A Thorn Among the Lilies Contributor(s): Hiebert, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1617737372 ISBN-13: 9781617737374 Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
Dewey: 813.6 |
Series: Alvin, Alabama Novel |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In Michael Hiebert's haunting and powerful novel, a long-ago tragedy echoes through small-town Alabama as one woman tries to track down a serial killer. Detective Leah Teal is privy to most of the secrets in her hometown of Alvin, but there are always surprises to be had. Like the day she agrees to take her daughter, Caroline, to see a psychic for a reading. The psychic hones in on Leah instead, hinting at a string of gruesome killings and insisting that she intervene to prevent more deaths. When you go looking for trouble, you never know how much you'll find. Sure enough, the psychic's scant clues lead Leah to a cold case from six years ago, when a young woman was found shot to death, her eyelids sewn shut. As Leah digs deeper into old files, a second unsolved case surfaces with the same grisly pattern. While her shrewd young son, Abe, observes from the sidelines, Leah races to prevent another horrific murder, unaware of just how deep the roots of evil can go. Taut, suspenseful, and rich in Southern atmosphere, A Thorn Among the Lilies is a mesmerizing novel of loss and vengeance, and the lengths some will go to out of loyalty and love. |