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In 1950, in Charity, North Carolina, little girls are expected to be courteous, respectful, responsible. Above all, they’re expected to be good. But Lacey Marie Sumner isn’t your average 11-year-old girl. In fact, she’s missing something most people take for granted: a conscience. The only one who understands her is the young mortician’s apprentice at the funeral home in Dexter’s Crossing. He has plans for her, even as those closest to her start turning up dead …