchanted-and obsessed-with it. So when the opportunity to buy the house comes up, Declan jumps at the chance to live out a dream. Determined to restore Manet Hall to its former splendor, Declan begins the daunting renovation room by room, relying on his own labor and skills. But the days spent in total isolation in the empty house take a toll. He is seeing visions of days from a century past, and experiencing sensations of terror and nearly unbearable grief-sensations not his own, but those of a stranger. Local legend has it that the house is haunted, and with every passing day Declan's belief in the ghostly presence grows. Only the companionship of alluring Angelina Simone can distract him from the mysterious happenings in the house, but Angelina too has her own surprising connection to Manet Hall-a connection that will help Declan uncover a secret that's been buried for a hundred years.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Subjects

  • Suspense fiction
  • Home ownership
  • Love stories, American
  • Suspense romance
  • New orleans, La.
  • Haunted houses
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Maisons hantées
  • Houses
  • Mystery fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Midnight Bayou?

Midnight Bayou was written by Nora Roberts and first published in 2001.

What genre is Midnight Bayou?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories and Romantic Suspense.

How long is Midnight Bayou?

The median edition has 353 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Midnight Bayou?

Readers who like it often enjoy Ghost Walk, Deadly Night and Deadly Gift.

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