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The Crazy School
by Cornelia Read
From the acclaimed author of A FIELD OF DARKN ESS comes another compelling novel featuring the acerbic and memorable voice of ex-debutante Madeline Dare. Madeline Dare has finally escaped rust-belt Syracuse , New York , for the lush Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts . After her husband's job offer falls through, Maddie signs on as a teacher at the Santangelo Academy , a boarding school for... (more)
A Field of Darkness
by Cornelia Read
Madeline Dare would be the first to tell you her money is so old there's none left. A former socialite from an aristocratic family in decline, Maddie is a tough-talking, would-be journalist exiled to the rust belt of upstate New York. Her prospects for changing her dreary lifestyle seem dim--until a set of dog tags found at a decades-old murder site is linked to her family. Shocked into action, Maddie embarks on a... (more)