THE IVORY CITY

The St. Louis World's Fair. 1904. A miniature city of palaces and pavilions becomes a backdrop for romance, betrayal, and murder in this evocative historical mystery from the author of ENCHANTED HILL.

Grace and Lillie are cousins and best friends since birth. Lillie's family have looked down on Grace's ever since Grace's mother chose to spurn her social class in order to marry a working-class man, so when Lillie invites Grace to the biggest event of the centurythe legendary World's Fair, also known as "The Ivory City"Grace doesn't hesitate. She wants to revel in the glamour of the fair and savor the time with her beloved cousin before distance and class force them back apart. Then, a young woman at the fair is brutally killed, and suspicion quickly falls on Lillie's brother Oliver. Grace must help prove Oliver innocent before he is jailed and her beloved cousins' family is ruined forever. And along the way, she'll discover whether the men and women of the city's wealthy elitenot least of all Oliver's handsome, irritable friend Theodoreare quite who they first appear to be. Because a killer is still on the loose, and all the glitz, glamor, and magic of the Ivory City is about to become a lot more dangerous to behold. Emily Bain Murphy was born in Indiana and raised in Hong Kong and Japan. She graduated from Tufts University and has also called Massachusetts, Connecticut, and California home. Murphy is the author of two critically acclaimed young adult novels.