# Beauty in the Blood - Paperback

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by **Charlotte Carter** (Author)

**A curse rolls out over centuries, murky and unknowable as swamp waters, shaping and destroying lives.**

"Carter delivers. . . . \[A\] fusion of detective fiction and horror that is impossible to look away from." --_The New York Times Book Review_

Sarah Toomey is a successful young black lawyer, lovely but straitlaced- and afraid that she is losing her mind. Since the death of her mother, a force she can neither understand nor control is manipulating her memory and driving her to unexplained acts of violence and destruction. At the same time, Sarah is swept up in a highly charged relationship with a work colleague that portends a danger of its own. As she moves through her privileged life in New York, Sarah comes to learn how her past--her haunted history--is intertwined with America's.

Yvonne Howard was born into the working class. Now, after years as a prison guard, she has reinvented herself. Her passion for cooking has landed her a position at a trendy soul food restaurant, and she is looking forward to a glamorous career. Then an ex-inmate named Bitty appears, demanding Yvonne's help investigating her brother's shocking death. Before long, Bitty too is dead, and Yvonne is pulled back into a world of ugly violence. Smart but unschooled, Yvonne finds herself in the unlikely role of detective: it is she who must unravel the dark and blood-soaked history that not only doomed Bitty and her brother, but also determined beautiful Sarah Toomey's fate.

### Author Biography

CHARLOTTE CARTER is the acclaimed author of the Nanette Hayes mystery series. Her short fiction has appeared in a number of American and British anthologies. Charlotte Carter has lived in the American Midwest, North Africa, and France. She currently resides in New York City.

**Number of Pages:** 288

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN

**Publication Date:** February 11, 2025

## Details

- **Price:** 25.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Gothic, Horror, Price Written on Book, Supernatural, Thrillers

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