The Corpse Queen

The Corpse Queen
Heather M Herrman
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Hardback
Not defined - 416pg
14 Nov 2021 US
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9781984816702
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In this dark and twisty feminist historical thriller, a teenage girl starts a new life as a grave robber but quickly becomes entangled in a murderer' s plans. Soon after her best friend Kitty mysteriously dies, orphaned seventeen-year-old Molly Green is sent away to live with her "aunt. " With no relations that she knows of, Molly assumes she has been sold as free domestic labor for the price of an extra donation in the church orphanage' s coffers. Such a thing is not unheard of. There are only so many options for an unmarried girl in 1850s Philadelphia. Only, when Molly arrives, she discovers her aunt is very much real, exceedingly wealthy, and with secrets of her own. Secrets and wealth she intends to share-for a price. Molly' s estranged aunt Ava, has built her empire by robbing graves and selling the corpses to medical students who need bodies to practice surgical procedures. And she wants Molly to help her procure the corpses. As Molly learns her aunt' s trade in the dead of night and explores the mansion by day, she is both horrified and deeply intrigued by the anatomy lessons held at the old church on her aunt' s property. Enigmatic Doctor LaValle' s lessons are a heady mixture of knowledge and power and Molly has never wanted anything more than to join his male-only group of students. But the cost of inclusion is steep and with a murderer loose in the city, the pursuit of power and opportunity becomes a deadly dance.
Praise for The Corpse Queen"Dark. Glittering. Dangerous. The Corpse Queen is deliciously macabre and utterly decadent. Like a well-placed scalpel, Molly' s sharp mind and cool determination in a male-dominated world will slip under your skin and snip at your heartstrings. A cinematic story cleverly plotted, and intoxicatingly addictive; I gulped it down in one, greedy drab. " --Kerri Maniscalco, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Stalking Jack the Ripper
Heather Herrman' s fiction blends beauty and the macabre. Her obsession with horror began with a sixth-grade slumber party viewing of Night of the Demons. She loves prairie winds, tales of wicked women, and landscapes that look like they could eat you. Her debut horror novel, Consumption, is available through Random House/Hydra. She holds an MFA in fiction from New Mexico State University and is an active member of The Horror Writer' s Association. Her work has received support from The Prague Writer' s Program and The Nebraska Arts Council. Heather currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781984816702
Published: 14 Nov 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Format: Hardback
Pages: 416

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