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In 1924 a young vaudeville actress takes on the role of a
lifetime when she impersonates a missing heiress in this 2012
MB/MWA First Novel Competition winner.
In 1917 Jessie Carr, fourteen years old and sole heiress to her
family s vast fortune, disappeared without a trace. Now, years
later, her uncle Oliver Beckett thinks he s found her: a young
actress in a vaudeville playhouse is a dead ringer for his missing
niece. But when Oliver confronts the girl, he learns he s wrong.
Orphaned young, Leah s been acting since she was a toddler.
Oliver, never one to miss an opportunity, makes a proposition
with his coaching, Leah can impersonate Jessie, claim the fortune,
and split it with him. The role of a lifetime, he says. A one-way
ticket to Sing Sing, she hears. But when she s let go from her job,
Oliver s offer suddenly looks a lot more appealing. Leah agrees to
the con but secretly promises herself to try and find out what
happened to the real Jessie. There s only one problem: Leah s act
won t fool the one person who knows the truth about Jessie s
disappearance.
Set against a Prohibition-era backdrop of speakeasies and
vaudeville houses, Mary Miley s "The Impersonator" will delight
readers with its elaborate mystery and lively prose.
The long-awaited penultimate installment in Jeaniene Frost s New
York Times and USA Today bestselling Night Huntress series
There s always one more grave to dig.
Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat
Crawfield and her husband, Bones. They should have known better
than to relax their guard, because a shocking revelation sends them
back into action to stop an all-out war.
A rogue CIA agent is involved in horrifying secret activities
that threaten to raise tensions between humans and the undead to
dangerous heights. Now Cat and Bones are in a race against time to
save their friends from a fate worse than death because the more
secrets they unravel, the deadlier the consequences. And if they
fail, their lives and those of everyone they hold dear will be
hovering on the edge of the grave.
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