"This contemporary mystery is drenched with Florida history and with gothic elements that should appeal to a broad range of readers." -Booklist
Faye Longchamp and husband Joe Wolf Mantooth have founded an archaeological consulting firm-just in time for the economy to tank. But a meeting with a couple who run an elegant B&B in a historic home in St. Augustine, Florida, lands the firm's first big project. Within a day of their arrival at Dunkirk Manor, a lovely young employee disappears, leaving behind a sinister smear of blood in her car, a collection of priceless artifacts, and a note asking for Faye's help. Two days later, the missing woman's boyfriend is found floating in the Matanzas River, his throat slashed. The detective in charge of the case believes that the artifacts are key to the crime and hires Faye to track down their origin.
The artifacts Faye and Joe excavate at their work site date from every era of St. Augustine history, and the discovery of a buried cache of children's toys from the 1920s hits eight-months-pregnant Faye particularly hard. Dunkirk Manor seems haunted in a way that Faye can't explain.
Then a stunning discovery is made: the diary of a priest who left Spain in 1565 and was present at the city's birth. Faye is driven to translate the manuscript. In what could be an unfolding tale by the Brothers Grimm, Faye and Joe uncover some terrible secrets....
| ISBN: | 9781590587447 |
| Publication date: | 30th July 2012 |
| Author: | Mary Anna Evans |
| Publisher: | Poisoned Pen Press an imprint of Sourcebooks |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Series: | Faye Longchamp Archaeological Mysteries |
| Genres: |
General Fiction |
"This contemporary mystery is drenched with Florida history and with gothic elements that should appeal to a broad range of readers." -Booklist
Faye Longchamp and husband Joe Wolf Mantooth have founded an archaeological consulting firm-just in time for the economy to tank. But a meeting with a couple who run an elegant B&B in a historic home in St. Augustine, Florida, lands the firm's first big project. Within a day of their arrival at Dunkirk Manor, a lovely young employee disappears, leaving behind a sinister smear of blood in her car, a collection of priceless artifacts, and a note asking for Faye's help. Two days later, the missing woman's boyfriend is found floating in the Matanzas River, his throat slashed. The detective in charge of the case believes that the artifacts are key to the crime and hires Faye to track down their origin.
The artifacts Faye and Joe excavate at their work site date from every era of St. Augustine history, and the discovery of a buried cache of children's toys from the 1920s hits eight-months-pregnant Faye particularly hard. Dunkirk Manor seems haunted in a way that Faye can't explain.
Then a stunning discovery is made: the diary of a priest who left Spain in 1565 and was present at the city's birth. Faye is driven to translate the manuscript. In what could be an unfolding tale by the Brothers Grimm, Faye and Joe uncover some terrible secrets....
Strangers features in the following genres: General Fiction
Strangers is available in Paperback
Strangers was written by Mary Anna Evans and published by Poisoned Pen Press an imprint of Sourcebooks
Strangers has 320 pages
Yes it is part of Faye Longchamp Archaeological Mysteries series