Forced to Spy for Grave Robbers
True Colors – Fiction Based on Strange-But-True History
In 1824, Josephine Clayton is considered dead by everyone in her Massachusetts village—especially the doctor she has assisted for several months. Yet, she is still very much alive.
Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. Right now, I’m reading a book that’s been on my TBR backlist for a couple of months: The Yellow Lantern by Angie Dicken. It’s part of Barbour’s True Crime series, and when I read the description, I knew I wanted to read it.
How about you? Do you enjoy true crime stories?
While attending the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, Winnifred Wylde believes she witnessed a woman being kidnapped. She tries to convince her father, an inspector with the Chicago police, to look into reports of mysterious disappearances around the White City. Inspector Wylde tries to dismiss her claims as exaggeration of an overactive imagination, but he eventually concedes to letting her go undercover…