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A woman investigating her brother’s apparent suicide finds herself falling for her prime suspect—his darkly mysterious girlfriend—in this “creepy, compelling, and utterly original” (Karen Dionne) thriller.
“Get it out of me.”
It was the last message Holly received from her brother, Dane, before he was found cleaved open in the lavish Savannah townhouse of his girlfriend, Maura. Police ruled his death a suicide sparked by psychosis, but Holly can’t shake the idea that something else must have happened—something involving another message he sent earlier that night about a “game” Maura wanted to play.
Determined to discover the truth, Holly begins to stalk Maura, a magnetic, black-eyed florist with a penchant for carnivorous plants. But what begins as an investigation quickly veers into a fixation that lures Holly into the depths of Maura’s world: Savannah high society, eerie black roses, and a whisper of something more sinister. Soon Holly is feeling a dark attraction to the one woman she shouldn’t trust. As Holly falls deeper for Maura and her secrets, she’s left with only one choice: find out what happened to Dane or meet the same fate.
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Release date
February 7, 2023 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593668726
- File size: 283794 KB
- Duration: 09:51:14
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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June 10, 2024
Cerra debuts with a Southern gothic tale that shows the twists and tangles of toxic relationships. Holly is reeling from the very grisly death of her younger brother Dane. The police have ruled his death a suicide, but Holly doesn't believe her brother killed himself, despite his history of mental illness. She also thinks his girlfriend Maura knows more about his death, and her attempts to get closer to Maura lead Holly down a path of desire and obsession from which she might not be able to escape. Cerra's story does not skimp on sumptuous descriptions, especially as Holly's obsession with Maura becomes sexual and harder for Holly to untangle. Brittany Pressley's portrayal of Holly shows her slow and surprising descent and captures Maura's contradictory personality--sweet one minute and sinister the next. Though the ending succumbs to gothic bombast, and Maura's motivations become cartoonishly evil, listeners will be riveted by Pressley's depiction of the women's relationship as it grows from passionate to poisonous. VERDICT An intricate psychological thriller from a promising new voice. Recommended for fans of Riley Sager, Lucy Foley, and Darcey Bell.--James Gardner
Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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