Ann-Victoria Hadley is the most hated woman in Snow Hill,
Pennsylvania. She spent most of her 91 years being
controversial from her fifth-grade essay on why patriotism
was bad for you to her newest assault on her hometown when
she joins a lawsuit to keep Intelligent Design out of the
public school. Someone takes major offense at Ann-
Victoria's action and attacks her with a lead pipe, leaving
her near death. The local sheriff calls in a favor and
former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian takes a break from his
wedding plans with Bennis to investigate the attempted
murder.
Never a fan of small towns, Gregor soon finds Snow Hill
lives up to his low expectations. Small towns breed
intrigue and resentment smoldering under their surface and
Snow Hill is no exception. The town has erupted in class
warfare over the evolution debate. Gregor sifts through the
lawsuit looking for likely suspects where he finds an over
abundance of candidates, including the sheriff. When
another murder occurs, Gregor must put the pieces together
before the town explodes in violence.
Ms. Haddam continues her highly acclaimed Gregor Demarkian
series with a fascinating exposé on evolution and
intelligent design. She presents the facts and examines the
conflict between morality, religion and science. Ms. Haddam
challenges stereotypes and tackles preconceived ideas while
interweaving a thought-provoking mystery.
In her 91 years, Ann-Victoria Hadley has often been the
most hated person in Snow Hill, Pennsylvania. But now,
it’s worse than ever. After a new school board
inserted “intelligent design” into the curriculum, they
were sued by a coalition including Hadley, the one member
of the board who wouldn’t go along with the rest. With the
trial about to start and the town a national laughing
stock, Annie-Vic is found clubbed into unconsciousness and
not expected to survive. The local police chief, one of
the school board members, can’t investigate it himself and
doesn’t trust the state police. So he brings in Gregor
Demarkian.
Gregor Demarkian, former FBI agent, is
happy to help—his wedding is coming up and he’s desperate
for a bit of time away from his too-involved neighbors on
Cavanaugh Street in Philadelphia. Even if it is to
investigate a brutal crime in a powder-keg of a small
town.
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