In the bone-white ruins of Alabama's first capital, where Spanish moss weeps from skeletal oaks, they say the Alabama River drowned Cahawba twice—once with water, and once with forgetting. A terrible secret clings to the Perdue name like the stubborn ivy on crumbling brick. Their fortune was built on stolen land and a silenced partner, a Reconstruction-era betrayal conveniently washed away in the great flood of 1865. But those fortunes have slipped away, and the ghosts of the past are stirring.
Now, historical author Leticia finds herself drawn to the ghost town's lost narratives, feeling the weight of unseen eyes in the oppressive silence. She expects to find folklore, but instead, she finds Clara Mae—the ghost of a young woman in a flood-stained dress, silenced after she discovered the Perdue's crime. Her spirit is tethered to the ruins, unable to rest until the truth of her murder is revealed.
But the living Perdues, led by their patriarch—a man with eyes as cold as river stones who curates the town's official history—guard the family's legacy with a chilling resolve. As Leticia gets closer to uncovering a water-warped diary hidden beneath a hearthstone, she realizes the flood wasn't the only thing that killed the town. Some secrets are meant to stay buried, and in Cahawba, the Perdues are still willing to kill to keep them that way.
Alabama Gothic: Cahawba is an epic historical fiction trilogy with more to follow, including:
Alabama Gothic: Marion
Alabama Gothic: Selma
Alabama Gothic: Mobile
All by the Queen of Southern Gothic and Mobilian, M. L. Bullock.
Now, historical author Leticia finds herself drawn to the ghost town's lost narratives, feeling the weight of unseen eyes in the oppressive silence. She expects to find folklore, but instead, she finds Clara Mae—the ghost of a young woman in a flood-stained dress, silenced after she discovered the Perdue's crime. Her spirit is tethered to the ruins, unable to rest until the truth of her murder is revealed.
But the living Perdues, led by their patriarch—a man with eyes as cold as river stones who curates the town's official history—guard the family's legacy with a chilling resolve. As Leticia gets closer to uncovering a water-warped diary hidden beneath a hearthstone, she realizes the flood wasn't the only thing that killed the town. Some secrets are meant to stay buried, and in Cahawba, the Perdues are still willing to kill to keep them that way.
Alabama Gothic: Cahawba is an epic historical fiction trilogy with more to follow, including:
Alabama Gothic: Marion
Alabama Gothic: Selma
Alabama Gothic: Mobile
All by the Queen of Southern Gothic and Mobilian, M. L. Bullock.
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