Monthly Archives: January 2010
John H. Hyman. The Relationship. Manassas, VA: E.M. Press, 1995.
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, in 1944 is a typically charming Southern town. Everyone knows everyone, and people generally look out for one another. Johnnie, the nine year-old narrator, describes the many adventures he and his best friend Wormy encounter that … Continue reading
Filed under 1990-1999, 1995, Coastal Plain, Halifax, Historical, Hyman, John H.
Ellen Elizabeth Hunter. Murder at the Bellamy Mansion. Greensboro, NC: Magnolia Mysteries, 2009.
What woman wants her honeymoon cut short?!? The Wilkes sister–Ashley and Melanie–both experience this unhappy turn of events. Melanie’s husband, Cam, is called away from his seaboard honeymoon by the theatrics of his elderly mother, whose heart conveniently acts up … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Coast, Hunter, Ellen Elizabeth, Mystery, New Hanover, Novels in Series
Edward Vaughn. The Evil That Men Do. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2007.
The Ku Klux Klan was a dividing force in many southern families in the middle of the twentieth century. For the Morris-McConnell family of Cumberland County this is especially true. In a story that spans the 1930s to the early … Continue reading
Lynne Hinton. Forever Friends. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 2003.
The women of Hope Springs Community Church enjoy a strong bond. In the first two novels in Hinton’s Hope Springs series, the women compiled a church cookbook to energize their Women’s Guild and discovered how much they cherished the relationships … Continue reading
Cameron Kent. The Road to Devotion. Winston-Salem, NC: Press 53, 2009.
Transition is rapidly occurring on the Talton farm in 1860 Winston, North Carolina. Miles Talton, the patriarch, has just passed away, leaving his strong-willed daughter, Sarah, in charge. However, the farm is failing, requiring her to sell slaves and acres … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Forsyth, Historical, Kent, Cameron, Piedmont, Surry
Katy Munger. Bad Moon on the Rise. Jackson, WY: Thalia Press, 2009.
Casey Jones is at it again. As an unlicensed private investigator (she cannot get her license because of a Florida prison stint), Casey is not half bad; she’s already solved a few murders in the Triangle. When Corndog Sally, a … Continue reading
Lynne Hinton. Christmas Cake. New York: Avon, 2009.
Beatrice, Jessie, Louise, and Margaret are fixtures in the Hope Springs Community Church. They are also best friends – the type, for example, who accompany each other to doctor’s appointments. When Margaret’s cancer resurfaces, the heartbroken women react to it … Continue reading
