01840cam a2200289 4500 509087365 TxAuBib 20211007120000.0 210806s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2021019813 9781542027472 HRD 24.95 1542027470 HRD 24.95 TxAuBib Hall, Rachel Howzell. These toxic things [BOOK] / Rachel Howzell Hall. First edition. Seattle : Thomas & Mercer, [2021] 413 pages ; 22 cm. "A thriller "--Jacket. "Mickie Lambert creates "digital scrapbooks" for clients, ensuring that precious souvenirs aren't forgotten or lost. When her latest client, Nadia Denham, a curio shop owner, dies from an apparent suicide, Mickie honors the old woman's last wish and begins curating her peculiar objets d'art. A music box, a hair clip, a key chain--twelve mementos in all that must have meant so much to Nadia, who collected them on her flea market scavenges across the country. But these tokens mean a lot to someone else, too. Mickie has been receiving threatening messages to leave Nadia's past alone. It's becoming a mystery Mickie is driven to solve. Who once owned these odd treasures? How did Nadia really come to possess them? Discovering the truth means crossing paths witha long-dormant serial killer and navigating the secrets of a sinister past. One that might, Mickie fears, be inescapably entwined with her own"-- Provided by publisher. 20211007. Women detectives Fiction. Serial murderers Fiction. Souvenirs (Keepsakes) Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Mystery fiction.