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Avree Kelly Clark

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Avree Kelly Clark is the award-winning author of Malice Aforethought, about a historic local murder in her former hometown of Pembroke, New Hampshire. Avree’s second novel is about the most famous serial killer to come out of her native state—Herman Webster Mudgett, alias H. H. Holmes.
Avree’s love of history, forensics, and research, along with her natural curiosity, inspires her to write about true stories in an entertaining and digestible way, where often the truth is stranger than fiction.
When she’s not working on her next book, Avree’s a freelance proofreader and copy editor who enjoys reading, long walks, puzzling, healthful living, and visiting the rocky coast of Maine with her favorite person—her husband of eighteen years. Avree an ...more

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	Malice Aforethought: A True Story of the Shocking Double Crime That Horrified Nineteenth-Century New England 4.16 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Manner of Evil : The Unmasking of H. H. Holmes 4.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Why do I love stories where cantankerous seniors are confronted by precocious children? It just makes for a lot of comedic relief, I suppose. This one had me chuckling aloud in the same vein of The Thursday Murder Club and Killers of a Certain Age wi ...more
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When you greedily read every book by a newly discovered author! I really enjoy David Duford’s writing. He’s a hidden gem, for sure. I was first drawn in after listening to the incredible audio of That Moment before NEEDING to get Stephen Must Die upo ...more
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An enjoyable cross between My Girl; Raising Helen; Murder, She Wrote; and then, maybe, 10% IT by Stephen King. This is a slow-burn cozy mystery, so I would like to encourage patience when approaching this story if you’ve come for the murder mystery as ...more
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