Pretty Dead Things A Mystery
Pretty Dead Things A Mystery by Lilian West, published by Crooked Lane Books on December 10, 2024, is a 272-page novel that intertwines the lives of two women across different timelines. The story begins with Cora, a bride-to-be who has recently moved to the small town of Hickory Falls. While exploring an estate sale, she discovers long-lost wedding rings that lead her to uncover a decades-old cold case involving the mysterious disappearance of Clarity Grey in 1953.
Readers will find an engaging narrative that delves into the complexities of small-town life and the secrets that linger beneath the surface. The dual timelines reveal the connections between Cora’s present-day investigation and Clarity’s troubled past, highlighting themes of mystery and amateur sleuthing. As Cora seeks to unravel the truth behind the rings and Clarity’s vanishing, the novel explores the impact of hidden lies and the perceptions of those involved.
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A bride-to-be’s discovery of long-lost wedding rings at an estate sale reveals the key to a decades-old cold case in a small-town mystery perfect for fans of Louise Penny.
2024. Recently-engaged city girl Cora is new to the small town of Hickory Falls. Still adjusting to the change in pace, she’s delighted when she stumbles upon a quaint estate sale. Drawn in by the knickknacks, she buys a jar of colorful baubles and is surprised to find two rings at the bottom of the jar. When she innocently sets out to find the original owner of the rings, she instead stumbles upon a decades-old mystery.
1953. Clarity Grey should’ve known better than to get involved with a married man, but their connection went too deep to ignore. When he divorces his wife for her, they marry, and she gets the family life she’s always dreamed of, with a new stepdaughter and a child of her own. But just as suddenly, her new life slips out of her hands when she simply vanishes, never to be seen or heard of again.
Clarity is labeled as flakey and a homewrecker, so nobody in town takes her disappearance seriously–until Cora, seventy years later.
Told in dual timelines, this engrossing novel exposes one family’s secrets and the twisted lies that are hidden in small towns.
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