Author: Margaret Maron Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Award winners, Fiction
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ISBNs: 9781455545315 9781455545322 1455545317 1455545325 |
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Margaret Maron, New York Times bestselling author and Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, returns to Colleton County with an exciting new Deborah Knott mystery . . .
LONG UPON THE LAND
On a quiet August morning, Judge Deborah Knott's father Kezzie makes a shocking discovery on a remote corner of his farm: the body of a man bludgeoned to death. Investigating this crime, Deborah's husband, Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant, soon uncovers a long-simmering hostility between Kezzie and the slain man over a land dispute. The local newspaper implies that Deborah's family may have had something to do with the murder-and that Dwight is dragging his feet on the case.
Meanwhile, Deborah is given a cigarette lighter that once belonged to her mother. The cryptic inscription inside rekindles Deborah's curiosity about her parents' past, and how they met. For years she has wondered how the daughter of a wealthy attorney could have married a widowed, semi-illiterate bootlegger, and this time she's determined to find the answer.
But why are Deborah's brothers so reluctant to talk about the dead man? Is the murder linked to Kezzie's illegal whiskey business? And could his courtship of Deborah's mother have something to do with the bad blood between the two families? Despite Deborah's promise not to interfere in Dwight's work, she cannot stop herself from doing everything she can to help clear her brothers and her father from suspicion . . .
This book is part of the "Deborah Knott Mysteries" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Designated Daughters" First published in 2014 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Buzzard Table" First published in 2012 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Three-Day Town" First published in 2011 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Christmas Mourning" First published in 2010 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Death's Half Acre" First published in 2008 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Hard Row" First published in 2007 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Winter's Child" First published in 2006 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "High Country Fall" First published in 2004 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Slow Dollar" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Uncommon Clay" First published in 2001 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Storm Track" First published in 2000 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Up Jumps the Devil" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Shooting at Loons" First published in 1994 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Southern Discomfort" First published in 1993 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Killer Market" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Home Fires" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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