The Third Sister
Sara Blaedel
"Ilka woke up and squinted against the bright light."
"Ilka woke up and squinted against the bright light."
"When I stumble into the road, folk look and look away."
"“Dead bodies in my gardens?” muttered Irvine Pennington, sweating heavily as he led the way along a central allée of pleached hornbeam under‑planted with low‑clipped hedges of boxwood and waves of purple allium."
"Early Saturday morning, Eli and Charlotte lie in bed drinking coffee, enjoying what grainy sunlight the park allows into their window."
"Three months to the day—it was past time, she told herself—she drove to her son’s house to pack his things, get the place ready to sell."
"How did that night go so wrong?"
"When thirst troubled Kipp, finding water to drink required little effort."
"'I guess you should start calling me Oxana,' she says, a little regretfully."
"Matthew was in Crash Maynard’s enormous mansion on the hill."
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