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The Unfortunate Moth

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Reads 151
Votes 19
Parts 15
Time 2h 58m

historical murder-mystery mystery

Rachael Patton-Langdale is murdered on an ocean liner. Her niece Ophelia "Phil" Patton was heard shouting "I wish you were dead!" earlier. Detective Seo Yo-han has only two days to solve the case before the ship reaches its destination and Phil - innocent or guilty - is taken to prison. Adding to the confusion, Phil lied about her alibi. And a letter is found in Rachael's room signed by Heather Glenn, who isn't on the ship and who no one has heard of.

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This was not our plan.

"Wasn't it exhausting? Lying to my face for so long?" Cleo Atwood is the head of the Oceanside Criminal Investigative department, she's 28 and seemingly already has her life together. She's got her dream job, her dream house, her secrets buried deep, life is perfect. ..Or is it? It was, until she made the mistake of hiring Fallon Smith. That woman can make her way into anybody's heart, even the stone cold, rock hard, secret filled one of Cleo Atwood. When Cleo and Fallon have no choice but to work together to solve a murder, how close will they get? What secrets will they uncover about each other?