Deadly Descent

by Charlotte Hinger

Overview

Layers of deadly intrigue bind generations of families in historian Lottie Albright’s Western Kansas community. When false accusations threaten senatorial candidate Brian Hadley’s political career, secrets whispered to Lottie as editor of the county history books spur a personal search for his aunt’s murderer.
Ignoring warnings from her twin sister, clinical psychologist Josie Albright, Lottie dons a badge to gain access to information. She delves into a horrifying “cold case” to prove her merits as a deputy and impresses Sheriff Sam Abbot with her ability to combine historical research methods and police procedure. Soon Josie adds her helpful expertise in untangling the web of families bound by a lethal legacy of prideful secrets.
Soon the twins join forces and endanger their own lives as they race to connect past, present, and future.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781615951000
Publisher:	Poisoned Pen Press
Publication date:	05/27/2011
Series:	Lottie Albright Series , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	290
File size:	411 KB

About the Author

Charlotte Hinger is a Western Kansas historian. Deadly Descent was inspired by a childhood listening to the natural born liars in her small community of Lone Elm, Kansas, and the mesmerizing “rest of the stories” whispered behind closed doors when she edited over 500 family submissions for county history books. She has published a number of mystery short stories. Simon and Schuster published her historical novel, Come Spring, which won the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Award. Convinced that mystery writing and historical investigation go hand to hand, she applies her MA in history to academic articles and her depraved imagination to wicked little short stories.