Deadly Descent, Charlotte Hinger
Deadly Descent, Charlotte Hinger
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Deadly Descent

Author: Charlotte Hinger

Narrator: Karen White

Unabridged: 9 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/07/2010


Synopsis

In historian Lottie Albrights western Kansas community, false accusations threaten senatorial candidate Brian Hadleys political career. Secrets whispered to Lottie as editor of the county history books spur her into a personal search for his aunts murderer. Lottie ignores warnings from her twin sister, Josie, that she is in over her head, and dons a badge to gain access to information. Does she really think she can combine historical research methods and police procedure? To help her sister, Josie adds her expertise in untangling the web of families bound by a lethal legacy of prideful secrets. But a clever killer, threatened by the two womens ability to connect the dots, begins to stalk Lottie. Blindsided by her protective husbands disapproval of her new job and aghast at a bizarre attempt to sabotage her academic credentials, Lottie fears that her obsession is destroying her marriage and her reputation.A Poisoned Pen Press Mystery

About Charlotte Hinger

Charlotte Hinger is a historian, novelist, and nonfiction author of articles on contemporary and historical issues in the rural west. She was the editor of two comprehensive hardcover volumes of family and county histories and is a member of Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honor Society. She has served on the board of the Kansas State Historical Society and is on the editorial board of Heritage of the Great Plains, published by Emporia State University. Her debut novel, Come Spring, won the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lori

A book of citizen reminiscences about their families and small Kansas town leads to murder. When town historian Lottie Albright manages to get herself deputized, the killer turns attention to her. The answer lies in the past, but Lottie must puzzle this out before she ends up dead herself. I find it......more

Goodreads review by Gail

Lottie Albright is the Director of the Historical Society in this small town in Kansas. She's an historian and archivist writing books on the history of the town. She's also the local campaign manager for a rising star running for the Senate. She's been married for seven to a local farmer and vet wh......more

Goodreads review by Renee

A totally unexpected good mystery. Oh, the secrets we bury are the ones we really want to shout the rooftops no matter how dreadful. Especially if there are three or four generations of secrets to announce.......more