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A Deadly Fortune
A Deadly Fortune: A Novel | Stacie Murphy
4 posts | 3 read | 6 to read
A historical mystery in the vein of The Alienist, in which a young woman in Gilded Age New York must use a special talent to unravel a deadly conspiracy. Amelia Matthew has done the all-but-impossible, especially for an orphan in Gilded Age New York City. Along with her foster brother Jonas, she has parleyed her modest psychic talent into a safe and comfortable life. But safety and comfort vanish when a head injury leaves Amelia with a dramatically-expanded gift. After she publicly channels an angry spirit, she finds herself imprisoned in the notorious insane asylum on Blackwells Island. As Jonas searches for a way to free her, Amelia struggles to control her disturbing new abilities and survive a place where cruelty and despair threaten her sanity. Andrew Cavanaugh is familiar with despair. In the wake of a devastating loss, he abandons a promising medical careerand his place in Philadelphia societyto devote himself to the study and treatment of mental disease. Miss Amelia Matthew is just another patientuntil she channels a spirit in front of him and proves her gift is real. When a distraught mother comes to Andrew searching for her missing daughtera daughter she believes is being hidden at the asylumhe turns to Amelia. Together, they uncover evidence of a deadly conspiracy, and then its no longer just Amelias sanity and freedom at stake. Amelia must master her gift and use it to catch a killeror risk becoming the next victim.
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Bookzombie
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I have been wooed away from my current reads by this library hold that just came in.

I‘m sitting outside guarding the open garage from our little tween neighborhood destroyers while my husband waters the yard. This sentence sounds strange as a write it. Basically we have a group of young people, boys mostly, that have started becoming a nuisance. Also, it‘s only April and we already have to water. 😳

Avanders 😳 That‘s awful 😡 4y
Bookzombie @Avanders Thanks, it is. We finally succumbed and got a camera to try and deter them. 4y
Suet624 Wow, that‘s a bummer about the kids. 4y
Bookzombie @Suet624 Yes, it‘s never been like this before. 4y
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What a fantastic debut. I‘m keeping my fingers crossed that Ms Murphy continues this as a series. Ma‘am, you need to stay off all social media and bring us further adventures featuring Amelia and Andrew, Jonas and Sidney. Gilded age New York needs them! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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lynneamch
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Sorry @Eggs for posting a day early for #BlueCover, but this sounds too good to miss. Stacie Murphy appears tonight with #litsyauthor Greer Macallister at #indiebookstore One More Page in Arlington, VA (virtually). Channeling #Spirits. #Blackwellisland (#NellyBly). #MurderMystery. #JumpintoJanuary Loving these virtual author events! On FB:
https://www.facebook.com/246509194659/posts/10158987574364660/
Or YouTube: https://youtu.be/Nx-74Ret-_M

lynneamch Due to situation in nearby Washington DC, this event will be rescheduled and democracy will prevail. 💙 4y
Eggs Pretty cover 4y
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