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A Whisper of Crows
(2027)(The second book in the Lily Montgomery Murder Mystery series)
A novel by Carla Simpson
From bestselling author, Carla Simpson, A Whisper of Crows is a Victorian paranormal mystery about a foundling chasing the truth of her origins, a killing dressed up as an accident, and a hidden gift that someone will murder to bury.
A name, a date, and a secret worth killing for.
Female, age three years. Surrendered to the care of St. Joaquim’s Foundling Hospital by Mary Jacobson. 06 April 1880. A name and a date—the only clues Lily Montgomery has to her own past. So she stays in Edinburgh, determined to learn who Mary Jacobson was, and who she herself truly is.
But every door she opens onto the past reveals a secret someone is willing to kill to keep shut. Mary Jacobson’s death, Lily discovers, was no accident—and the assassin’s failed attempt on her own life wakes an ability she never knew she carried. Someone hired the man called Elias. Someone wants Lily gone from Edinburgh, or dead.
James Munro knows the shadowed back streets of the city and the people who survive in them, because he was one of them. When a chilling threat is made against Lily, he begins his own hunt through those dark places—and into a secret society sworn to destroy those born with a gift they refuse to understand. He has come to care for Lily as he has cared for no one before. Now he must decide how much he’ll risk to keep her alive as the whisper of crows draws them both toward the truth.
Perfect for readers who love:
A name, a date, and a secret worth killing for.
Female, age three years. Surrendered to the care of St. Joaquim’s Foundling Hospital by Mary Jacobson. 06 April 1880. A name and a date—the only clues Lily Montgomery has to her own past. So she stays in Edinburgh, determined to learn who Mary Jacobson was, and who she herself truly is.
But every door she opens onto the past reveals a secret someone is willing to kill to keep shut. Mary Jacobson’s death, Lily discovers, was no accident—and the assassin’s failed attempt on her own life wakes an ability she never knew she carried. Someone hired the man called Elias. Someone wants Lily gone from Edinburgh, or dead.
James Munro knows the shadowed back streets of the city and the people who survive in them, because he was one of them. When a chilling threat is made against Lily, he begins his own hunt through those dark places—and into a secret society sworn to destroy those born with a gift they refuse to understand. He has come to care for Lily as he has cared for no one before. Now he must decide how much he’ll risk to keep her alive as the whisper of crows draws them both toward the truth.
Perfect for readers who love:
- Victorian paranormal mystery and Gothic Edinburgh
A foundling heroine and a shadow-born protector
Atmospheric, haunting, secret-society suspense
Hidden gifts, buried origins, and deadly stakes
Genre: Mystery
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