Lilies on Her Grave
by Lewis Costley
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Pub Date Jun 18 2023 | Archive Date Jun 22 2023
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Description
Lilly Barnes was just nineteen when she was murdered, and buried deep in the woods, where no one would ever find her, and it was at that very moment when her life truly began.
Lilly finds herself trapped in Purgatory. A place between worlds. A place where spirits find themselves tasked with one final test, in order to prove their worth, and free themselves from the shackles keeping their souls tethered to their previous lives.
The young girl learns that she must complete the impossible. She has bring her killer to justice. To make him accountable for what he did to her. A bright golden ray of light beams down from the heavens above, guiding her to her unfinished business. Leading her to the front door of the very man responsible for ending her life, where she discovers something truly horrific. She is not the only one.
Four other girls, just like her, are lost in Purgatory. They all share the same unfinished business, and to make matters more complicated, they all must be present when their killer faces justice. For the ones who are absent, will have no choice but to walk the world of Purgatory until the End of Days. And when Lilly thinks things couldn’t get any worse, she discovers that her killer has a new toy locked away in his basement.
Lilly sets out on a path toward her happily ever after life. A path, which will require her to find the lost spirits of the other girls, and return them to the place of their deaths, to not only save the life of their killer’s newest victim, but to save their own souls from an eternity of imprisonment within the Realm of the Dead.
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9798988098201 |
PRICE | $4.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 307 |
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Featured Reviews
"Lilly Barnes is dead, she just doesn't know it yet"
We meet Lilly as she stands behind a man digging a shallow grave in the woods to bury her. With the help of Fred, a flustered bureaucrat working for the Reaper team, she understands that she can only cross over and out of purgatory when her unfinished business is finished. She encounters a human seer called Jackson, who eventually agrees to help her bring her killer to justice.
Special mention to Carol, what a legend of a character. Only involved in a few pages but absolutely steals the show!
This is a very dark and harrowing story, with some light humour worked in seamlessly. A really emotive story, certain points brought me to tears. I don't have anything bad to say, characters were all great and had emotional investment in all of them, the writing was flawless and the story had me gripped from the start. I can highly recommend this book to all fans of dark fiction.
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