The Hawley Book Of The Dead: A Novel

Name: The Hawley Book Of The Dead: A Novel
Author: Chrysler Szarlan
ISBN: 9780345545022

by Chrysler Szarlan

"Magic is in Revelation "Reve" Dyer's blood. Together, she and her husband Jeremy have three daughters, a beautiful home, and a world-famous Las Vegas magic act. But Reve has many secrets, secrets that have not only shaped her past but now threaten her family. When a mysterious intruder tampers with the weapon used in one of the illusions in Reve's act, igniting a fresh tragedy, Reve fears for the safety of her three daughters--the twins, Fai and Grace, with their passion for horses and music, and little Caleigh, who seems to be able to weave the future in her endless games of cat's cradle. Grief-stricken, Reve flees with the three girls to the only place she's ever felt safe: the forest of Hawley Five Corners in Massachusetts.…

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"There’s magic and then there’s magic. Revelation “Reve” Dyer walks a fine line between the two as part of a Las Vegas couple that performs to packed houses on the Strip. But her family’s world is turned upside down when a sabotaged prop leads to the death of her husband. As details slowly tease out, our narrator flees with her family to a small Massachusetts town with its own story to tell. Like generations of her family’s women before her, Reve struggles to balance living in a normal world while facing the dangers that accompany her mysterious, magical inheritance. Author Chrysler Szarlan hooked me with realism, but I stayed for the magic!"

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