Name: Long Upon the Land

Author: Margaret Maron
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Mystery, Award winners, Fiction

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9781455545315
9781455545322
1455545317
1455545325		 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
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"The Buzzard Table"
First published in 2012
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"Three-Day Town"
First published in 2011
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"Christmas Mourning"
First published in 2010
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"Death's Half Acre"
First published in 2008
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"Hard Row"
First published in 2007
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"Winter's Child"
First published in 2006
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"Rituals of the Season"
First published in 2005
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"High Country Fall"
First published in 2004
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"Slow Dollar"
First published in 2002
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"Uncommon Clay"
First published in 2001
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"Storm Track"
First published in 2000
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"Up Jumps the Devil"
First published in 1996
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"Shooting at Loons"
First published in 1994
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"Southern Discomfort"
First published in 1993
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"Bootlegger's Daughter"
First published in 1992
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"Killer Market"
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"Home Fires"
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Shooting at Loons by Margaret Maron
Rituals of the Season by Margaret Maron
Up Jumps the Devil by Margaret Maron
Uncommon Clay by Margaret Maron
Winter's Child by Margaret Maron
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Killer Market by Margaret Maron
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Slow Dollar by Margaret Maron
Death's Half Acre by Margaret Maron
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