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The List of Suspicious Things: A Novel

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Set against the backdrop of Thatcher era UK political landscape, this is a moving coming-of-age mystery. A heartwarming tale of friendships and first loves that captures the essence of Yorkshire during a time of panic.

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"A quietly moving and intimate tale about family mysteries in a small town." —People magazine

"We'll make a list. A list of all the people and things we see that are suspicious. And then… we'll investigate them."

Twelve-year-old Miv is panicking. Life has been complicated since her mom got sick, and now her dad is talking about wanting to move their family away from the town Miv has lived in her whole life—because of the murders. Young women are dying, everyon...

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