꧁ Cʀᴏᴏᴋs: Bᴇᴛʀᴀʏᴇᴅ ʙʏ Bʟᴏᴏᴅ ꧂
That_One_Thespian
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That_One_Thespian
Complete, First published Jun 07, 2023
Mature
adultbetrayalcitycrimedarkfamilyfictionframedgeneralfictionhistoricalfictionlgbtliesmurdernewadultnewfictionnewyorksecretsteenfictionyoungadult
"ɪᴛ's ғᴜɴɴʏ ʜᴏᴡ sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇs, ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴅ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ʙᴜʟʟᴇᴛ ғᴏʀ, ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀɪɢɢᴇʀ" 

➡️ *𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁/𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗪𝗜𝗣 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲* 

꧁ In 1969 Manhattan, Michelle Quinn murders her husband and his mistress, but cunningly frames her young daughter, Cynthia, for the crime. Cynthia is charged with second degree murder and found guilty after multiple trials. However, in 1977, she unexpectedly finds herself freed. Now 18, she embarks on a journey to start fresh in the big city. But when her past slowly comes back to haunt her, she begins to slowly uncover the truth about her father's murder, and unaware that the answers she's been longing for all these years might just be hidden in plain sight. ꧂

POV 👀: 
Alternative POV
The point of view changes between different characters, as each one has a different story to tell from another perspective. Written in 1st POV. 

Cᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ Wᴀʀɴɪɴɢs ⚠️:
{ℝ𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕄𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕕𝕦𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕪 𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 ⚠︎︎} 
•No sexual content  シ sorry if that's what you're looking for. 
•Brief language 🗣️
•Mentions of violence/crime, such as murder, assault, and suicide 🫣

Cover is by Dorian Rocci 

Cᴏᴘʏʀɪɢʜᴛ ☹︎:
Do not reuse any of my work for any purpose without my permission.

🥇 #6 in New Fiction 8/7/23
🎖️ Luna Awards - Second Place Winner for best General Fiction / YA
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