TY  - BOOK
AU  - Braver,Gary
TI  - Rumor of evil: a novel 
SN  - 9781608095933
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Sarasota, FL
PB  - Oceanview Publishing
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
KW  - Secrecy
KW  - Cambridge (Mass.)
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
KW  - Paranormal fiction
KW  - Novels
N1  - Includes book club discussion questions
N2  - "A woman hanged herself - or did she? And how did the treehouse catch fire? Detectives Kirk Lucian and Mandy Wing are charged with investigating a reported suicide of a Cambridge woman in her backyard. The death came as a shock--the woman was considered a pillar of her community and was well-liked by everyone. After further investigation, the hanging appears staged. Once Kirk and Mandy's suspicions are confirmed, they make a list of suspects. Clues begin to connect the recent murder to the decades-old mysterious death of a beautiful 16-year-old Romany exchange student who perished when a treehouse she was sleeping in caught fire. The girl, Vadima Lupescu, had done "odd" things among her American peers that stirred up prejudices and suspicions, leading to her brutal death--and cover-up. As Kirk and Mandy investigate the bizarre rumors--that Vadima had "gypsy powers" and put curses on those around her--they discover a cauldron of dark secrets. Will they uncover the true cause of this tangled web of deaths and horrors before it spirals out of control?"--
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