Saving Holmes
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Last published Wed, Dec 12, 2018
On August 10 2017, the body of Autumn Barnes is found tied to a post atop Oakland Hill. However what the police don't tell the close-knit community of Edge Water is that Autumn's chest was ripped apart, a gaping hole taken out of the girl she once embodied. Next to her heart, a bloodied note with the Latin word "aeternus", found bloodied along the ripped edges. After her body is taken in for an autopsy is when the police finally find what the true meaning of the word is - eternal. The entire community is unhinged from reality as more bodies begin to drop. But Thea Holmes is different. Thea knows the truth.
And she'll give up everything to catch the killer.
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