Price: $8.83
(as of Oct 30, 2024 12:53:35 UTC – Details)
First in a series of archaeological mysteries featuring Faye Longchamp, who uncovers more than artifacts from the past.
“A haunting, atmospheric story.” —P.J. Parrish, New York Times bestselling author
Faye Longchamp has lost nearly everything except her determination to hang onto Joyeuse, a moldering plantation hidden along the Florida coast. No one knows how Faye’s great-great-grandmother Cally, a newly freed slave barely out of her teens, came to own Joyeuse in the aftermath of the Civil War or how her descendants hung onto it through Reconstruction, world wars, the Depression, and Jim Crow. But Faye has inherited the family tenacity. When the property taxes rise beyond her means, she sets out to save Joyeuse by digging for artifacts on her property and selling them on the black market.
But instead of pot shards and arrowheads, she uncovers a woman’s shattered skull. If Faye reports the 40-year-old murder, she’ll reveal her illegal livelihood, risk jail…and Joyeuse. So she probes into the dead woman’s history, unaware that the past is rushing toward her like a hurricane across deceptively calm Gulf waters….
Winner of the 2004 Benjamin Franklin award in Mystery/Suspense
ASIN : B07VPKS3HJ
Publisher : Poisoned Pen Press; Reissue edition (March 7, 2017)
Publication date : March 7, 2017
Language : English
File size : 3786 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 305 pages
Page numbers source ISBN : 1590589904
Customers say
Customers find the book enjoyable, captivating, and exceptional. They describe the plot as engaging, intriguing, and skillfully blended. Readers also praise the characters as well-developed and unique. They describe the writing quality as well-written and refreshing. Opinions are mixed on the pacing, with some finding it fast-paced and others saying it’s slow in places.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
