Severine shook her head. The second secret office in the passageways? No, she hoped it would help the next stage of her investigation. She was no closer to finding the man or woman who killed her parents. She had failed at the purpose of this trip and she told Mr. Brand and Mr. Thorne so.
Grayson shook his head. “That murder was investigated by professionals, and they found nothing. This isn’t a crime you’ll uncover with one visit to their house. Especially as it seems that there is another player who is working hard to keep you from finding out things that your father knew.”
“I agree,” Mr. Brand replied. “We’ve uncovered that whoever did this hooked your brother like a fish and reeled him in. Now we know of that fellow’s existence. We have a fresh trail to follow and we’ve pinned down the nature of your grandmother and brother. It’s not the worst beginning.”
Severine’s hand lightly touched her shoulder where she’d been shot. She laughed bitterly. “It’s an inauspicious beginning and that’s the best that can be said of it.”
“But it won’t be the last that’s said of it,” Mr. Brand countered. “This is just the beginning.”
THE END
Hello friends! Thank you for giving this new series a chance. I so hope you enjoyed Severine’s beginning, the introduction of Brand, Thorne, Oliver, Lisette, and others. A review for this book would be so very helpful. If you’d be willing, please click here to share our thoughts.
As time goes by, the mystery of Severine’s past and her parents death will be uncovered. In the process, we’ll also discover just why Thorne and Oliver are in Louisiana rather than England and what is driving their own investigation. Along with that, we will uncover a little more about Lisette and her family. I hope you’re as excited as I am to dive into these bigger mysteries.
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October 1925
Severine DuNoir was twelve when she discovered the bodies of her parents, and she's sworn to find their killer. As she unravels their lives, her sole focus is to reveal what happened to her parents.
Only things have changed, and she now needs to uncover who is manipulating her brother and why. Is that person the same who murdered her parents? Coming home has unveiled a more sinister plot than she could have imagined. It’s clear from her first night that something is afoot. The motives are many and the target is clear: Severine herself.
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