โ Scribed by Katie Tallo
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
After moving back to her hometown and solving her mother's murder, Augusta (Gus) Monet thought she was finally settled. Content for the first time in her life. Done with digging into the past.
But itโs not to be. Cue hard reset number whatever.
When Gus makes a mistake she canโt undo, she does the only thing she can: cuts and runs. Packs all her things in the dead of night and takes off. Gus lands at The Ambassador Court, an art-deco apartment building with cheap rent in one of Ottawaโs oldest neighborhoods where no one knows her. The perfect place for a fresh startโor at least a good place to hide.
She soon meets Poppy Honeywell, her reclusive elderly neighbor who wanders about in a pink kimono like an aging Hollywood starlet and who happens to be a descendant of the Mutchmores, one of the city's founding families. When a body emerges from an icy pond in a nearby park, Gusโs growing curiosity with Poppy and her influential family suddenly takes a perilous turn with deadly consequences.
The Mutchmores have been hiding a treacherous secret for decadesโone they are willing to sacrifice anythingโand anyoneโto keep buried. Little do they know, thatโs just the kind of secret Gus canโt resist.
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