Gothic historical suspense after the 1906 San Francisco quake: an orphan reinvents herself, marries a wealthy widower, and faces buried secrets.
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Gothic historical suspense after the 1906 San Francisco quake: an orphan reinvents herself, marries a wealthy widower, and faces buried secrets.
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A suspenseful and page-turning descent into obsession, love, and murder in the wake of San Francisco's most deadly earthquake--and Suzanne Rindell's most haunting novel since her acclaimed debut, The Other Typist Which wife holds the darker secret? San Francisco, 1906. Violet is one of three people grateful for the destruction of the big earthquake. It leaves her and her two best friends unexpectedly wealthy--if the secret that binds them together stays buried beneath the rubble. Fearing discove...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Central whirlwind romance and marriage; bordello backdrop with implied sex work
Violence & gore
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Murder, arsenic poisoning, and violent deaths are central to the plot
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Gothic haunting; lingering specter of first wife; unquiet spirits
Political content
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Class divides and red-light district social backdrop
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Orphan hardship; teen in bordello setting; murder and coercive secrets
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