At the Bottom of the Garden

A murderess becomes the guardian of two very unusual girls in this mesmerizing gothic novel from acclaimed author Camilla Bruce. Clara Woods is a killerΓÇöand perfectly fine with it,too. So what if she takes a couple of lives to make her own a little bit better? At the bottom of her garden is a flower bedlong overgrownwhere her late husband rests in peaceΓÇöor so sheΓÇÖs always thought. Then the girls arrive. Lily and Violet are her niecesrecently orphaned after their affluent parents died on an ill-fated anniversary trip. In accordance with their parentsΓÇÖ willthe sisters are to go to their closest relativeΓÇöwho happens to be Clara. Despite having no interest in childrenClara agrees to take themhoping to get her hands on some of the girlsΓÇÖ assetsΓÇönot only to bolster her dwindling fortune but also to establish what she hopes will be her legacy: a line of diamond jewelry. ThereΓÇÖs only one problem. Violet can see the dead man at the bottom of the garden. She can see all of ClaraΓÇÖs ghosts . . . and call them back into existence. Soon Clara is plagued by her victims and at war with the gifted girls in her care. Lily and Violet have become a liabilityΓÇöand they know far more than they should.