I Died for Beauty
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Publisher Description
When a blaze takes both a neighbor’s home and his life, Emily Dickinson and her maid Willa have a burning desire to crack the case in this new historical mystery from Agatha Award–winning author Amanda Flower.
Amherst, 1857. The Dickinson family braves one of the worst winters in New England’s history. Trains are snowbound and boats are frozen in the harbor. Emily Dickinson and her maid, Willa Noble, have never witnessed anything like it. As Amherst families attempt to keep their homes warm, fears of fire abound.
These worries prove not to be unfounded as a blaze breaks out just down the street from the Dickinson in Kelley Square, the Irish community in Amherst, and a young couple is killed, leaving behind their young child. Their deaths appear to be a tragic accident, but Emily finds herself harboring suspicions there may be more to the fire than meets the eye. Emily and Willa must withstand the frigid temperatures and discover a killer lurking among the deadly frost.
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Flower's winning third whodunit featuring Emily Dickinson (after I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died) finds the poet looking into a suspicious fire in 1857 Amherst, Mass. During a frigid winter that's already killed some of the town's poorer residents, Emily decides to sponsor a local family with close ties to her maid, Willa Noble. Her focus shifts, however, when a fire in the town's Irish section kills every member of the Doolan family except young Norah Rose. Emily and Willa take Norah Rose in, and before long, rumors start swirling that the Doolans were murdered. Shocked, Emily and Willa decide to investigate, eventually unearthing evidence of arson and clues that point toward the college where Norah Rose's father worked. Flower makes clever use of the real-life Cold Storm of 1857 to deepen her characterizations of Emily and Willa and burnish their reputation as crime-solvers. This series continues to impress.
