Emily Dickinson and her housemaid, Willa Noble, realize there is
nothing poetic about murder in this first book in an all-new series from
USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Amanda Flower.
January 1855 Willa Noble knew it was bad luck when it was pouring
rain on the day of her ever-important job interview at the Dickinson
home in Amherst, Massachusetts. When she arrived late, disheveled with
her skirts sodden and filthy, she'd lost all hope of being hired for the
position. As the housekeeper politely told her they'd be in touch, Willa
started toward the door of the stately home only to be called back by
the soft but strong voice of Emily Dickinson. What begins as tenuous
employment turns to friendship as the reclusive poet takes Willa under
her wing.
Tragedy soon strikes and Willa's beloved brother, Henry, is killed in a
tragic accident at the town stables. With no other family and nowhere
else to turn, Willa tells Emily about her brother's death and why she
believes it was no accident. Willa is convinced it was murder. Henry had
been very secretive of late, only hinting to Willa that he'd found a way
to earn money to take care of them both. Viewing it first as a puzzle to
piece together, Emily offers to help, only to realize that she and Willa
are caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse that reveals corruption in
Amherst that is generations deep. Some very high-powered people will
stop at nothing to keep their profitable secrets even if that means
forever silencing Willa and her new mistress....
