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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I wake in our bed, hours or days later—I’ve no recollection how much time has passed. A shaft of sunlight slices across my eyes. I blink, and then I see Kate, her form silhouetted against the window. “Ah, you’re awake,” she says.

Anger trammels through me. I sit up, ignoring the rush of dizziness. I brush the hair out of my eyes and look down at my chest, where she pierced me. A square of gauze, plastered in place, covers the top of my left breast, right below the neckline of my nightgown. “You hurt me,” I say.

“I had to,” she says, sitting on the edge of the mattress next to me. “You were breaking character, Lil. You nearly ruined our act.”