The Lotus Eaters
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Last published Mon, Feb 5, 2018
A young horsewoman is stalked by the secrets and crimes of friends and strangers, including a murder that occurs dangerously close by. Deciding that she will restore her mind to sanity after crushing guilt due to the death of a friend, she sets out to solve the crime. She finds the answers to the questions that trouble her, and in the process locates the one person who she can trust in a world of suburban selfishness, denial and dishonesty.
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A teenaged girl struggles with the death of her best friend. When the police stop investigating the case of her friend she decides she should find the story behind the death. The more she investigates she realizes that this death was not an accident at all.
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