The Burning Library - By Gilly Macmillan, 1 Each, $19.49
For over a century, two rival organizations of women have gone to deadly lengths to secure the valuable artifact in the hopes of finding the original medieval manuscript from which it was torn. The Order of St. Katherine: devoted to the belief that women must pull strings in the shadows to exercise control. And the Fellowship of the Larks, positioned to acquire as many positions of power for women as possibleso long as their methods of doing so never come to light.When Dr. Anya Brown garners international attention for her translation of the cryptic Folio 9, she is handpicked by Diana Cornish, a professor and high-ranking member of the Fellowship, to join the Institute of Manuscript Studies in St. Andrews. Shes been recruited at great personal danger to translate ancient texts that the Fellowship believes critical to their mission. Meanwhile at Scotland Yard, Detective Constable Clio Spicer begins a private investigation into the death of Eleanor Bruton.As all the women grow further entangled in this ancient web, circumstances spin wildly out of control and their lives may be in danger.
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