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Simon & Schuster
June 2016
On Sale: June 7, 2016
ISBN: 150112837X
EAN: 9781501128370
Kindle: B0176M1BPW
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Historical | Mystery Historical
Winner of the UK’s Richard & Judy Search for a Bestseller
Competition, this page-turning debut novel follows an orphan
whose late, beloved best friend bequeaths her a treasure hunt
that leads her all over Victorian England and finally to the
one secret her friend never shared. It is 1831 when eight-year-old Aurelia Vennaway finds a naked
baby girl abandoned in the snow on the grounds of her
aristocratic family’s magnificent mansion. Her parents are
horrified that she has brought a bastard foundling into the
house, but Aurelia convinces them to keep the baby, whom she
names Amy Snow. Amy is brought up as a second-class citizen,
despised by Vennaways, but she and Aurelia are as close as
sisters. When Aurelia dies at the age of twenty-three, she
leaves Amy ten pounds, and the Vennaways immediately banish Amy
from their home. But Aurelia left her much more. Amy soon receives a packet that
contains a rich inheritance and a letter from Aurelia revealing
she had kept secrets from Amy, secrets that she wants Amy to
know. From the grave she sends Amy on a treasure hunt from one
end of England to the other: a treasure hunt that only Amy can
follow. Ultimately, a life-changing discovery awaits...if only
Amy can unlock the secret. In the end, Amy escapes the
Vennaways, finds true love, and learns her dearest friend’s
secret, a secret that she will protect for the rest of her
life. An abandoned baby, a treasure hunt, a secret. As Amy sets forth
on her quest, readers will be swept away by this engrossing gem
of a novel—the wonderful debut by newcomer Tracy Rees.
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