num_pages: 320
description: After aspiring opera singer Tessa loses her voice in a fire she needs both a place to heal and a way to keep music in her life. She retreats to her aunt's apple orchard in rural North Carolina to collect folk ballads. But amid the autumn splendor of this isolated Appalachian community she uncovers an unnerving connection between a murder case and a long-ago disappearance. Tessa gets a glimpse into an almost-forgotten world encounters a corrupt small-town political dynasty and finds superstition and prejudice at every turn.She's also drawn to Zeke the handsome but enigmatic orchard caretaker who shows her that mountain justice is neither impartial nor just. But battling a conspiracy of silence Tessa isn't sure if she can trust him. Yet somewhere in the mists of the Blue Ridge Mountains evil lurks and a killer is determined to keep the past where it belongs--dead and buried.
language: English
title: The Sound of Falling Leaves
publisher: Gilead Publishing