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Mary Kendall on Blog Tour for The Spinster’s Fortune, June 22-29
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The Spinster’s Fortune
by Mary Kendall
Publication Date: April 6, 2021
Darkstroke Books
Paperback & eBook; 227 pages
Genre: Historical Mystery
Moonlit alleys, shadowy tunnels, and buried secrets…
Summer of 1929.
Of supposed unsound mind without a penny to her name, Blanche Magruder lies alone in a home for the aged and infirm.
Meanwhile, her house, a crumbled ruin in the heart of Georgetown, Washington, D.C., is pillaged nightly by thieves looking for treasure rumored to be hidden there.
A distant niece, Margaret O’Keefe, is tapped as executor and soon becomes embroiled in the hunt for recovering monies, taking it on as a welcome escape from her financial and marital woes.
As Margaret discovers caches in unlikely spots throughout the house, family mysteries begin to unravel. She questions whether Aunt Blanche is an insane fool or a daring genius, yet Margaret must also wrangle with her own hidden truths.
Pressed towards a convergence of their pasts and presents, the two women must ultimately face down a fateful discovery in order to rectify their lives.
Shrouded in gothic undertones and dark artifice, THE SPINSTER’S FORTUNE is a tale that takes the reader on a strange journey through tangled webs of family deceit. But where does it end?
Available on Amazon
About the Author
Mary Kendall lived in old (and haunted) houses growing up which sparked a life-long interest in history and story-telling. She earned degrees in history related fields and worked as an historian for many years. Her fiction writing is heavily influenced by the past which she believes is never really dead and buried.
Fueled by black coffee and a possible sprinkling of Celtic fairy dust, she tends to find inspiration in odd places and sometimes while kneading bread dough.
The author currently resides in Maryland with her family (husband, three kids, barn cat and the occasional backyard hen) who put up with her mad scribbling at inconvenient hours.
THE SPINSTER’S FORTUNE , a mystery set in Georgetown, Washington DC, is her debut novel and is a twisty, tangled dive into a web of family deception murky with gothic undertones.
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Blog Tour Schedule
Tuesday, June 22
Review at 100 Pages a Day
Review at Probably at the Library
Wednesday, June 23
Review at Bonnie Reads and Writes
Thursday, June 24
Review at Two Bookish Babes
Guest Post at Chicks, Rogues, and Scandals
Friday, June 25
Interview at Passages to the Past
Saturday, June 26
Review at Reading is My Remedy
Sunday, June 27
Review at Rajiv’s Reviews
Review at Booking With Janelle
Monday, June 28
Review at Books, Cooks, Looks
Tuesday, June 29
Review at Bookworlder
Giveaway
Enter to win a paperback copy of The Spinster’s Fortune by Mary Kendall!
The giveaway is open to US residents only and ends on June 29th. You must be 18 or older to enter.