{"product_id":"the-ghost-women","title":"The Ghost Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mysterious art academy in the woods, a deck of ancient tarot cards, a centuries-old secret.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Witchcraft, secrets, art, love, jealousy and murder, what's not to like? Jennifer Murphy's \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Women\u003c\/i\u003e has all that and more. In a tale of fifteenth-century deadly games passed down through generations, Murphy explores good, evil and the possibility of the supernatural with a deft hand. A real page-turner.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e-- B.A. Shapiro, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Art Forger\u003c\/i\u003e and of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Masterpiece\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a hot August morning in 1972, the body of Abel Montague, a student at St. Luke's Institute of the Arts, is found hanging from a tree in the forest. An ancient Hanged Man tarot card is found in the back pocket of his pants and his body has been positioned into the exact pose illustrated on the card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Detective Lola Germany arrives at St. Luke's--a former monastery that once housed a secret order of monks who carried out witch trials and executions--she believes they are dealing with a ritualistic murder. While interviewing school administrators and Abel's classmates, Lola discovers Abel's live-in girlfriend, Pearl, seems shaken but also might be hiding something--along with her group of friends who call themselves witches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen more students are found dead, each body arranged like a tarot card, Lola realizes she is trapped in a web of power and ambition that spans centuries. Soon the lines between past and present, spiritual and tangible, begin to blur, and the only way to survive is to seek answers from places she never imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e holds an MFA in painting and art history from the University of Denver and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington. She is the recipient of the 2013 Loren D. Milliman Scholarship for creative writing and was a contributor at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference from 2008 through 2012. The author of \u003ci\u003eI Love You More\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScarlet in Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, a Michigan Notable Book, as well as the winner of the Nancy Pearl Book Award for Fiction, she lives in Alexandria, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jennifer Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50983615070493,"sku":"9780593474365","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9780593474365.jpg?v=1772299649","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/the-ghost-women","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}