Murder in Albany
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Elizabeth Gaines is a sixteen year old British girl sent to visit her aunt in Albany, New York after having absolutely nothing to do over the summer back home. Her aunt, who's husband had just passed, is thoroughly convinced he was murdered instead of, as the police and his coworkers say, killed in an accident. Determined to help her distressed aunt, Elizabeth pairs with a shameless thief in search of the truth.
A murder mystery set in the 19th century
*2022 note - This is a work on progress... I started this about a year or two ago, and am still figuring out the storyline before I finish. I didn't have the heart to take it down, so here it remains; unfinished and unedited 😅*
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