Up Jumps the Devil (Deborah Knott Mysteries)
Margaret Maron, author ofShooting at LoonsandSouthern Discomfort, continues her saga of change and transformation in fictional Colleton County, North Carolina, guided once again by District Court Judge Deborah Knott. Trouble comes to the county inUp Jumps the Devilwith the arrival of the new interstate, which raises property values and pits neighbor against neighbor--even kin against kin. When two residents are killed after refusing to sell their land to real estate speculators, Judge Knott embarks on a quest to find the killer--or killers. The quest also forces her to take a hard look at her assumptions about her fellow townspeople and herself.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.