Stone Mothers Edan Lepucki heart-pounding tale of betrayal and

heart-pounding tale of betrayal and bloody vengeance' John Gwynne on The Pariah

Not a single word is superfluous in this widely admired masterpiece

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award-winning author of The Grace of Kings "Murphy skillfully transports spaghetti western tropes to a lawless space station in this action-packed debut

Stone Mothers Edan Lepucki heart-pounding tale of betrayal and'I heard the swish of falling paper. I grazed my knuckles retrieving a beige folder, its grubby white ribbon loose. Looping doctor's handwriting. Addresses. Dates. Names. Photographs! I had found the patients whose notes would bring the past back to life.' A lifetime ago, a patient escaped Nazareth mental asylum. They covered their tracks carefully. Or so they thought. Thirty years ago, Marianne Smy committed a crime then fled from her home to leave