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“McMahon unfurls a whirlwind of suspense...Combining murder mystery and coming-of-age tale with supernatural elements, this taut novel is above all a reflection on the haunting power of memory.” -Entertainment Weekly

A woman’s past and present collide in terrifying ways in this explosive debut by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McMahon. 

Forty-one-year-old school nurse Kate Cypher has returned home to rural Vermont to care for her mother, who''s afflicted with Alzheimer''s. On the night she arrives, a young girl is murdered—a horrific crime that eerily mirrors another from Kate''s childhood. Three decades earlier, her dirt-poor friend Del—shunned and derided by classmates as Potato Girl—was brutally slain. Del''s killer was never found, while the victim has since achieved immortality in local legends and ghost stories.

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/04/2007
      ISBN13: 9780061143311, 978-0061143311
      ISBN10: 0061143316

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      “McMahon unfurls a whirlwind of suspense...Combining murder mystery and coming-of-age tale with supernatural elements, this taut novel is above all a reflection on the haunting power of memory.” -Entertainment Weekly

      A woman’s past and present collide in terrifying ways in this explosive debut by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McMahon. 

      Forty-one-year-old school nurse Kate Cypher has returned home to rural Vermont to care for her mother, who''s afflicted with Alzheimer''s. On the night she arrives, a young girl is murdered—a horrific crime that eerily mirrors another from Kate''s childhood. Three decades earlier, her dirt-poor friend Del—shunned and derided by classmates as Potato Girl—was brutally slain. Del''s killer was never found, while the victim has since achieved immortality in local legends and ghost stories.

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