Single mother-farmer Ruth Willmarth discovers her neighbor, Lucien, and his part-Indian wife Belle, bloody, beaten, and robbed of their life savings. When Belle dies, Ruth faces barn burnings and the disappearance of her son--as she and would-be lover Colm Hanna, who serves as Realtor, town mortician, and part-time cop, track the killer's muddy trail to put an end to this mad season. Mystery by Nancy Means Wright; originally published by St. Martin’s Press
Nancy Means Wright has published 15 books of fiction and nonfiction, including 5 mystery novels (St. Martin's Press), a novella (Worldwide Library), a mainstream YA (Dutton), and two historical mysteries, Midnight Fires and The Nightmare (forthcoming Perseverance Press, '10 and '11). The Pea Soup Poisonings won the '06 Agatha Award for Best Children's/YA Novel, and the Great Circus Train Robbery was an '08 Agatha Award finalist. Poems & short stories have appeared in numerous magazines, including American Literary Review, Seventeen, Redbook, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (forthcoming), Level Best Books et al.
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