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Grandma's Little Secret
Published by Inimitable Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
Inspired by true events, one girl’s life is changed forever when she foils a murder—and becomes a target herself.
When imaginative eleven-year-old Emma and her parents and friends go to a remote island in the Pacific Northwest during the summer of 1985, she thinks it’ll be a normal family vacation.
But when she starts dreaming of her loving Grandma Virginia killing people, she realizes there’s more to the sweet matriarch than she thought. And when she has a premonition that her grandmother intends to kill her husband, she knows she has to take matters into her own hands.
When she foils Virginia’s first plan to murder Grandpa Roy, Emma becomes a target herself.
Allied with her friends, Emma must differentiate between make-believe and psychic visions to try to save both her grandfather’s life and her own.
Includes a True or False section with color pictures comparing the novel to the real-life murder of Rolf Neslund and a print-exclusive bonus chapter.
When imaginative eleven-year-old Emma and her parents and friends go to a remote island in the Pacific Northwest during the summer of 1985, she thinks it’ll be a normal family vacation.
But when she starts dreaming of her loving Grandma Virginia killing people, she realizes there’s more to the sweet matriarch than she thought. And when she has a premonition that her grandmother intends to kill her husband, she knows she has to take matters into her own hands.
When she foils Virginia’s first plan to murder Grandpa Roy, Emma becomes a target herself.
Allied with her friends, Emma must differentiate between make-believe and psychic visions to try to save both her grandfather’s life and her own.
Includes a True or False section with color pictures comparing the novel to the real-life murder of Rolf Neslund and a print-exclusive bonus chapter.
Excerpt
psychological suspense; women's psychological thrillers; based on true crime; domestic thriller; based on real crime; based on real murder; violence against women; strong woman character page turner; strong woman character suspense page turner; domestic drama; family secrets; sexual violence; female anger; strong female character; post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD; emotionally disturbed; psychopath; serial killer; true crime; crime fiction; mystery; thriller; suspense; murder; crime; thrilling; psychological; dark secrets; psychologial suspense; suspenseful mystery
Product Details
- Publisher: Inimitable Books (February 17, 2026)
- Length: 296 pages
- ISBN13: 9781958607459
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