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Book

The Museum of Unusual Occurrence

Edition

First world edition.

Publication Information

Edinburgh : Severn House, 2026.

Physical Description

229 pages ; 23 cm.

Summary

Rational and cynical Aly Orlean's life in her psychic hometown of Wyndale, Florida couldn't be more hectic. It's all about running her business, raising a teenage sister, sending out holiday greetings--and her new finding a killer. For her Museum of Unusual Occurrence not only houses odd curiosities but now has a brand-new The body of Rose Dempsey, a local twenty-year-old, set up in one of the exhibits as if she has been ritually sacrificed. With the police clueless, Aly is worried that this is a vicious warning for her and her solitary way of life. Fearing for her sister Merope's wellbeing, she's determined to find out why the killer murdered Rose and how her body was placed in Aly's museum . . . But might the killer be someone hiding in plain sight?

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