The Evening Spider: A Novel

Frances Barnett and Abby Bernacki are two haunted young mothers living in the same house in two different centuries. In the late 1800s, Frances eagerly followed the famous murder trial of Mary Stannard and finds an escape from the monotony of new motherhood -- but is her obsession entirely innocent? 125 years later, Abby has been adjusting to motherhood smoothly -- until recently. When she starts to question the house's history, she is given the diary of Frances Barnett. The more Abby learns, the more she wonders about a negative -- possibly supernatural -- influence in her house. And like Frances, Abby discovers that by trying to uncover another's secrets, she risks awakening some of her own.

About the Author

Emily Arsenault is the critically acclaimed author of The Broken Teaglass, a New York Times Notable Mystery, and In Search of the Rose Notes. She lives in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, with her husband and daughter.Bernadette Dunne is the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and has twice been nominated for the prestigious Audie Award. She studied at the Royal National Theatre in London and the Studio Theater in Washington, DC, and has appeared at the Kennedy Center and off Broadway. She lives in Brooklyn.Nan McNamara has performed on stage, television, film, and behind the microphone in voice-overs for over twenty years. Her passion is to tell good stories--no matter what the medium. Originally from St. Paul, Nan received a BA cum laude in theater.

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