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Bellman & Black

by Diane Setterfield

FictionNineteenth centuryPartnershipCrueltyFuneral rites and ceremoniesFiction, ghostFiction, historical, generalFiction, gothic

Killing a bird with his slingshot as a boy, William Bellman grows up a wealthy family man unaware of how his act of childhood cruelty will have terrible consequences until a wrenching tragedy compels him to enter into a macabre bargain with a stranger in black.

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Book data: Open Library