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  • The Murderer's Maid

  • A Lizzie Borden Novel
  • By: Erika Mailman
  • Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
  • Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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The Murderer's Maid

By: Erika Mailman
Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
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A True Crime Thriller

“Fascinating, mesmerizing, and so darkly atmospheric that you keep looking over your shoulder as you read.”―Diana Gabaldon, internationally-bestselling author of the Outlander series

Winner of Two Historical Fiction Awards in 2018 (IPPY Gold Medal Award and National Indie Excellence Award)

#1 Bestseller in Historical Ireland

In this historical murder thriller, author Erika Mailman (also winner of the 2007 Bram Stoker Award for her novel The Witch’s Trinity) brings the true story of the brutal murder of Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother into new focus by adding a riveting contemporary narrative.

With historical detail and taut, modern storytelling, Erika Mailman writes a captivating novel about identity, choices, freedom, and murder. She offers listeners a fresh perspective on the notorious 19th-century crime and explores the trials of immigrants seeking a better life while facing down fear and oppression, today and throughout history. Intelligent and detailed, The Murderer’s Maid is a gripping story from beginning to bloody conclusion.

The Murderer’s Maid interweaves the stories of two women, the 19th-century servant of infamous Lizzie Borden and the other a 21st-century modern-day barista fleeing from an attempt on her life. Irish maid Bridget Sullivan, trapped by servitude and afraid for her own safety, finds herself an unwilling witness to the tensions in the volatile Borden household. In 2016, Brooke, the illegitimate daughter of an immigrant maid, is unknowingly connected to the legendary 19th-century crime. Brooke struggles to conceal her identity and stay a jump ahead of the men who want to kill her.

If you have read and enjoyed Lizzie Borden books such as The Life and Trial of Lizzie Borden, A Private Disgrace, The History and Haunting of Lizzie Borden, Parallel Lives, The Secrets of Lizzie Borden, or The Fall River Tragedy; you will love Erika Mailman’s award winning true crime thriller The Murderer's Maid.

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Half is good, Half is a lecture

I was very excited about this book. As a Lizzie Borden fan I have read everything. Indeed, half of it, the Lizzie part, is great. Then it moves into modern day about a Mexican immigrant and here we run into problems. It is unfortunate that today everything has to be political, everything has to be "woke." I come from the Left but the last place I want to deal with this is in an escapist novel. I'm not sure why she felt the need to virtue signal this way. I get it, she's saying we treat Mexican immigrants the way we treated Irish immigrants and it's true, we do, yet I'm not sure I can endure it. I think I might have to just skip through to the LIzzie parts, which are very fine indeed.

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