Five Mile House

Couverture
Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 9 déc. 2008 - 256 pages
In 1889, Eleanor Bly flung herself from the tower of Five Mile House after murdering her seven children. More than a hundred years later, her ghost reaches out to Leslie Stone, a New York cop who has killed a child murderer and is haunted by her actions. New to the town of Wellington-famous for its coven of witches-Leslie becomes obsessed with Eleanor's story, suspecting that the truth may be quite different from local legend. As she digs deeper, uncovering dangerous town secrets, her life and the lives of her children are put into peril. Is Leslie destined to suffer the same madness as Eleanor Bly?

"Deftly written...Ms. Novak tells a compelling story that moves along with a literary flourish and a few unexpected frights. It should be read late at night."-Cincinnati Enquirer
"A terrific ghost story and a fine first novel."-Booklist
"Novak has the reader on tenterhooks."-Publishers Weekly
"A breathtaking novel about crime, about coming to terms with one's history, about learning to give love and to accept it. The writing is beautiful. And this is a brilliant debut."-Frederick Busch
 

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Table des matières

Section 1
1
Section 2
3
Section 3
15
Section 4
21
Section 5
31
Section 6
37
Section 7
45
Section 8
51
Section 20
135
Section 21
139
Section 22
145
Section 23
154
Section 24
159
Section 25
163
Section 26
168
Section 27
173

Section 9
56
Section 10
64
Section 11
71
Section 12
76
Section 13
86
Section 14
95
Section 15
102
Section 16
107
Section 17
113
Section 18
120
Section 19
127
Section 28
179
Section 29
185
Section 30
190
Section 31
196
Section 32
200
Section 33
206
Section 34
211
Section 35
220
Section 36
225
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À propos de l'auteur (2008)

Karen Novak lives in Mason, Ohio.

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