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13 1/2 a novel

In 1971, the state of Minnesota was rocked by the 'Butcher Boy' incident, as coverage of a family brutally murdered by one of their own swept across newspapers and TV screens nationwide. Now, in present-day New Orleans, Polly Deschamps finds herself at another lonely crossroads in her life.

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  • "Thirteen and one-half"
  • "Thirteen and one-half"@en
  • "Thirteen and one half"@en
  • "Thirteen and a half"
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  • "Polly Deschamps's happiness upon marrying Marshall Marchand soon turns to fear as his moods darken due to the sway of Marshall's brother, Danny, and she wonders if it has anything to do with the infamous "Butcher Boy" murders of 1971."
  • "In 1971, the state of Minnesota was rocked by the 'Butcher Boy' incident, as coverage of a family brutally murdered by one of their own swept across newspapers and TV screens nationwide. Now, in present-day New Orleans, Polly Deschamps finds herself at another lonely crossroads in her life."@en
  • "In present-day New Orleans, Polly Deschamps finds herself at yet another lonely crossroads in her life until she encounters architect Marshall Marchand, a lifelong bachelor who spends most of his time with his brother Danny. When Polly's two young daughters from her previous marriage are likewise taken with Marshall, she marries him. But then an ominous prediction by a New Orleans tarot card reader proclaims that Polly will murder her husband, and Polly senses that there could be a connection between Marchand and the infamous "Butcher Boy" multiple homicide."@en
  • "In New Orleans' French Quarter, a tarot card reader told Polly Deschamps -- runaway daughter of "trailer trash" -- that she would be a success. Thirty years later, Polly is a respected professor of literature with a safe life for herself and her two daughters. Butcher Boy, so dubbed by a horrified community in Minnesota following a 1970s murder spree, was released on his seventeenth birthday, shook the snow from his boots and headed south. New Orleans, a Mecca for runaways then and now, offers sanctuary but never forgiveness. When Polly falls in love with Marshall Marchand, a restoration architect, shadows of the past rise out of the poisoned ground of New Orleans as thick and deadly as the toxic waters of the flood. Like history, some crimes are doomed to repeat themselves. Evil stays the same, only the victims' names change. As two broken pasts collide in an uncertain present, Polly is determined that her children's names will never be on that list."@en
  • ""In New Orleans' French Quarter, a tarot card reader told Polly Deschamps--runaway daughter of 'trailer trash'-- that she would be a success. Thirty years later, Polly is a respected professor of literature with a safe life for herself and her two daughters. When Polly falls in love with Marshall Marchand, a restoration architect, shadows of the past rise out of the poisoned ground of New Orleans as thick and deadly as the toxic waters of the flood. Like history, some crimes are doomed to repeat themselves. Evil stays the same, only the victims' names change. As two broken pasts collide in an uncertain present, Polly is determined that her children's names will never be on that list ..."--Container."@en
  • "In New Orleans' French Quarter, a tarot card reader told Polly Deschamps - runaway daughter of "trailer trash" -- that she would be a success. Thirty years later, Polly is a respected professor of literature with a safe life for herself and her two daughters. Butcher Boy, so dubbed by a horrified community in Minnesota following a 1970s murder spree, was released on his seventeenth birthday, shook the snow from his boots and headed south. New Orleans, a Mecca for runaways then and now, offers sanctuary but never forgiveness. When Polly falls in love with Marshall Marchand, a restoration architect, shadows of the past rise out of the poisoned ground of New Orleans as thick and deadly as the toxic waters of the flood. Like history, some crimes are doomed to repeat themselves. Evil stays the same, only the victims? names change. As two broken pasts collide in an uncertain present, Polly is determined that her children's names will never be on that list."
  • "Polly Deschamps sees her spirits perked up when she meets, falls for, and marries the charismatic Marshall Marchand. But Marshall hides a dark family secret that now threatens Polly's newfound happiness."
  • "Polly Deschamps sees her spirits perked up when she meets, falls for, and marries the charismatic Marshall Marchand. But Marshall hides a dark family secret that now threatens Polly's newfound happiness."@en
  • "In New Orleans' French Quarter, a tarot card reader told Polly Deschamps -- runaway daughter of "trailer trash"--That she would be a success. Thirty years later, Polly is a respected professor of literature with a safe life for herself and her two daughters. Butcher Boy, so dubbed by a horrified community in Minnesota following a 1970s murder spree, was released on his seventeenth birthday, shook the snow from his boots and headed south. New Orleans, a Mecca for runaways then and now, offers sanctuary but never forgiveness. When Polly falls in love with Marshall Marchand, a restoration architect, shadows of the past rise out of the poisoned ground of New Orleans as thick and deadly as the toxic waters of the flood. Like history, some crimes are doomed to repeat themselves. Evil stays the same, only the victims' names change. As two broken pasts collide in an uncertain present, Polly is determined that her children's names will never be on that list."@en

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  • "Fiction"
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  • "Detective and mystery stories"
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  • "Detective and mystery fiction"
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  • "Suspense fiction"@en
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  • "Mystery fiction"
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  • "13 1/2 a novel"
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