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""This sublimely nerve-racking tale takes hold and never lets go."" - Kirkus Reviews Something always has to die for something greater to be born. Surrounded by family secrets, suspicious deaths, and her own repressed memories, fifteen year-old Clara Willenheim lives as a prisoner in her ancestral estate in 1860s Bavaria. Her only chance of escape is to journey through the castle's secret passages, unraveling her family's dark history and its place at the center of a vast web of crime. Driven by the capricious and vengeful ghost of her long-dead aunt, Clara opens doors that threaten powerful enemies, a place where she's forced to choose between righting past wrongs or losing her own life. A historical Gothic mystery brimming with suspense and plot twists, The Death of Clara Willenheim is layered in rich, period detail. The novel explores the cost of selflessness and the struggle to choose between justice and vengeance. But at its heart, it's a story about how, when one part of ourselves dies, something greater can rise in its place.

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""This sublimely nerve-racking tale takes hold and never lets go."" - Kirkus Reviews ""Charlotte Lesemann's powerfully evocative, atmospheric approach injects compelling drama into the story from its opening sentences... Readers will find the powerful characterization creates a story impossible to set aside, while the secrets and threats that emerge profile satisfying blindsides that even the most seasoned gothic enthusiast won't see coming."" - D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

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