Pretty Dead Things, Lilian West
Pretty Dead Things, Lilian West
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Pretty Dead Things
A Mystery

Author: Lilian West

Narrator: Devon Sorvari

Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/10/2024


Synopsis

A bride-to-be's discovery of long-lost wedding rings at an estate sale reveals the key to a decades-old cold case in a small-town mystery.

2024. Recently-engaged city girl Cora is new to the small town of Hickory Falls. Still adjusting to the change in pace, she's delighted when she stumbles upon a quaint estate sale. Drawn in by the knickknacks, she buys a jar of colorful baubles and is surprised to find two rings at the bottom of the jar. When she innocently sets out to find the original owner of the rings, she instead stumbles upon a decades-old mystery.

1953. Clarity Grey should've known better than to get involved with a married man, but their connection went too deep to ignore. When he divorces his wife for her, they marry, and she gets the family life she's always dreamed of, with a new stepdaughter and a child of her own. But just as suddenly, her new life slips out of her hands when she simply vanishes, never to be seen or heard of again.

Clarity is labeled as flaky and a homewrecker, so nobody in town takes her disappearance seriously—until Cora, seventy years later.

This engrossing novel exposes one family's secrets and the twisted lies that are hidden in small towns.

Reviews

Goodreads review by cam 🍂 on October 28, 2024

I didn't enjoy this as much as I hoped I would. It took longer than it should've for the story to grip me and even then, it was hard to care about the mystery at times because I found the fmc, Cora, a bit annoying. There just wasn't anything to her?? She had no depth and that made it difficult to co......more

Goodreads review by The Bookish Elf on December 20, 2024

In her debut novel, Lilian West weaves an intricate tale spanning seven decades in the fictional Midwest town of Hickory Falls. The narrative alternates between 2024 and the 1950s, connecting two women whose lives become inexplicably intertwined through a simple jar of trinkets purchased at an estat......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on July 07, 2024

Thank you to the publisher & NetGalley for this eARC. I was intrigued by the premise of this novel, being someone who also loves a jar of pretty baubles myself! I loved the 50s/60s storyline, as well as the Midwest (it felt like Kansas City to me) setting. The current day storyline was not as compel......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on February 17, 2025

It's not poorly written or anything, there's just kind of not a lot of substance......more

Goodreads review by Deviant Quill Reviews on December 22, 2024

[URL not allowed] Lilian West’s Pretty Dead Things presents a dual-timeline mystery that intertwines secrets, heartbreak, and small-town intrigue. Set in 2024 and 195os, the novel connects the lives of Cora, a city girl newly engaged and adjusting to life in Hickory Falls, and......more