The Orphanage by the Lake
As a private investigator, Hazel doesn’t normally go looking for trouble, but it always seems to find her whether she likes it or not. After taking on the case of a missing orphan, Hazel learns there is something sinister happening at the mysterious orphanage, and she might be the only one who can get to the bottom of it.
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"Irresistible!" — James Patterson
A MISSING GIRL. AN ORPHANAGE FILLED WITH SECRETS.
Hazel wants a new life.
She's thirty years old, single, and her private investigation business is months away from folding.
Her luck takes a turn when Madeline Hemsley, a mysterious socialite, pays Hazel a visit with an offer too enticing to resist. An orphan girl has disappeared from a children's home—The Orphanage By The Lake, as the locals call it—and Madeline wants Hazel to find her.
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