Items related to The Law of the Dead (The Appalachian Trilogy)
Synopsis
Contrary, Kentucky is a small community in the haunted and mysterious land of the Appalachian Mountains. After Alma Bashears's cousin is brutally murdered, she uncovers family secrets that change her life-but will these secrets also lead her to her death?
'Alma Bashears is a heroine who is classy, smart, clever, resourceful, sexy, and full of surprises. And the other characters blow the hillbilly stereotype to smithereens. When I lecture on mystery writing I use Tess's books as examples on how it ought to be done."-James N. Frey, Author of How to Write a Damn Good Mystery
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About the Author
Tess Collins is a coal miner's grand daughter. She spent her early years listening to mountain tales of haunted hollows, moonshiners, and unsolved murders. No doubt they influenced her writing. She is the author of: The Law of Revenge; The Law of the Dead; and The Law of Betrayal and a non-fiction book How Theater Managers Manage. Contact her at www.tesscollins.com/
From the Inside Flap
HE LAND . . .
Appalachian country was shaped by misty valleys, hardship, mining strikes, and the legacy of the Cherokee people. Now the small Kentucky town of Contrary is being reshaped--by murder.
THE LAW OF THE LIVING . . .
Reconciled to settling down in the community she fled years before, attorney Alma Bashears finds herself embroiled in random acts of violence that soon become chillingly connected: the tragic death of her pregnant cousin, the shooting of a factory owner, the disappearance of a teenage girl. As Alma delves into family secrets, witnesses a preacher's mysterious power, and begins a curious relationship with a handsome stranger, she realizes how much of Contrary she still doesn't know--including a killer who has made himself at home. . . .
THE LAW OF THE DEAD
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