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The Crooked Little Pieces eBook Series

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  • The Crooked Little Pieces: Volume 1

    Book 1 - The Crooked Little Pieces
    Lost are the creatures destined never to be understood.In 1926 Professor Josef van der Holt obtains a post at an all women’s college overseas. Stuffy London suddenly becomes the site for the unseemly exploits of his half-Dutch and half-German daughters Anneliese and Isabel. When tragedy carves out a hollow in their lives, a crippled soul sends the sororal twins along a jagged path: while Isabel ... Read more

    £2.99

  • The Crooked Little Pieces: Volume 2

    Book 2 - The Crooked Little Pieces
    Mind the gap between youth’s pedestal and looming adulthood.Two years have passed since Anneliese and Isabel braved the bombardment of the Blitz. Risks are resumed and revelations rattle as the past begins to rear its ugly head. Suffering sends Isabel on downward spirals; Anneliese falls victim to society’s expectations. Skeletons come tumbling from Susanna’s closet and for some the sex-and-death ... Read more

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  • The Crooked Little Pieces: Volume 2

    series The Crooked Little Pieces
    Mind the gap between youth’s pedestal and looming adulthood.Two years have passed since Anneliese and Isabel braved the bombardment of the Blitz. Risks are resumed and revelations rattle as the past begins to rear its ugly head. Suffering sends Isabel on downward spirals; Anneliese falls victim to society’s expectations. Skeletons come tumbling from Susanna’s closet and for some the sex-and-death ... Read more

    £1.65

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