Ellen Hart’s The Mirror and the Mask is another riveting mystery filled with the deceit and psychological intrigue that fans have come to expect from an author at the top of her game.
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THE CRUEL EVER AFTER
A Jane Lawless Mystery
Ellen Hart
“Buttressed by distinctive characters and a splendid Minnesota setting, the well-constructed plot builds to a satisfying conclusion.”
—Publishers Weekly
Jane Lawless is nearly dumbstruck when her ex-husband Chester reappears in Minneapolis. After their divorce he swore he would never return and left Jane with enough money to open her first restaurant. Now he’s back and penniless, or as he would prefer to say, between fortunes.
But Chester is never without an angle to make more money. This time he is selling a priceless artifact recently looted from the Baghdad Museum. When he wakes up next to the dead body of his buyer with no memory of what happened the night before, Chester panics and flees the scene. Later he returns to cover his tracks only to find that someone has already taken care of that for him, but at what price?
The Cruel Ever After is filled with the intrigue and cunning that makes Jane Lawless one of the most absorbing series on shelves today.
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