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A complex mystery that focuses on the institutional racism still sadly ingrained in the nation's psyche * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> * This sobering look at the cultural divide over slavery in the early days of the Republic deserves a wide audience * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> * This continuation of the story of Will Rees and his family stands on its own, probing issues of race relations and religion in our early republic * <b>Booklist</b> * The story shines for its historical backbone and atmospheric details ... Perfect for readers of Margaret Lawrence's Hannah Trevor novels and Eliot Pattison's Bone Rattler series * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Death in the Great Dismal</b> * A fascinating look at the Great Dismal Swamp and the enslaved who fled there trying to find freedom. The murder mystery is multi-faceted, with many red herrings and plot twists * <b>Historical Novel Society</b> on <b>Death in the Great Dismal</b> * The setting and historical detail remain sharp, with strong, descriptive prose * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>A Circle of Dead Girls</b> * A fine mystery that powerfully evokes the privations of the period * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Simply Dead</b> * An indefatigable, principled main character and an immersive early-republic setting, nicely delineating the life and times of the era, distinguish this historical mystery * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Simply Dead</b> * The plot twists rank among the author's most clever. Historical fiction fans will be pleased * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Simply Dead</b> *

The story shines for its historical backbone and atmospheric details ... Perfect for readers of Margaret Lawrence's Hannah Trevor novels and Eliot Pattison's Bone Rattler series * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Death in the Great Dismal</b> * A fascinating look at the Great Dismal Swamp and the enslaved who fled there trying to find freedom. The murder mystery is multi-faceted, with many red herrings and plot twists * <b>Historical Novel Society</b> on <b>Death in the Great Dismal</b> * The setting and historical detail remain sharp, with strong, descriptive prose * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>A Circle of Dead Girls</b> * A fine mystery that powerfully evokes the privations of the period * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Simply Dead</b> * An indefatigable, principled main character and an immersive early-republic setting, nicely delineating the life and times of the era, distinguish this historical mystery * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Simply Dead</b> * The plot twists rank among the author's most clever. Historical fiction fans will be pleased * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Simply Dead</b> *

The plot twists rank among the author's most clever. Historical fiction fans will be pleased * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Simply Dead</b> * An indefatigable, principled main character and an immersive early-republic setting, nicely delineating the life and times of the era, distinguish this historical mystery * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Simply Dead</b> * A fine mystery that powerfully evokes the privations of the period * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Simply Dead</b> * The setting and historical detail remain sharp, with strong, descriptive prose * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>A Circle of Dead Girls</b> * The story shines for its historical backbone and atmospheric details ... Perfect for readers of Margaret Lawrence's Hannah Trevor novels and Eliot Pattison's Bone Rattler series * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Death in the Great Dismal</b> *

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Eleanor Kuhns is the 2011 winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel competition for A Simple Murder. The author of nine previous Will Rees mysteries, she is now a full-time writer after a successful career as the Assistant Director at the Goshen Public Library in Orange County, New York. www.eleanor-kuhns.com

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