Mystery Books
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Talking GodReunited by a grave robber and a corpse, Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is trying to determine the identity of a
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Apple Turnover Murder (A Hannah Swensen Mystery)The Luscious Los Angeles Times And USA Today Bestseller!Early summer brings plenty of work for baker
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The Secret of Annexe 3 (Inspector Morse Mysteries)Much too early on New Year's Day, a grumpy Inspector Morse is summoned to investigate a murder at the Haworth Hotel. The victim is
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Death in Paradise (A Jesse Stone Novel)Robert B. Parker is back in Paradise, where Detective Jesse Stone is looking for two things: the killer of a teenage girl—and so
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Strong Justice: A Caitlin Strong NovelFifth-generation Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong is back, pursuing justice the Ranger way. She takes on the case of a Mex
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Whisker of Evil: A Mrs. Murphy MysteryA mysterious death in a Virginia farm town has the locals scratching their heads—while frisky feline Mrs. Murphy and her friends
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One Door Away from HeavenHailed as “America’s most popular suspense novelist” (Rolling Stone) Dean Koontz has entered a rich new phase of his
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Mystery Movies
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Devil's AdvocateHotshot attorney accepts tempting offer from an elite New York law firm only to find himself fighting for his soul.Genre:
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Lost - The Complete First SeasonGet lost in the hottest series of 2004. From J.J. Abrams, the creator of ALIAS, comes the action-packed adventure that became a wo
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Primal FearClever twists and a bona fide surprise ending make this an above-average courtroom thriller, tapping into the post-O.J. scrutiny o
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The Yellow SeaDesperate to pay off mounting debts, a young man living in China agrees to carry out an assassination in South Korea. But soon the
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Fallen (Snap Case Packaging)A homicide cop, Denzel Washington, hunts a satanic force that shifts from one human host to another in this taut, terrific superna
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Mystery Authors
Book reviews - Bootleggers Daughter
Bootleggers Daughter
Author: Margaret Maron
Deborah Knott was expected to be a conventional little girl and eventually a conventional woman, worshipped on a pedestal by a conventional husband.
Instead, she became an attorney, infiltrating the old boy network that still rules the tobacco country of Colleton County, North Carolina. Some say her success is a sign of the New South, but no one knows better than she the power of the past--her family's long history in the area is a major asset in her campaign for district judge. Then again, as the strong-willed daughter of Kezzie Knott--notorious bootlegger, ex-con, and political string-puller--history is also one of her greatest problems.
But it's an episode from the more recent past that threatens to derail her campaign. As a teen, Deborah used to babysit little Gayle Whitehead for her mother, Janie. One rainy spring day eighteen years ago, both mother and daughter disappeared. When they were found three days later Gayle was dehydrated, dirty, and hungry...and Janie was dead. The unsolved murder became a local legend and an enigma that continues to haunt Gayle, who now begs Deborah to investigate.
With no real faith in her investigative skills, Deborah asks a variety of questions on her campaign tour of the county's rallies--and soon her attention is distracted from the hurly-burly of politics by troubling new evidence. Deborah now faces the realization that the disadvantages of being the single female candidate in a southern judgeship race, and even the disadvantages of being Kezzie Knott's daughter, are nothing in comparison to posing a threat to a successful murderer...
