{ "item_title" : "The House of White Roses", "item_author" : [" , Cungki "], "item_description" : "A funeral. A hidden box. A house that remembers what the town wants buried.The House of White Roses is an atmospheric mystery novel set between a warm coastal bakery, a fog-bound town, and the elegant menace of Halcyon House. When Elara Wren returns to the rhythms of Wren & Sugar after her aunt Sabine's funeral, grief should be the only thing waiting for her. Instead, a formal delivery arrives before noon: twelve flawless white roses from Halcyon House, sent with gratitude for Sabine's long service and enduring grace.Elara never knew her aunt served Halcyon House at all.As neighbors lower their eyes and polite condolences turn into careful silences, Elara begins to understand that Sabine's life contained more than ledgers, lemon cakes, and sharp bakery wisdom. A mysterious order for the White Rose Gala. A role known only as the Host. A cracked-teacup mark pressed into cream paper. Every detail points toward a tradition everyone recognizes and no one wants to explain.Then Elara finds the hidden box beneath the sugar tiles.Inside are coded recipe cards, torn photographs, old guest lists, and a note from Sabine that refuses to let death become tidy. The records lead Elara toward Mira Bell, Salt House, Theo March, Ivy Celandine, and the unnerving possibility that Elara herself was once part of Halcyon House's buried story. Each answer makes the town of Bellwether feel more rehearsed, more watchful, and more dangerous.This atmospheric cozy mystery blends bakery mystery, gothic suspense, small-town secrets, women sleuth mystery, and family secrets into a slow-burning investigation filled with fog, porcelain, lemon cake, coded clues, and rooms that seem to have been removed from memory. With a cat named Clove observing from the shelves and Sabine's instructions guiding her from beyond the grave, Elara must decide whom to trust before Halcyon House corrects the story again.The House of White Roses is a mystery for readers who enjoy intimate settings with hidden darkness: a bakery full of warmth, a grand house full of silence, and a heroine who learns that grief can become evidence.This is a story about memory, erasure, family, ritual, and the cost of asking questions in a town built on looking away.This Book Is For Readers Who...Enjoy atmospheric mystery novels with gothic undertonesLike cozy mystery settings with darker secrets beneath the surfaceWant a women sleuth mystery centered on clues, records, and hidden historiesLove bakery mystery details, coded recipes, and domestic objects turned into evidencePrefer small-town mystery stories filled with whispers, old loyalties, and social pressureAre drawn to family secrets, missing memories, and mysterious old housesEnjoy slow-burn suspense without needing graphic violence or hard-boiled crimePerfect For Readers Who Enjoy...Atmospheric cozy mysteryGothic small-town suspenseBakery mystery with coded cluesWomen sleuth and amateur sleuth fictionFamily secrets mysteryMystery novels set around old houses, rituals, and hidden recordsThe roses are not only flowers.Step inside Halcyon House and follow the clues Sabine left behind.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/825/907/9798259077225_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "18.49", "online_price" : "18.49", "our_price" : "18.49", "club_price" : "18.49", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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