{"product_id":"do-what-godmother-says-by-l-s-stratton-author","title":"Do What Godmother Says by L.S. Stratton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eELLE \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Best Mystery and Thriller Book of 2024\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA modern-day writer and a Harlem Renaissance artist are connected by a painting with a deadly secret in this gripping dual-timeline gothic thriller.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eShanice Pierce knows better than to heed bad omens. But she has a hard time ignoring the signs when she finds herself newly single and out of a job on the same seemingly cursed day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, while cleaning out her grandmother’s house, Shanice comes across a painting she hasn’t seen in years. Drawn to the haunting portrait in a way she can't explain, Shanice accepts her grandmother’s offer to keep the family heirloom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe soon uncovers the story of the artist, a Harlem Renaissance painter named Estelle Johnson. The young woman was taken under wing by the wealthy art patron Maude Bachmann—or “Godmother” as she insisted her artists call her—and vanished shortly after Bachmann’s brutal murder a century ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Shanice digs deeper, a paranoia that’s haunted her for years returns. She becomes convinced she’s being stalked, and that the deaths happening around her are connected to the staggering offer she turned down for the painting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the truth hiding in plain sight is even more shocking—and deadly—than Shanice could possibly have imagined . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52951264821564,"sku":"9781454947486","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/files\/91StKIJiTBL._SL1500.jpg?v=1775236829","url":"https:\/\/frugalbookstore.net\/products\/do-what-godmother-says-by-l-s-stratton-author","provider":"Frugal Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}