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All the dead lie down

McCauley, Kyrie2023
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Days after a tragedy leaves Marin Blythe alone in the world, she receives an invitation from Alice Lovelace, a horror writer and childhood friend of Marin's mother. Alice offers her a nanny position at Lovelace House, the family's Maine estate. Marin accepts and soon finds herself minding Alice's peculiar girls. Thea buries her dolls one by one, hosting a series of funerals, while Wren does everything to drive Marin away. Then Alice's eldest daughter returns home unexpectedly. Evie Hallowell is every bit as strange as her younger sisters, and yet Marin is drawn in by Evie's compelling behaviour and ethereal grace.But as Marin settles in, she can't escape the anxiety that shadows her. Dead birds appear in Marin's room. The children's pranks escalate. Something dangerous lurks in the woods. All is not well at Lovelace House, and Marin must unravel its secrets before they consume her.
Main title:
All the dead lie down / Kyrie McCauley.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Magpie, 2023.
Collation:
361 pages ; 24 cm
Audience:
Adolescent.
ISBN:
9780008612252 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6FICTION
Language:
English
BRN:
3464496
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