02807cam a2200385 i 4500 607973828 TxGeo 20221014120000.0 220318s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022012436 9780593336946 trade pbk. 0593336941 trade pbk. (OCoLC)1304834730 TxGeo rda Flower, Amanda, author. Because I could not stop for death / Amanda Flower. First edition. New York, NY : Berkley Prime Crime, 2022. 324 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Emily Dickinson and her housemaid, Willa Noble, realize there is nothing poetic about murder in this first book in an all-new series from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Amanda Flower. January 1855 Willa Noble knew it was bad luck when it was pouring rain on the day of her ever-important job interview at the Dickinson home in Amherst, Massachusetts. When she arrived late, disheveled with her skirts sodden and filthy, she'd lost all hope of being hired for the position. As the housekeeper politely told her they'd be in touch, Willa started toward the door of the stately home only to be called back by the soft but strong voice of Emily Dickinson. What begins as tenuous employment turns to friendship as the reclusive poet takes Willa under her wing. Tragedy soon strikes and Willa's beloved brother, Henry, is killed in a tragic accident at the town stables. With no other family and nowhere else to turn, Willa tells Emily about her brother's death and why she believes it was no accident. Willa is convinced it was murder. Henry had been very secretive of late, only hinting to Willa that he'd found a way to earn money to take care of them both. Viewing it first as a puzzle to piece together, Emily offers to help, only to realize that she and Willa are caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse that reveals corruption in Amherst that is generations deep. Some very high-powered people will stop at nothing to keep their profitable secrets even if that means forever silencing Willa and her new mistress..."-- Provided by publisher. 20221028. Dickinson, Emily 1830-1886 Fiction. Women poets Fiction. Women household employees Fiction. Murder Fiction. Amherst (Mass) Fiction. United States History 1849-1877 Fiction. Cozy mysteries. Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. QS5