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Kensington
January 2017
On Sale: December 27, 2016
Featuring: Isabelle Larkin; Gregory Gallagher
300 pages
ISBN: 1496706080
EAN: 9781496706089
Kindle: 9781496706
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Mystery Historical
Oak Park, Illinois, 1875. Isabelle Larkinβs futureβlike that of every young womanβhinges upon her choice of husband. She delights her mother by becoming engaged to Gregory Gallagher, who is charismatic, politically ambitious, and publicly devoted. But Isabelleβs visions of a happy, profitable match come to a halt when she witnesses her fiancΓ© commit a horrific crimeβand no one believes her. Gregory denies all, and Isabelleβs mother insists she marry as planned rather than drag them into scandal. Fearing for her life, Isabelle can think of only one escape: she feigns a mental breakdown that renders her mute, and is brought to Bellevue sanitarium. There she finds a friend in fellow patient Mary Todd Lincoln, committed after her husbandβs assassination. In this unlikely refuge, the women become allies, even as Isabelle maintains a veneer of madness for her own protection. But sooner or later, she must reclaim her voice. And if she uses it to expose the truth, Isabelle risks far more than she could ever imagine. Weaving together a thread of finely tuned suspense with a fascinating setting and real-life figures, Sarah Barthel's debut is historical fiction at its most evocative and compelling.
AwardsFresh Fiction Box Not To Miss, Selection, January 2017
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