博客來An old woman admits a young man into her house. He’s someone she knows and trusts, but her confidence in him isn’t justified.
South Miami horticulturist/journalist Mara Wayne’s grandmother has passed away quite suddenly, leaving the family farm to a group called the Children of Jordan. The loss of the property has surprised and upset Mara as the land had always been promised to her.
Mara vows to find out more about the oddball religious cult while on another mission to help a young doctor unhappily involved in an improper kidney harvesting. Then someone stalking her tries to shoot Mara as she strolls through the Everglades.
Never a dull moment in this fast-paced Florida suspense by the author of Dry Bones, a police procedural from Down & Out Books.
＂I thought the plot was a lot of fun, but it also makes you think.＂ -Joan Grove, author of five Dell mystery novels.
Critical Acclaim for G. Miki Hayden:
＂... we come to share the outlook of the main characters... [Pacific Empire] leaves us immersed in a world that never existed with people whose vibrant existence on the page is never in doubt.＂ The New York Times Book Review
＂[Question Woman & Howling Sky] has a very authentic ring... These characters are the type that wriggle under your skin.＂ -Sherril Steele-Carlin, University of Nevada, Reno, Associate Professor, History
＂[Hayden] expresses a deep insight into human nature and motivation. Her prose has power and beauty.＂ -Barbara Morgenroth, author of the Bittersweet Farm equestrian series
