The Fifth Petal
Review: The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry I was excited to get my hand on this book. I adore Barry’s other novel, The Lace Reader. The Fifth Petal opens Halloween night with a possible murder. What fun for me to snuggle in bed on a stormy Halloween night and begin this novel! Talk about synchronicity. Then the other bit of synchronicity—that same week I was helping my students analyze The Crucible by Arthur Miller, which, like The Fifth Petal, takes place…