At the Bottom of the Garden

A Novel

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  • A
  • murderess
  • becomes
  • the
  • guardian
  • of
  • two
  • very
  • unusual
  • girls
  • in
  • this
  • mesmerizing
  • gothic
  • novel
  • from
  • acclaimed
  • author
  • Camilla
  • Bruce.Clara
  • Woods
  • is
  • a
  • killer—and
  • perfectly
  • fine
  • with
  • it,
  • too.
  • So
  • what
  • if
  • she
  • takes
  • a
  • couple
  • of
  • lives
  • to
  • make
  • her
  • own
  • a
  • little
  • bit
  • better?
  • At
  • the
  • bottom
  • of
  • her
  • garden
  • is
  • a
  • flower
  • bed,
  • long
  • overgrown,
  • where
  • her
  • late
  • husband
  • rests
  • in
  • peace—or
  • so
  • she’s
  • always
  • thought.Then
  • the
  • girls
  • arrive.Lily
  • and
  • Violet
  • are
  • her
  • nieces,
  • recently
  • orphaned
  • after
  • their
  • affluent
  • parents
  • died
  • on
  • an
  • ill-fated
  • anniversary
  • trip.
  • In
  • accordance
  • with
  • their
  • parents’
  • will,
  • the
  • sisters
  • are
  • to
  • go
  • to
  • their
  • closest
  • relative—who
  • happens
  • to
  • be
  • Clara.
  • Despite
  • having
  • no
  • interest
  • in
  • children,
  • Clara
  • agrees
  • to
  • take
  • them,
  • hoping
  • to
  • get
  • her
  • hands
  • on
  • some
  • of
  • the
  • girls’
  • assets—not
  • only
  • to
  • bolster
  • her
  • dwindling
  • fortune
  • but
  • also
  • to
  • establish
  • what
  • she
  • hopes
  • will
  • be
  • her
  • legacy:
  • a
  • line
  • of
  • diamond
  • jewelry.There’s
  • only
  • one
  • problem.
  • Violet
  • can
  • see
  • the
  • dead
  • man
  • at
  • the
  • bottom
  • of
  • the
  • garden.
  • She
  • can
  • see
  • all
  • of
  • Clara’s
  • ghosts
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • and
  • call
  • them
  • back
  • into
  • existence.
  • Soon
  • Clara
  • is
  • plagued
  • by
  • her
  • victims
  • and
  • at
  • war
  • with
  • the
  • gifted
  • girls
  • in
  • her
  • care.
  • Lily
  • and
  • Violet
  • have
  • become
  • a
  • liability—and
  • they
  • know
  • far
  • more
  • than
  • they should.
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