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A murderess becomes the guardian of two very unusual girls in this mesmerizing gothic novel from acclaimed author Camilla Bruce.

Clara Woods is a killerand perfectly fine with it, too. So what if she takes a couple of lives to make her own a little bit better? At the bottom of her garden is a flower bed, long overgrown, where her late husband rests in peaceor so shes always thought.

Then the girls arrive.

Lily and Violet are her nieces, recently orphaned after their affluent parents died on an ill-fated anniversary trip. In accordance with their parents will, the sisters are to go to their closest relativewho happens to be Clara. Despite having no interest in children, Clara agrees to take them, hoping to get her hands on some of the girls assetsnot only to bolster her dwindling fortune but also to establish what she hopes will be her legacy: a line of diamond jewelry.

Theres only one problem. Violet can see the dead man at the bottom of the garden. She can see all of Claras ghosts . . . and call them back into existence. Soon Clara is plagued by her victims and at war with the gifted girls in her care. Lily and Violet have become a liabilityand they know far more than they should.