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Hollow Bones

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An eerie Appalachian town. A fatal fire. Three women whose fates intertwine . . .
Essa Montgomery and her brother Clyde were brought up in New Hope, a serpent-handling church in Vintera, West Virginia, until the shocking deaths of both their parents closed the church down. Now twenty, reclusive Essa lives alone in her childhood home in the shadow of New Hope, which to her horror has been taken over by a new charismatic, unsettling pastor who continues the dangerous practice. So when the church burns down, she's glad - until she learns that two people died in the blaze, and her brother's the prime suspect . . .
Life has made Juliet Usher, who scratches a living as a psychic medium, both assertive and ruthless. With a baby on the way, it's the worst possible time for her partner Clyde to be arrested. She'll do anything to survive and keep him out of prison - no matter what it takes!
Merrit Callahan has always been ambitious. A striving news reporter, she's willing to go the extra mile and break the rules to get the big scoop. And in small-town Vintera, she thinks she might have found the story that will be the making of her career.
Fans of Angie Kim's Miracle Creek and Eli Cranor's Ozark Dogs will love this gripping and creepy mystery novel inspired by Shakespeare's Measure for Measure using a contemporary setting filled with shocking twists and turns!

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      July 1, 2024
      In Thorngold County, West Virginia, Bible-thumping preachers abound, and handling venomous snakes is common practice. Essa Montgomery and her brother, Clyde, were brought up here, where their father was a preacher and their mother his fervent assistant at New Hope Church. But tragedy struck when both parents were bitten by snakes and died while the congregation prayed over them. Clyde was left to raise his sister, but when he turned 18, he left her in the family's parsonage to strike out on his own. Essa managed, getting a job as assistant in a lab which autopsied dead animals, but she carries the stigma of her parents' deaths and lives an isolated, lonely life. Then Pastor Micah arrives in town and the trouble begins. New Hope burns down with two people trapped inside, and Clyde is accused of setting the fire. It's up to Essa to prove his innocence, but to do so, she may have to make a bargain with the devil in the form of Pastor Micah. Creepy, suspenseful, and dark, this gothic thriller will appeal to fans of Guillermo del Toro, Sarah Perry, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

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