{"product_id":"salt-for-the-dying-livia-burns-9798224283859","title":"Salt For The Dying","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome towns bury their dead quietly. Duncarrow has never managed that.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Mara Gillan returns to the bleak Scottish coastal town she once fought to escape, she arrives with nothing but failure, grief, and the uneasy shelter of her aunt's funeral home. The work is meant to be temporary. Quiet. Practical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the bodies begin to arrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is \u003cstrong\u003esalt beneath their fingernails\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eThere is \u003cstrong\u003eblack water in their lungs\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eThere are signs on the dead that no doctor can explain and no one in town is willing to name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Mara steps deeper into the business of preparing the dead, she uncovers a long, buried history between Duncarrow, the sea, and the families who have lived beside it for generations. The town has learned to survive by keeping its silence. Her aunt has spent decades recording what others refuse to see. And the sea, patient as ever, has begun to return for what it was once promised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSalt for the Dying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a dark, atmospheric novel of grief, inheritance, and female endurance, steeped in salt air, funeral ritual, and old coastal dread. Perfect for readers who love \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003egothic fiction, literary horror, slow burn suspense, haunted towns, and beautiful darkness that lingers long after the last page.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Livia Burns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798224283859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Bell Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Livia Burns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665510371583,"sku":"9798224283859","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/salt-for-the-dying-livia-burns-9798224283859","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}