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The Fourth Stair: Fall River, 1892
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ISBN13: 9798176134889
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 21 2026
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 21 2026
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The parlor windows were clean. The sun was blinding. And inside, a family's dark history was being written in blood.
A chilling, atmospheric historical psychological thriller that reimagines America's most infamous crime through the eyes of the one who saw it all. August 1892. Fall River, Massachusetts.Desperate to escape a troubled past and crushing personal debt, a young woman accepts a live-in position as a housemaid at 92 Second Street. But the oppressive Victorian home offers no sanctuary. Trapped within a suffocating household defined by rigid class lines, simmering resentment, and toxic family dysfunction, she quickly learns that the Borden home is a powder keg waiting to ignite. Then comes the sweltering morning of August 4th. While the maid stands outside in the blinding sun, scrubbing the parlor glass, a brutal slaughter takes place just steps away behind closed doors. In the chaotic aftermath of the trial of the century, as Lizzie Borden achieves legendary status and moves to French Street, a terrifying question remains: what did the maid truly hear? Faced with relentless investigators, she offers a flat, perfect alibi: She was in the yard. She heard nothing. She kept working. Richly detailed, deeply unsettling, and masterfully paced, The Fourth Stair is a brilliant gothic exploration of guilt, complicity, and the hidden witnesses who slip silently into the shadows of history. Scroll up and click Buy Now to cross the threshold into Fall River today.
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