The Two Deaths of Lilian Carmichael

The Two Deaths of Lilian Carmichael

Author: Paulette Kennedy Listening Length: 8h 19m
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A young woman, perceived dead, plots to reinvent herself in a gripping historical gothic about secrets, superstition, and murder by the bestselling author of The Devil and Mrs. Davenport. South Carolina, 1853. Lillian Carmichael, privileged daughter of a disgraced Charleston family, is due to be hanged for the murder o...

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Charleston, South Carolina

These three things I know for certain: Arsenic has no taste, I did not kill my sister, and tomorrow, I will die.

I look through the barred window at the exercise yard two stories below, where Claudia Hamilton sits, her dingy, prison-issue skirts fanning out on the bench.