Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Waiting on Wednesday: See What I Have Done






Waiting on Wednesday was a meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Although her site is no longer active, I am continuing to post each Wednesday about a new book that I can't wait to be published.





This week's pick: See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
Due out: August 1, 2017

Synopsis taken from Amazon:

Lizzie Borden took an ax
And gave her mother forty whacks
When she saw what she had done,
She gave her father forty-one.


Or did she?


In this riveting debut novel, See What I Have Done, Sarah Schmidt recasts one of the most fascinating murder cases of all time into an intimate story of a volatile household and a family devoid of love.

On the morning of August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden calls out to her maid: Someone’s killed Father. The brutal ax-murder of Andrew and Abby Borden in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts, leaves little evidence and many unanswered questions. While neighbors struggle to understand why anyone would want to harm the respected Bordens, those close to the family have a different tale to tell―of a father with an explosive temper; a spiteful stepmother; and two spinster sisters, with a bond even stronger than blood, desperate for their independence.

As the police search for clues, Emma comforts an increasingly distraught Lizzie whose memories of that morning flash in scattered fragments. Had she been in the barn or the pear arbor to escape the stifling heat of the house? When did she last speak to her stepmother? Were they really gone and would everything be better now? Shifting among the perspectives of the unreliable Lizzie, her older sister Emma, the housemaid Bridget, and the enigmatic stranger Benjamin, the events of that fateful day are slowly revealed through a high-wire feat 


1 comment:

Alyssa said...

Ooo, this is historical fiction! I read a lot of historical romance but not much historical fiction. This book sounds very interesting! I hope you enjoy it when you get the chance to read it!

Have a wonderful week, Tina. =)

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