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These Toxic Things

A dead woman’s cherished trinkets become pieces to a terrifying puzzle.

Mickie Lambert creates “digital scrapbooks” for clients, ensuring that precious souvenirs aren’t forgotten or lost. When her latest client, Nadia Denham, a curio shop owner, dies from an apparent suicide, Mickie honors the old woman’s last wish and begins curating her peculiar objets d’art. A music box, a hair clip, a key chain --- 12 mementos in all that must have meant so much to Nadia, who collected them on her flea market scavenges across the country.

But these tokens mean a lot to someone else, too. Mickie has been receiving threatening messages to leave Nadia’s past alone.

It’s becoming a mystery Mickie is driven to solve. Who once owned these odd treasures? How did Nadia really come to possess them? Discovering the truth means crossing paths with a long-dormant serial killer and navigating the secrets of a sinister past. One that might, Mickie fears, be inescapably entwined with her own.

Audiobook available, read by Susan Dalian

These Toxic Things
by Rachel Howzell Hall

  • Publication Date: September 1, 2021
  • Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
  • Hardcover: 430 pages
  • Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
  • ISBN-10: 1542027470
  • ISBN-13: 9781542027472