Kuhns Eleanor - Death In The Great Dismal - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Finding themselves in a slave community hidden within the Great Dismal Swamp Will Rees and his wife Lydia get caught up in a dangerous murder case where no one trusts them. September 1800, Maine. Will Rees is beseeched by Tobias an old friend abducted by slave catchers years before to travel south to Virginia to help transport his pregnant wife Ruth back north. Though he's reluctant Will's wife Lydia convinces him to go on the condition she accompanies them. Upon arriving in a small community of absconded slaves hiding within the Great Dismal Swamp Will and Lydia are met with distrust. Tensions are high and a fight breaks out between Tobias and Scipio a philanderer with a bounty on his head known for conning men out of money. The following day Scipio is found dead - shot in the back. Stuck within the hostile Great Dismal and with slave catchers on the prowl Will and Lydia find themselves caught up in their most dangerous case yet.
Title: Death In The Great Dismal
Author(s): Kuhns Eleanor
Publisher: Canongate Books
Barcode: 9781780297224
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 8/31/2021
Series: A Will Rees Mystery
Category: Historical Mysteries