Review: 1900 murder mystery.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2013
What I enjoyed most was the character development of Megan and Gage. Megan the town school teachers best friend Nell Carver has been murdered. The dead woman was a voluptuous , bold, blond, beauty with a taste for manipulating and intimacy with many men. She is a total contrast to Megan a petite, green eyed, non fashion conscious , with an indomitable demeanor and chaste. Her love interest is the steel eyed Sherif , Gage. He has known her since Megan was 2. Gage has returned from schooling at West Point then the horrors of the Indian wars, to be the town sherif. He is haunted by memories of war crimes. Nell's murder leads to him being bedeviled by Megan's interest in trying to get justice for her murdered friend. The investigation reveals shameful secrets of various men in the community. Elements of the time period, the end of slavery, the Indian wars, the introduction of new technologies, add interest to the story. This was an easy quick read and had a satisfying conclusion.