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Death and Nightingales is a riveting story of love, betrayal, deception, and revenge, set in the beautiful yet haunting countryside of Fermanagh in 1885.

Beth loves and hates the only home she’s ever known. Nevertheless she seems resolved to leave it on the day of her birthday.

Beth decides to tell Mercy that she is leaving Fermanagh, but Mercy protests and exclaims it will break her heart, and Billy's.

Beth steals Billy's keys and opens the safe. She fills her bag with the gold. Beth finds Billy’s will bequeathing his estate and all his possessions to his daughter.