The Law of the Dead Author:Tess Collins Contrary, Kentucky is a small community in the haunted and mysterious land of the Appalachian Mountains. After Alma Bashears?s cousin is brutally murdered, she uncovers family secrets that change her life?but will these secrets also lead her to her death? ?Alma Bashears is a heroine who is classy, smart, clever, resourceful, sexy, and full o... more »f surprises. And the other characters blow the hillbilly stereotype to smithereens. When I lecture on mystery writing I use Tess?s books as examples on how it ought to be done.?
?James N. Frey, Author of How to Write a Damn Good Mystery« less