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1855: They say she’s a murderess. She claims she’s innocent. But Lucy has been known to tell lies…
The Companion
What you need to know before your trail
In the shadow of the gallows, Lucy reflects on the events that led to her bitter downfall—from the moment she arrived at the rambling Burton mansion looking for work and a better life to the grisly murders themselves.
In a mysterious household of locked doors and forbidden affections, Lucy slips comfortably into the shadows, where she believes the indiscretions of her past will remain hidden. But when Lucy’s rising status becomes a threat to the mistress’s current companion, the delicate balance of power and loyalty begins to shift, setting into motion a brewing storm of betrayal, suspicion, and rage.
Now, with her execution looming closer, Lucy’s allies fight to have her sentence overturned as the tale she’s spinning nears its conclusion. But how much of her story can we trust? After all, Lucy’s been known to bend the truth…
Locations
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Travel back in time to New Hampshire BookTrail style
The story is fictional and set in the deep, rural historical landscape of New Hampshire
Of course this place is very different now today and the locations are vague or fictional but the sound of the house makes it come alive across time:
It was as if Josiah’s Burton’s house was an island or some strange ephemera created by my mind. Even Mr Beede and Cook seemed transitory, the only permanence to them their bristly chatter.”
The town:
“The town itself was nothing more than clapboard and brick, the boarding houses and businesses built right against the steep rock walls. In the middle of the valley – of one could call the narrow junction between those walls something so vast sounding – sat a simple white church at the end of a triangular commons.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Companion
Destination: New Hampshire Author/guide: Kim Taylor Blakemore Departure: 1855
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