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ofparrish
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- Parts 3
richard died four days ago and darcy knows why.
© veerle.
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tsvritsa
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- Parts 20
"..and just so you know, old sport, that boy eats hearts."
copyright © donnastartt 2016
cosmic-creepers
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- Parts 33
❝ Things are only as beautiful as you make them, Charlie. Including murder. ❞
It's the opening night of Burton Abbey's production of Romeo and Juliet and all is going smoothly - that is until the climactic death scene. Romeo takes a big gulp of the poison to be with his lover, except it really is poison and Elijah, who plays Romeo, is now dead.
Charlie Monet, in charge of props, is the first suspect but soon the suspicion around her turns to worry as it seems she's the next target.
Khaleel Rahim, an aspiring writer, is dying for a mystery to solve at his new school. When he sees Charlie sneaking around at night he thinks he's finally found something worth writing about.
After discovering Charlie's ability to see visions of the past, Khaleel decides that they're the perfect pair to solve the mystery.
With threatening notes, a quiet library and poison disguised as props; somebody in the school is blurring the lines between theatre and reality and the fast friends are about to discover that there's more to boarding school than just silly rumours.
[2022 Watty's Shortlist]
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orphceus
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dr. jonathan deere, trapped in a small, stifling town, spends his days working and pining after the gravedigger's son: sweet, silver-souled jesse goodwin. but the goodwin brothers have a devastating secret, and when jesse falls ill jonathan must force his way into their shadowy world, facing a battle for the life of the man he loves.
things are not what they seem in the gravedigger's house -- men and monsters alike stalk the corridors, wearing the same skin. as jonathan delves deeper into the secrets of the town, he finds his own soul at risk. he can't save jesse alone -- but the alternative means trusting a man he hasn't spoken to in two years.
sonderless
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- Parts 27
in which fate threatens to be the undoing of a star-crossed pair who dare to defy the rules of life and death
