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'[This] romance-cum-murder mystery moves at a brisk pace.' The Sunday Times 'A perfect blend of gothic mystery, drama and romance.' Cressida McLaughlin
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A town gripped by fear. A woman accused of murder. Who can save Pale Harbour from itself?
1846. Desperate to escape the ghosts of his past, Gabriel…
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“This was the fourth dead raven to appear on Sophronia Carver’s front path in as many weeks.” So begins this historical mystery. A series of dead ravens deposited on a young widow’s front stoop and an injured, rehabilitated raven taking flight bookend this period piece set in 1846 Maine.
In a plot heavy with Edgar Allen Poe references and influences, the ravens reflect all of the birds’ many incarnations. The Widow Carver understandably sees the raven carcasses sent to scare her as sinister symbols and purveyors of doom. By the time the mystery is solved, malevolent intentions are thwarted, and…
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