{"product_id":"the-two-deaths-of-lillian-carmichael-9781662531286","title":"The Two Deaths of Lillian Carmichael","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young woman, perceived dead, plots to reinvent herself in a gripping historical gothic about secrets, superstition, and murder by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil and Mrs. Davenport\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouth Carolina, 1853. Lillian Carmichael, privileged daughter of a disgraced Charleston family, is due to be hanged for the murder of her sister when fate gives her a second chance at life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a catatonic episode on the long walk to the gallows, Lillian is declared dead and entombed in the family mausoleum. She awakens days later, buried alive, and flees to the Lowcountry marshes to survive on her wits and reinvent herself. All the while, a series of exsanguination murders holds the terrorized city in thrall--as do the superstitions that the vanished Lillian is some craven creature, resurrected and out for blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLillian finds sanctuary in a crumbling former plantation and a friend in Kate O'Malley, a charismatic actress adept at fashioning new identities. The two form an intimate and powerful alliance, but as the body count rises, the manhunt for Lillian reaches a fever pitch. It will take both women's cunning for her to escape the gallows again, and to find her freedom, Lillian must first cross paths with the real killer and confront her own family's deepest, darkest secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paulette Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lake Union Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.45h x 5.57w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662531286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKennedy, Paulette:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePaulette Kennedy is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Artist of Blackberry Grange\u003c\/i\u003e (2025), \u003ci\u003eThe Devil and Mrs. Davenport\u003c\/i\u003e (2024), \u003ci\u003eThe Witch of Tin Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), and \u003ci\u003eParting the Veil\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), which received the HNS Review Editor's Choice Award. Her work has been featured in \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, The Mary Sue, \u003ci\u003ePaste Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and BookBub. Originally from the Missouri Ozarks, she now lives with her family and a menagerie of rescue pets in sunny Southern California, where sometimes, on the very best days, the mountains are wreathed in gothic fog. For more information, visit www.paulettekennedy.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Paulette Kennedy \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792959258781,"sku":"9781662531286","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5df92512-2a33-4ea5-889e-c7e49f24ae30.jpg?v=1774985613","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-two-deaths-of-lillian-carmichael-9781662531286","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}