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HELL WITH THE LID BLOWN OFF
By: Donis Casey
An Alafair Tucker Mystery
Alafair Tucker #7
Poisoned Pen Press
June 2014
On Sale: June 3, 2014
250 pages
ISBN: 1464202982
EAN: 2940149668113
Kindle: B00KTD6VJW
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In the summer of 1916, a big twister brings destruction to the land around Boynton OK. Alafair Tuckerβs family and neighbors are not spared the ruin and grief spread by the storm. But no one is going to mourn for Jubal Beldon, who made it his business to know the ugly secrets of everyone in town. It doesnβt matter if Jubalβs insinuations are true or not. In a small town like Boynton, rumor is as damaging as fact. But as Mr. Lee the undertaker does his grim duty for the storm victims, he discovers that even in death Jubal isnβt going to leave his neighbors in peace. He was already dead when the tornado carried his body to the middle of a fallow field. Had he died in an accident or had he been murdered by someone whose secret he had threatened to expose? There are dozens of people who would have been happy to do the deed, including members of Jubalβs own family. As Sheriff Scott Tucker and his deputy Trenton Calder look into the circumstances surrounding Jubalβs demise, it begins to look like the prime suspect may be someone very dear to the widow Beckie MacKenzie, the beloved music teacher and mentor of Alafairβs daughter Ruth. Ruth fears that the secrets exposed by the investigation are going to cause more damage to her friendβs life than the tornado. Alafair has her own suspicions about how Jubal Beldon came to die, and the reason may hit very close to home.
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