15 Minutes of Flame
β Scribed by Christin Brecher
- Publisher
- Kensington Books
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 141 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Massachusetts--Nantucket Island., Nantucket Island (Mass.
- ISBN
- 1496721446
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
As Stella Wright's Nantucket candle store thrives, her knack for solving mysteries burns equally****bright --especially when a Halloween haunted house uncovers evidence of a centuries-old murder . . .
When Stella's friend inherits a creaky, abandoned home in Nantucket, she knows it's the perfect setting for the town's annual Halloween fundraiser. A deserted, boarded-up building on the property--once used as a candle-making shop--adds to the creepy ambiance. But as Stella explores the shack's dilapidated walls, she discovers a terrible secret: the skeleton of a Quaker woman, wrapped in blood-soaked clothing and hidden deep within a stone hearth . . .
While police investigate, Stella wastes no time asking for help from friends with long ties to Nantucket's intricate history. The key to the murder may lie within a scorching 18th century love triangle that pit two best friends against one another over a dubious man. But...
β¦ Subjects
Homicide -- Fiction
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