The Marionette House { Book 1 }
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When renowned but reclusive puppeteer Emmerich Vance dies under mysterious circumstances, his estranged granddaughter, Renaee Vance, inherits his sprawling, decaying estate known locally as The Marionette House. She returns to the coastal town she fled as a child, hoping to sell the property quickly and move on.
But the house isn't empty.
Hundreds of lifelike marionettes-many of them modeled after real people-fill every room, all dressed in faded costumes from forgotten plays. Some look eerily familiar. And at night, they seem to move. Sometimes subtly. Sometimes not.
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