Stolen Honey - Softcover

Wright, Nancy Means

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595341616 ISBN 13: 9780595341610

Publisher: iUniverse, 2005

Synopsis

Vermont dairy farmer Ruth encounters beekeepers, Abenaki Indians, a strangled professor, and dark secrets from the past in this hair-raising tale. "Penetrating, economical, and generously plotted. "-Kirkus Reviews" The story is intricate and fascinating, the solution a delight, and the stark Vermont backdrop brilliantly portrayed." -Romantic Times

About this title

About the Author:

Nancy Means Wright is the author of eleven books, including five mystery novels from St. Martin's Press: Mad Season, Harvest of Bones, Poison Apples, Stolen Honey, and Mad Cow Nightmare. All feature earthy, hot-tempered dairy farmer Ruth Willmarth. Wright lives, writes, and teaches in the environs of Middlebury, Vermont. Visit her website at www.nancymeanswright.com

From Publishers Weekly:

Vermont's bucolic image takes a beating in this grim tale of vandalism, grave-robbing and murder, Wright's fourth (after 2000's Poison Apples) to feature amateur sleuth Ruth Willmarth. The trouble begins when beekeeper Gwen Woodleaf's mixed-race daughter, Donna, asks fratboy Shep Noble to drive her home after a party. After making a drunken amorous advance, Shep turns up dead in a patch of deadly nightshade, a forbidden plant cultivated by the Woodleafs. Suspicions point to either Donna's protective father, a pure-bred Indian who enjoys dressing the part, or a ruffian farmhand with his own designs on Donna. Neighbors who want to buy the Woodleafs' "sacred land" make their threats obvious. Meanwhile, professor Camille Wimmett is uncovering some nasty history concerning another mixed-race family, the Godineaux. When Camille is murdered, Ruth, whose daughter is a close friend of Donna's, carries on Camille's genealogical work while also looking for links to the double murder case. At times it's difficult to see how these two plots intertwine, for Ruth is at first fixated on the Godineaux and their many descendants. As she digs deeper, however, Ruth realizes that bigotry and hatred among families, races and even genders have led to terrible havoc in this less-than-idyllic corner of New England. The gentle jacket art suggests a cozy, but readers should be prepared for lots of unpleasantness leavened with some sobering feminist lessons.

About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0595341616
• ISBN 13: 9780595341610
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272