03216cam a2200625 i 4500 2440268500 TxAuBib 20250711120000.0 240624s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024015762 9781668057001 hardcover 166805700X hardcover (OCoLC)1438664571 TxAuBib rda Seybolt, Bailey, author. Coram House : a novel / Bailey Seybolt. First Atria Books hardcover edition. New York : Atria Books, 2025. ©2025. 311 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In this debut that's perfect for fans of Tana French and Gillian Flynn, a true crime writer risks becoming the next chapter of a crumbling orphanage's dark legacy as she unravels the mystery of two deaths, decades apart"-- Provided by publisher. "On a blistering summer day in 1968, nine-year-old Tommy vanishes without a trace from Coram House, an orphanage on the shores of Lake Champlain. Some say a nun drowned him, others say he ran away. Or maybe he never existed. Fifty years later, his disappearance is still unsolved. Struggling true crime writer Alex Kelley needs a fresh start. When she's asked to ghostwrite a book about the orphanage--and the abuses that occurred there--she packs up her belongings and moves to wintry Burlington, Vermont. As Alex tries to untangle the conflicting stories surrounding Tommy's disappearance, her investigation takes a chilling turn when she discovers a woman's body in the lake. Alex is convinced the death is connected to Coram House's dark past, even if local police officer Russell Parker thinks she's just desperate for a career-saving story. As the body count rises, Alex must prove that the key to finding the killer lies in Tommy's murder, or risk becoming the next victim." --Provided by Publisher. 20250711. Women authors Fiction. Ghostwriters Fiction. Orphanages Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Child abuse Fiction. Cold cases (Criminal investigation) Fiction. Women authors. fast Ghostwriters. fast Orphanages. fast Murder fast Investigation. Murder. fast True crime stories. fast Missing persons. fast Child abuse. fast Cold cases (Criminal investigation.) fast Burlington (Vt) Fiction. Vermont Fiction. Vermont fast Burlington. Vermont. fast True crime stories Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. fast Thrillers (Fiction.) fast Novels. fast Fiction. fast Detective and mystery fiction. fast Thrillers (Fiction.) fast Novels. fast