# The Fifth Petal: A Novel of Salem - Paperback

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by **Brunonia Barry** (Author)

**Could a witch hunt happen again in Salem?**

_New York Times_ bestselling author of _The Lace Reader_ Brunonia Barry returns to Salem with this spellbinding new thriller, a complex brew of suspense, seduction and murder.

When a teenage boy dies suspiciously on Halloween night, Salem's chief of police, John Rafferty, wonders if there is a connection between his death and Salem's most notorious cold case, a triple homicide dubbed "The Goddess Murders," in which three young women, all descended from accused Salem witches, were slashed on Halloween night in 1989. He finds unexpected help in Callie Cahill, the daughter of one of the victims newly returned to town. Neither believes that the main suspect, Rose Whelan, respected local historian, is guilty of murder or witchcraft.

But exonerating Rose might mean crossing paths with a dangerous force. Were the women victims of an all-too-human vengeance, or was the devil raised in Salem that night? And if they cannot discover what truly happened, will evil rise again?

### Author Biography

**Brunonia Barry** is the _New York Times_ and international best selling author of _The Lace Reader_, _The Map of True Places,_ and her latest book: _The Fifth Petal._ Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She was the first American author to win the International Women's Fiction Festival's Baccante Award and was a past recipient of Ragdale Artists' Colony's Strnad Invitational Fellowship as well as the winner of New England Book Festival's award for Best Fiction. Her reviews and articles on writing have appeared in the London _Times_ and the _Washington Post_, and the _Huffington Post_. Brunonia co-chairs the Salem Athenaeum's Writers' Committee. She lives in Salem with her husband Gary Ward and their dog, Angel. Gary and Bru are the organizers of the Salem Literary Festival.

**Number of Pages:** 464

**Dimensions:** 1 x 8 x 5.2 IN

**Publication Date:** September 26, 2017

## Details

- **Price:** 29.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Crime, Fiction, Price Written on Book, Supernatural, Thrillers, Women

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