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Swallowtail
Chicago wife, mother and finance executive Claire Cummings, arrives at work one morning to discover her friend Julia has embezzled millions and vanished. Blindsided and devastated by the betrayal, she's sent home pending further investigation. Claire's bizarre death the following day sends everyone reeling, guessing and looking for her in all the wrong places. In no time she's addicted to an enchanting menagerie of tricks and techniques for getting the living's attention, but most people are harder to reach than she'd ever dreamed and even harder to set free. She was still a mother, a wife, a daughter and a friend... she'd move heaven and earth to keep it that way.Sheri Meshal's Swallowtail is a haunting story about life, love, loss and just how far we'll go to control it all.This debut from a thought-provoking new voice in fiction begs the question... what would you do if all the rules changed, and you were suddenly bestowed powers beyond your greatest imagination?
Pages: 354
ISBN: 9781481161664
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Rachel S.
Apr 6, 2026
Swallowtail was an incredible read. Claire a financial executive at the bank is thought to have been in on Julia’s plan to steal millions but she wasn’t, Claire was the kindest, most loving person and would not do a thing to hurt others, in any shape or form.
Tragically Claire is hit by a car and killed early morning of Halloween but as she has no ID and not wearing her own clothes as she dressed up to meet Collin, she is sent to the morgue as a Jane Doe.
Claire cannot let her family go and spends most of her time with them even if they cannot see her trying to ease the pain. I loved Claire’s character she was brave and smart. Seeing her family grieving was hard for her but she learnt to send signs to them, even if some were more sceptic than others.
Swallowtail by Sheri Meshal was a sad book to read, but at the same time it was a book full of hope. Anyone who has lost someone will love this book as it gives you hope that there is something on the other side.
It was very well written, the story flowed smoothly and I was totally hooked.
Tragically Claire is hit by a car and killed early morning of Halloween but as she has no ID and not wearing her own clothes as she dressed up to meet Collin, she is sent to the morgue as a Jane Doe.
Claire cannot let her family go and spends most of her time with them even if they cannot see her trying to ease the pain. I loved Claire’s character she was brave and smart. Seeing her family grieving was hard for her but she learnt to send signs to them, even if some were more sceptic than others.
Swallowtail by Sheri Meshal was a sad book to read, but at the same time it was a book full of hope. Anyone who has lost someone will love this book as it gives you hope that there is something on the other side.
It was very well written, the story flowed smoothly and I was totally hooked.