Author: Donis Casey
Year: 2014
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Historical fiction, Mystery, Fiction
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9781464203008
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In the summer of 1916, a big twister brings destruction to the land around Boynton OK. Alafair Tucker's family and neighbors are not spared the ruin and grief spread by the storm. But no one is going to mourn for Jubal Beldon, who made it his business to know the ugly secrets of everyone in town. It doesn't matter if Jubal's insinuations are true or not. In a small town like Boynton, rumor is as damaging as fact.
But as Mr. Lee the undertaker does his grim duty for the storm victims, he discovers that even in death Jubal isn't going to leave his neighbors in peace. He was already dead when the tornado carried his body to the middle of a fallow field. Had he died in an accident or had he been murdered by someone whose secret he had threatened to expose? There are dozens of people who would have been happy to do the deed, including members of Jubal's own family.
As Sheriff Scott Tucker and his deputy Trenton Calder look into the circumstances surrounding Jubal's demise, it begins to look like the prime suspect may be someone very dear to the widow Beckie MacKenzie, the beloved music teacher and mentor of Alafair's daughter Ruth. Ruth fears that the secrets exposed by the investigation are going to cause more damage to her friend's life than the tornado. Alafair has her own suspicions about how Jubal Beldon came to die, and the reason may hit very close to home.
This book is part of the "Alafair Tucker" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Crying Blood"
First published in 2011
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 | "The Sky Took Him"
First published in 2008
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 | "Hornswoggled"
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