Mountain Rails of Old

Orr, Elaine L.

ISBN 10: 1948070782 / ISBN 13: 9781948070782

Published by Lifelong Dreams Publishing, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mountain Rails of Old
• Publisher: Lifelong Dreams Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1948070782
• ISBN 13: 9781948070782
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Mountain Rails of Old, third book in the Family History Mystery Series.

Digger Browning never paid much attention to the abandoned cottage and its long-gone occupants until she accompanied her friend Marty, who wanted to photograph it for a news story. Everything changed when Uncle Benjamin made a huge discovery nearby. What really happened to Samantha and her eight-year old daughter ftwelve years ago? If it hadn’t been for a growling raccoon, Digger might not have badgered enough people to find out.

Her friend Holly doesn’t like the ancestors Digger found for her, and Marty thinks she’s distanced herself rather than level with him about how she feels. Digger doesn’t realize that her search for a station on the Underground Railroad will cross paths with efforts to bring Samantha home. And that path doesn’t lead to a safe haven.

Join Digger, Marty, and the ornery ghost better known as Uncle Benjamin as they sometimes operate at cross-purposes to solve old mysteries and unlock the mountain’s secrets. Western Maryland at its elusive best.

About the Author

Elaine L. Orr writes four mystery series. The twelve-book Jolie Gentil cozy mystery series is set at the Jersey shore, and Behind the Walls was a finalist for the 2014 Chanticleer Mystery and MayhemAwards. The three-book River's Edge series takes place along the meandering Des Moines River, and Demise of a Devious Neighbor was a Chanticleer finalist in 2017. The Logland series, set in small-town Illinois, has three books.
The Family History Mystery Series is set in the mountains of her home state, Maryland. The four-book series began with Least Trodden Ground, and introduced an ornery ghost in book two, Unscheduled Murder Trip, which received an Indie B.R.A.G Medallion. Uncle Benjamin adds historical insight and a fair bit of humor.
 
Elaine  also writes plays andnovellas, including the one-act play, Common Ground published in 2015.Her novella, Biding Time, was one of five finalists in the National Press Club's first fiction contest, in 1993. Recent reflective fiction includes Falling Into Place and In the Shadow of Light.
 
Elaine conducts presentations on electronic publishing and other writing-related topics. Nonfiction includes Writing When TIme is Scarce and Words to WriteBy:Getting Your Thoughts on Paper. A member of Sisters in Crime, Elaine was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Maryland; she moved to the Midwest in 1994.

Elaine graduated from the University of Dayton and the American University.She did some journalism coursework at the University of Maryland and has taken fiction courses from The Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD, the University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival, and Georgetown University's Continuing Education Program. Elaine is a regular attendee at what is now Prime Crime at the Columbia Club, held each October in Indianapolis.