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What You Leave Behind
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October 15, 2024
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Former lawyer turned author, Wanda M. Morris, is back with a new legal thriller this year!

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Jess Witkins
Oct 15, 2024 rated it really liked it
I will read everything Wanda Morris writes. I LOOOOOOOVED All Her Little Secrets when it came out and have been a fan since.

This one was an excellent third book and legal thriller. I loved the history of the Gullah Geechee people being included and learned about the legal barriers facing poor communities in the South and Appalachia when it comes to inherited land and homes.

Morris always weaves a great story. There were just a few bits I found repetitive near the beginning, but as the book went
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Oct 15, 2024 rated it really liked it
Former lawyer turned author, Wanda M. Morris, is back with a new legal thriller this year!

What You Leave Behind follows a 40-something lawyer who's just moved back home after a divorce, and is working as an underpaid paralegal while she figures out what's next in her life. Soon after, she finds herself in the middle of a mystery involving some sneaky land deals and disappearances of Black seniors that the police don't seem to be taking seriously.

As the threats increase, the reader learns about
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Amanda
Jan 22, 2024 marked it as to-read