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Ein außergewöhnlicher Generationenroman über drei Frauen am Stettiner Haff, die gegen Unrecht aufbegehren. 1936 wird die 14-jährige Gine zum Landjahr ans Stettiner Haff geschickt, wo endlose Weite Hoffnung verspricht und salzige Böden die Geheimnisse der Menschen hüten. Als sich dort ein Mann an Gine vergeht, schwört das Mädchen Rache und ahnt nicht, wie sehr es damit den Lauf der Zeit beeinflussen wird. Jahrzehnte später zieht sich die überarbeitete Berliner Ärztin Nina in die endlosen Weiten Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns zurück und macht einen erschreckenden Fund.

It’s 1962, and Violet Romero, a young woman searching for peace after a horrible tragedy, finds herself in an unexpected place—managing funerals at Berwick, an antebellum mansion-turned-mortuary in Lexington, Kentucky. Her employer, Henry Pendleton, a botany-obsessed mortician, seems harmless, but Violet believes that he is hiding something. Following her instincts, Violet discovers a hidden room in Berwick that offers a glimpse into the mansion’s dark past. Violet soon understands that a reckoning is coming to Henry’s life, and she is caught in the rising tide of revenge.

Once upon a time, Morey's father, a talented musician, accepted food for his family from Lord Lovat. In exchange, he agreed to take on the Fraser name. But it was his son who learned the true cost of a boll of meal. If his parents only knew how that one decision and the aftermath have haunted him...

As one of Culloden’s 79 ghosts who have been granted another taste of life, Brodrick Shaw has already failed his mortal quest. If he hadn’t wasted time arguing with a certain witch, he might have arrived in time to save a man’s life. All he can do now is wait for that witch to collect him and send him on to God’s judgment. But he'll be damned if he'll wait behind bars.