Rare book conservator Sloane Parker knows how to find what doesn't belong. When six volumes arrive at her studio, she discovers a photograph concealed inside an old binding: a woman with her face, a man with a marked pocket watch, and no explanation for either one. The women was Helena Vale. Her death has been called an accident for more than 30 years. Yet the people that Sloane trusts know more than they will say, and a collector with a dangerous interest in watching Sloane search. Following evidence through archives, altered books, and a hidden grimoire, Sloane must uncover what happened to Helena before the same secret destroys the family she has only just begun to know.
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