Meet Me at the Red Barn
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Last published Sun, Dec 23, 2018
On April 19, 1828 the body of a young women is found in a Red Barn in Suffolk, England by her father and stepmother. The only thing that they found that could point to whoever committed this horrific murder was a green handkerchief wrapped around the corpse's neck. The handkerchief belongs to none other than her lover William Corder, a cunning young man man that had a reputation for thieving and lying. In order to find out what happened on the night of Maria's murder, the police must find Corder and bring him to justice before he finds a way to escape from his past forever.
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