What Strange Creatures

<p>Scandal love family and murder combine in this gripping literary mystery by critically acclaimed author Emily Arsenault in which a young academic's life is turned upside down when her brother is arrested for murder and she must prove his innocence.</p><p>The Battle siblings are used to disappointment. Seven years one marriage and divorce three cats and a dog later Theresa still hasn't finished her dissertation. Instead of a degree she's got a houseful of adoring pets and a dead-end copywriting job for a local candle company.</p><p>Jeff her so-called genius older brother doesn't have it together either. Creative and loyal he's also aimless in work and love. But his new girlfriend Kim a pretty waitress in her twenties appears smitten.</p><p>When Theresa agrees to dog-sit Kim's puggle for a weekend she has no idea that it is the beginning of a terrifying nightmare that will shatter her quiet world. Soon Kim's body will be found in the woods and Jeff will become the prime suspect.</p><p>Though the evidence is overwhelming Theresa knows that her brother is not a cold-blooded murderer. But to clear him she must find out more about Kim. Investigating the dead woman's past Theresa uncovers a treacherous secret involving politics murder and scandal--and becomes entangled in a potentially dangerous romance. But the deeper she falls into this troubling case the more it becomes clear that in trying to save her brother's life she may be sacrificing her own.</p><p></p>