Emily Critchley

One Puzzling Afternoon -- Emily Critchley, Paperback

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One of People Magazine's "must-read" books!

"A clever, keep-'em-guessing murder mystery, an empathetic yet realistic portrayal of the toll dementia takes, and a meditation on how the brain can bury the most tragic memories...An outstanding must-read." --Booklist, STARRED review

I kept your secret Lucy. I've kept it for more than sixty years...

It is 1951, and at number six Sycamore Street fifteen-year-old Edie Green is lonely. Living with her eccentric mother and her mother's new boyfriend, she is desperate for something to shake her from her dull, isolated life.

So when the popular, pretty Lucy Theddle befriends Edie, she thinks all her troubles are over. Even though Lucy has a secret, one Edie is not certain she should keep.

Then Lucy goes missing.

Now in 2018, Edie is eighty-four and still living in the same small town, when one afternoon she glimpses Lucy Theddle, still looking the same as she did at fifteen. Her family write it off as one of her many mix ups, there's a lot Edie gets confused about these days. But Edie knows she's the key to finding Lucy.

Time is running out and Edie must piece together the clues before Lucy is forgotten forever.



Author: Emily Critchley
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Published: 10/03/2023
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781728287164

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2023 pg. 25
Library Journal 09/01/2023 pg. 67

Product Tags:

Emily Critchley, Fiction, Fiction - Mystery/ Detective, Friendship, Historical, Mystery & Detective, Paperback, Sourcebooks Landmark, Women detectives, Women Sleuths

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