In this beautifully twisted historical thriller, Mindy McGinnis, acclaimed author of Not a Drop to Drink and In a Handful of Dust, explores the fine line between sanity and insanity, good and evil-and the madness that exists in all of us. Grace, continuing to operate under the cloak of madness, must hunt a murderer while she confronts the demons in her own past.
But gruesome nights bring Grace and the doctor into the circle of a killer who stalks young women. Escaping from Boston to the safety of an ethical Ohio asylum, Grace finds friendship and hope, hints of a life she should have had. With her keen eyes and sharp memory, Grace will make the perfect assistant at crime scenes. When her voice returns in a burst of violence, Grace is banished to the dark cellars, where her mind is discovered by a visiting doctor who dabbles in the new study of criminal psychology. Those secrets, along with the bulge in her belly, land her in a Boston insane asylum. Mindy McGinnis, the acclaimed author of Not a Drop to Drink and In a Handful of Dust, combines murder, madness, and mystery in a beautifully twisted gothic historical thriller perfect for fans of novels such as Asylum and The Diviners as well as televisions True Detective and American Horror Story. But gruesome nights bring Grace and the doctor into the circle of a killer who will bring her shaky sanity and the demons in her past dangerously close to the surface.She keeps it locked away, along with her voice, trapped deep inside a brilliant mind that cannot forget horrific family secrets.
Now comfortable in an ethical asylum, Grace finds friends-and hope. Continuing to operate under the cloak of madness at crime scenes allows her to gather clues from bystanders who believe her less than human. When a visiting doctor interested in criminal psychology recognizes Grace's brilliant mind beneath her rage, he recruits her as his assistant. Grace Mae is already familiar with madness when family secrets and the bulge in her belly send her to an insane asylum-but it is in the darkness that she finds a new lease on life.
Mindy McGinnis, the acclaimed author of Not a Drop to Drink and In a Handful of Dust, combines murder, madness, and mystery in a beautifully twisted gothic historical thriller perfect for fans of novels such as Asylum and The Diviners as well as television's True Detective and American Horror Story.
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