The Sky Took Him, Donis Casey
The Sky Took Him, Donis Casey
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The Sky Took Him

Author: Donis Casey

Narrator: Pam Ward

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/30/2009

Synopsis

Its a sad duty that brings Alafair Tucker and her two daughters to Enid, Oklahoma, in the fall of 1915. Her sister Ruth Annes husband, Lester, is not long for this world, and the family is gathering to send him to his reward. But her nieces irresponsible husband, Kenneth, has disappeared at a most inconvenient time. When it comes to light that Kenneth has been involved in some shady dealings with Buck Collins, the most ruthless businessman in town, everyone is convinced that Collins has done him in. But Alafair suspects that things are not so simple. Over the next few days, Alafair and her eldest daughter, Martha, come facetoface with blackmail, intimidation, murder, and family secrets that stretch back over twenty years. And in the process, they discover things about each other that will change their relationship forever.

About Donis Casey

Donis Casey is an award-winning author whose first novel The Old Buzzard Had It Coming was named an Oklahoma Centennial Book in 2008. She has twice won the Arizona Book Award and has been a finalist for the Willa Award. A former teacher, academic librarian, and entrepreneur, she currently resides in Tempe, Arizona.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joan

This is an interesting historical mystery series. This book takes our main character to the "large" town of Enid, OK in 1915. She goes there to support her sister as her husband is dying. Of course, there are many mysteries and Alafair, assists in sorting out the causes and punishing the baddies. A......more

Goodreads review by Shirley

This is the fourth book in the Alafair Tucker series, and I have enjoyed all of them up to now. For some reason I put this series on the back of my pile, and haven't gotten back to it for far too long. In this book Alafair and her oldest daughter Martha and her youngest daughter Grace are on a train......more

Goodreads review by Julia

The Sky Took Him by Donis Casey is an "Alafair Tucker" mystery. I had not read any of the other titles of the series, which include The Old Buzzard Had It Coming, Hornswoggled, and The Drop Edge of Yonder. In the latest of the series, Alafair Tucker travels to Enid, Oklahoma from her home in tiny Bo......more

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