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The Ruination of Michael Sterling
He thought he understood hunger.
The hunger for recognition. For respect. For the truth about his sister's disappearance six years ago in these same mountains.
But in Marrow Bone Creek, hunger has teeth. And it wears pearls.
Journalist Michael Sterling has been investigating the disappearances plaguing Marrow Bone Creek—including his sister Denise, who vanished while volunteering in the mountains. When people are hospitalized after a mysterious incident at the Fellowship of the Everlasting Light's Strawberry Moon gathering, Michael knows he's finally close to breaking the story.
But in a town built on secrets, where reality bends to whoever tells the prettiest lies, Michael is about to learn that some offers are too good to be true, and some women know exactly what you want to hear.
The hunger for recognition. For respect. For the truth about his sister's disappearance six years ago in these same mountains.
But in Marrow Bone Creek, hunger has teeth. And it wears pearls.
Journalist Michael Sterling has been investigating the disappearances plaguing Marrow Bone Creek—including his sister Denise, who vanished while volunteering in the mountains. When people are hospitalized after a mysterious incident at the Fellowship of the Everlasting Light's Strawberry Moon gathering, Michael knows he's finally close to breaking the story.
But in a town built on secrets, where reality bends to whoever tells the prettiest lies, Michael is about to learn that some offers are too good to be true, and some women know exactly what you want to hear.
410 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 5, 2025
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November 25, 2025
Only this author could get me to read this genre... TRULY, I read it because of the writer. The blurb got me, and then I just needed to know what happened to Michael's sister and WTH is happening with the council woman and who is this group that seems to be controlling everything in this quaint little town???? Every chapter answered questions and asked more and THAT is how you drag my eyeballs through a book!
This would be amazing in full cast audio.
This would be amazing in full cast audio.
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