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Jane Casey, author of The Stranger You Know Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us I devoured this book and it kept me guessing right to the very end. Brace for flame and sorcery, and a hidden order of the powerful.įor readers who like secrets to be revealed piece by tantalizing piece. The Maker of Swans takes Paraic O’Donnell’s mastery (he is also known for The House on Vesper Sands, his second book) to deep, heart-shaking, and frightening revelations. An enthralling dance over the line between literary fiction and magical fantasy. O’Donnell is a master craftsman of language and storytelling. the first act is meticulous in its preparation for the twists that follow.Įvocative and beautiful. Starts at a leisurely trot and works its way up to a gallop. Helen Macdonald, author of Vesper Flights O’Donnell mesmerizes with another stylish, atmospheric tale.Ĭompulsive reading. A secret that will change everything.Ī darkly gorgeous novel of intrigue and secrets. If she is to save them all, she must learn to use them quickly and unlock the secret of who she is. So too will Clara, whose own extraordinary gifts remain hidden, even from herself. He and the faithful Eustace will be tested as never before. And this single night of passion and violence will have consequences, stirring shadows from the past and threatening those he now cares for. Crowe and his kind, that cannot be broken. Until now.īecause there are rules, even for Mr. He has been content to live quietly, his great library gathering dust and his once magnificent gardens growing wild. But he has long since retreated from that glittering world, living alone but for Eustace and Clara, his mysterious young ward. Protected and privileged, he was courted by countesses and great men of letters. Crowe was once famed for his gifts-unaccountable gifts, known only to the members of a secretive order. Who is the man lying dead on the lawn? Who is the woman in his company? Can he clean up his master’s mess like he always has before? Or will this bring a new kind of reckoning? Crowe-and knows he must think and act quickly. The world-weary butler Eustace recognizes the gunman-his longtime employer, Mr.
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